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Apple in Early-Stage Negotiations to Acquire Spotify?
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Remind me never to buy stock in a company you run.Oh wait,you'll never get the chance.Nevermind.
Neither should jump on Spotify, they would just violate her! If they want a piece of action, they should help themselves.
And when Spotify goes out of business do you get to keep the songs you"bought"?Are they DRM free downloads like Amazon/Apple?
I don't know, because I only use the free service, I don't mind the occasional adverts and wherever I am where I want to listen to it, I can use a computer. Even in the garage, an old eMac is running Spotify like a dream. The same machine is struggling under iTunes.
My only concern is that due to larger music industry interests, songs occasionally seize to be free to stream anymore. Anyway, I listened several thousands of songs that I wouldn't buy, whoever is running the service. This is my only chance to listen to songs from my childhood, for example. Often I don't know the artists or the titles, but through lists and recommendations I find dozens of songs that I almost forgot that existed.
Surprisingly Oil company profits,at around 8%,are less than:
the food industry
Telecom
Software and services
Banks
Pharmaceuticals
APPLE(30+%)
And no I don't work for them.
A quick search will show this.
A real eye opener is to look up the amount of taxes you pay when filling your tank.Large in the US,mind-blowing in most countries using the term petrol.
Lala
As a former Lala user the one piece of tech I think Apple went for was a nifty one, the one piece of software engineering that bought the company. And now with Mac Store coming, I can see it being used there.
Simply, it was Lala's ability to look into your iTunes library and suck all that info and sync it into the cloud. I could get my iTunes anywhere there was a browser, my music anywhere. I have an average iTunes library, around 40 gigs worth of just music, the kicker with the Lala service was it was fast - fast. That was the piece of code I think Apple wanted above and beyond the streaming music.
I do miss Lala, and looked into rdio, but wow, what a crappy Adobe Air desktop client. No thanks, I'll wait for Spotify or something better.
On a final note, I'd love for Apple to buy Spotify or better yet roll their own. I'd trust that Apple is not going away and my music I invest in will be there when I want it.
As a former Lala user the one piece of tech I think Apple went for was a nifty one, the one piece of software engineering that bought the company. And now with Mac Store coming, I can see it being used there.
Simply, it was Lala's ability to look into your iTunes library and suck all that info and sync it into the cloud. I could get my iTunes anywhere there was a browser, my music anywhere. I have an average iTunes library, around 40 gigs worth of just music, the kicker with the Lala service was it was fast - fast. That was the piece of code I think Apple wanted above and beyond the streaming music.
I do miss Lala, and looked into rdio, but wow, what a crappy Adobe Air desktop client. No thanks, I'll wait for Spotify or something better.
On a final note, I'd love for Apple to buy Spotify or better yet roll their own. I'd trust that Apple is not going away and my music I invest in will be there when I want it.
A Spotify spokesperson has denied the rumor that they have talked with Apple. Also said they have no interest in selling.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20020825-261.html
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20020825-261.html
That's good to hear, let's hope that it's true. I wouldn't want to see Apple buy Spotify since they likely would shut it down or at least get rid of the free version. Now it would be nice if Spotify expanded to the US so I could use it without a proxy.
Looks as though Apple did try and have talks and that Spotify has turned around and said Kiss my chocolate salty balls. So Apple how about you take that 51 billion and make a ****ing phone that doesnt drop calls! Or how about this, a MBP with an HDMI port, a n iMac with HDMI in and out. Or stop ripping people off with your expensive charges for BTO. Jesus.
Sony BMG Music, Universal Music, Warner Music, EMI and Merlin jointly own an 18% share of Spotify.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/business/news/index.cfm?rss&newsid=26830
Fingers crossed that this is true.
Let's hope they're telling the truth. I've been using Spotify since day one and I love it!
Buy a triple; Spotify, Netflix and Akamai.
Both for some of the technology, especially Akamai, and to eliminate competition before it grows into serious competitors to iTunes (could also happen if said companies where bought by Google, Sony or others).
Both for some of the technology, especially Akamai, and to eliminate competition before it grows into serious competitors to iTunes (could also happen if said companies where bought by Google, Sony or others).
Not only is Spotify a fantastic service, the software (Mac / PC Client) is a MILLION times better than iTunes.
iTunes with it's annoying 'Genius', Annoying Ping that i don't want but insists on popping up next to every bloody song in my library.
Obviously Spotify is a threat to the iTunes world Job's has created, maybe if the Apple fans in the states got a taste of it then they might actually like it.
Personally i pay for the premium £9.99, means I can make music playlists 'offline' on my phone, which I use to play music in my car etc.
AND i can't believe how instant it is.... i mean it makes the iTunes store look like a lumbering dinosaur, type in a song and BOOM! it's there, play it and BOOM! it's playing, couple it with Airfoil and you can still stream to a Airport Express (that's what I do).
iTunes with it's annoying 'Genius', Annoying Ping that i don't want but insists on popping up next to every bloody song in my library.
Obviously Spotify is a threat to the iTunes world Job's has created, maybe if the Apple fans in the states got a taste of it then they might actually like it.
Personally i pay for the premium £9.99, means I can make music playlists 'offline' on my phone, which I use to play music in my car etc.
AND i can't believe how instant it is.... i mean it makes the iTunes store look like a lumbering dinosaur, type in a song and BOOM! it's there, play it and BOOM! it's playing, couple it with Airfoil and you can still stream to a Airport Express (that's what I do).
+1
The only people i know that dont like Spotify are the ones they have never tried it
So theres no real benefit to having higher quality music unless you've got a really high quality sound card and speakers on your pc
here here spotify is truly the future of music
woohoo yes yes yes
What about if you go to someones house and they've only got a cd player? I really just don't get why you would want to pay for music you don't get to keep?