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From Spotify to Open Source: The Backstory of Backstage

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Technology juggernauts–despite their larger staffs and budgets–still face the “cognitive load” for DevOps that many organizations deal with day-to-day.That’s what led Spotify to build Backstage, which supports DevOps and platform engineering practices for the creation of developer portals. Eventually, Spotify made the decision to open source Backstage and donate it to the Cloud … [Read more...] about From Spotify to Open Source: The Backstory of Backstage

Algoriddim Releases djay Pro for Mac

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Algoriddim today released djay Pro for Mac, the first professional version of its popular djay app for the desktop. djay Pro includes a suite of sophisticated features and an innovative interface that allows DJs to take their performances to the next level. It's also the first DJ software on the desktop with Spotify integration giving DJs access to over 20 million tracks … [Read more...] about Algoriddim Releases djay Pro for Mac

Beats Music Streaming Service and App by Beats

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Finally rumors have become true. Beats launched Beats Music streaming service and app which is now a competition for services such as Pandora, Spotify, Apple’s iTunes and other.   Beats hired music experts from  publications and some of most listened radio station in order to offer the music catalog of 20 milion songs allowing some quality listening choices. Last year … [Read more...] about Beats Music Streaming Service and App by Beats

Digital Music Sales Fall For First Time Since the Opening of iTunes Music Store

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Digital Music Sales in 2013 dropped for the first time (year-over--year) since the opening of the iTunes Music Store. Individual tracks fell the most, dropping from 1.34 billion units to 1.26 billion units, a 5.7% decrease. Album sales on the other hand only saw a .1% decline.     Overall for the full year 2013, digital track sales fell 5.7% from 1.34 billion units … [Read more...] about Digital Music Sales Fall For First Time Since the Opening of iTunes Music Store

Spotify is Reportedly Planning a Free Music Streaming Service for Mobile Devices

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Spotify is planning a free music streaming service for mobile devices.   The company has reportedly signed licensing deals with all three of the global music companies for the ad supported service. Currently, a free version of Spotify is only available for desktops. Spotify, which has 6 million paying subscribers and 20 million active users world-wide, has been … [Read more...] about Spotify is Reportedly Planning a Free Music Streaming Service for Mobile Devices

Spotify App is Updated With a New Way to Browse Music

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The Spotify app for iOS has been updated with a new way to browse music, new languages, and bug fixes. Notably, the company today announced Spotify Connect, an AirPlay rival; however, there is no mention of the feature in today's release notes. Spotify gives you instant access to millions of songs on your iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch. With the Spotify app, you can choose to … [Read more...] about Spotify App is Updated With a New Way to Browse Music

Spotify Launches Embeddable Top 50 Music Charts

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Spotify has launched a new charts feature providing an embeddable list of the Top 50 music tracks streamed and shared each week. The charts—dubbed the Spotify 50 and the Social 50—will be delivered through an embeddable widget that media outlets can paste onto their own websites. Users will be able to click to stream tracks on the charts and review charts from past weeks; the … [Read more...] about Spotify Launches Embeddable Top 50 Music Charts