Spotify announces bold new app platform, including apps from Rolling Stone, Last.fm

What’s in Spotify’s future? Apps, baby.

The streaming music service announced its new app platform today at a New York City press conference, with early partners that include Rolling Stone and Last.fm.

Third-party developers will be able to build HTML5 apps that can take advantage of all of Spotify’s features. Users will be able to find the apps via a new “App Finder” section in Spotify’s software.

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek (pictured above) said that … Continue Reading

Spotify adds a private listening mode for Facebook’s Open Graph

Relax, Justin Bieber fans, streaming music service Spotify rolled out a new version of its desktop application today that lets you hide your listening activity from Facebook friends.

Spotify, which allows people to share playlists with friends, recently partnered with Facebook to offer integration with Facebook’s new Open Graph platform. One aspect of the new integration is automatically sending notifications to Facebook of whatever song you’re listening to in real-time.

The new Facebook integration made … Continue Reading

Sean Parker says Spotify on Facebook lives up to original Napster vision (video)

Sean Parker, the billionaire of Napster and Facebook fame, is on to his next big deal: Spotify, which started in Europe and is now offering streaming music in the U.S.

In a conversation with Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek, Parker said that the rise of Spotify and other music streaming services and the debut of their integration with Facebook today fulfilled the original vision he had for Napster. And that vision wasn’t about music piracy.… Continue Reading