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...

Young Listeners Opting to Stream, Not Own Music

Article written by Jareen Imam. (CNN) — For Camille Kim, music is life. On a typical day, the Emory University student spends hours on her laptop, scouring the Internet for the latest music. She uses a site that aggregates music recommendations from blogs to...

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...

Google Music vs. iCloud (and other streaming music options)

By Brad Molen on Engadget. Gone are the days of going to the music store, finding a vintage CD or cassette tape, happily unwrapping it and thoroughly perusing the cover art as you listen to your new album for the very first time. In a want-it-now world, that simply...