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YouTube Music is planning to add a special service focussed on podcasts for its 80 million paid subscribers. The aim for YouTube Music is to elevate its position in competition with Spotify, Swedish music streaming giant headquartered in Sweden. Kai Chuk, the head of podcasting at YouTube, revealed the platform’s podcast-related plans during a recent … Read more
Music streaming giant Spotify seems to be experimenting with a few interesting ideas right now. After announcing an AI-powered DJ feature, the company’s Twitter account has basically confirmed another experimental feature that lets owners of certain Non-fungible Tokens (or NFTs) listen to a curated playlist.On Twitter, NFT stakeholders such as Kingship and Overlord announced the … Read more
A woman who documented the journey of landing her dream job at Spotify, which started in 2021 thanks to a themed resume, has now shared she was fired in the recent layoffs. In April last year, Emily Vu was hired as a PM intern with the digital music service after her green and grey coloured … Read more
Sweden-based music streaming company Spotify has announced job cuts that will apply to 600 employees across the globe. According to a report by IANS, this change will reduce the company’s workforce by 6%. Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has shared a memo to announce the latest layoffs. The latest layoffs are in line with the previous … Read more
Several high-profile app developers have been embroiled in a bitter dispute with Apple over its App Store policies. Epic Games — developer of the popular game Fortnite — is in the midst of a legal battle over Apple charging commission from app developers and not allowing in-app purchases. Elon Musk even ‘threatened’ to go to … Read more
Google has announced at the ongoing CES 2023 expo that it is adding Spotify Connect support to Android 13’s media switcher. This feature is similar to what Android 13 media switcher users could already do with YouTube Music and YouTube. Users will soon be able to easily switch music from their phone or tablet to … Read more
Diesel has launched its new Griffed Gen 6 smartwatch in India. The new smartwatch is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+ platform which claims to deliver improved performance and power efficiency. In addition, the watch also comes with health and fitness features. The new smartwatch, according to the company, combines utility through its clip aesthetic … Read more
Audio streaming platform Spotify is reportedly doing away with the Anchor app and rebranding it as ‘Spotify Creator Studio‘. “Anchor and Spotify for Podcasters are now Spotify Creator Studio, the all-in-one platform for creators of all kinds (and sizes) to express themselves and find success on Spotify,” reads the sample announcement in the survey. According … Read more