Another short - and probably incorrect - prediction about disruption. Spotify, for all its tech, isn't magically disruptive. The business model is similar to a radio station. It pays music publishers based on what songs its listeners' request. (This is grossly oversimplified. Stick with me.) Spotify buys a product wholesale and then sells it retail. This is different from, say, the original Napster which paid nothing for its product and then gave it away for free. Is there a way to provide …
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This is annoying me. So I'm posting in the hope someone can tell me what obvious thing I am missing. I want to tap my phone against an NFC tag hidden in LP sleeve. Then I want my phone to automatically launch the Spotify app and for the app to display that album. This should be simple, but I can't get it to work. Get the album link Spotify gives me an option to copy the album link, or Spotify URI. Either: https://open.spotify.com/album/6QaVfG1pHYl1z15ZxkvVDW…
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Music streaming service Spotify has launched a new range of adverts which have gathered mixed reactions. On the surface, they seem like the usual bland corporate attempts at chumming down - trying to cynically pass off advertising as friendship. It's kinda funny, right? Teresa López Ortega@TLopezOrtegaAt least a funny way to display the privacy we're allowing companies to violate: Spotify's New Global Ad Campaign adweek.it/2gRLL18❤️ 1💬 1🔁 011:08 - Wed 30 November 2016 Is that OK? It fe…
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Hurrah! Spotify have released a native Linux player which works with free accounts! These notes show (which are mostly for my benefit) show you how to install it and configure your multimedia keyboard so the play/pause key controls the music on Spotify. Download Spotify for Linux. It's available in 32bit or 64bit. Double click on the .deb that has been downloaded and it should install. Nice and easy! To get the multimedia keys working, we need to follow the instructions in this tutorial…
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For the last few weeks I've been unable to run Spotify in Linux using WINE. I was continually getting a crash with this error message: Unhandled page fault on read access to 0x00000068 at address 0x7bc34e57 After lots of fruitless digging around, I discovered that the issue is with the Facebook integration! The fix is simple. Visit the Facebook Applications Page, remove Spotify. I've noted this error on the WINE Site. If you're a premium Spotify user, you can run their Linux Preview of…
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