Spotify: A Case for the Growing Trend Toward the Cloud

A few years ago, no one in America knew Spotify, a streaming music service. Now, few who listen to music don’t know who they are. Back in 2011, CNN had an article entitled “Spotify founder: Future of music is access, not ownership.” There may have...

Install Spotify on Linux (Ubuntu or Debian)

This is a preview build of Spotify for Linux. As a preview release this version is still unsupported, but we’re running it ourselves and will try to make sure it keeps pace with its Mac and Windows siblings, there are issues regarding decoding of local music on...

Does the free version of Spotify have any limitations?

There are some caveats. The free service is ad-supported, and, according to this New York Times report, you get a max of 20 free hours of music per month in the first six months, then a max of 10 hours per month after that, and you can’t listen to any song more...

Spotify launches streaming music service in the U.S.

After months of speculation and rumors, much-lauded European music service Spotify is available in the U.S. with all four major labels on board. Starting Thursday morning, folks in the U.S. are be able to sign up for both paid tiers of Spotify’s service: $4.99 per...