Spotify apps are here. We are through the looking glass: Apps within apps within apps. The Music streaming giant just hosted a press conference to tell the world it has now become a ‘platform’ for third party applications, rather than just an app itself. Read on, and see why it might be the best thing since Spotify first launched, or yet another library of software for you to manage by hand.
“Sign here, please” – we scrawl our name and look shiftily around. We’re in one of Britain’s most secure technology centres. Sky‘s broadband SNS centre is so secret, we’re not allowed to tell you where it is, in case it’s targeted by terrorists. We feel like Jack Bauer, with more child-like handwriting and some crumpled Non-Disclosure paperwork stuffed in our back pocket. Step inside with us, and see what Sky’s so desperate to keep secret. Read more
If initial reports are true, Spotify will reveal a major overhaul this afternoon, involving a new a new suite of apps that will plug into your playlists. It means users could potentially read up on the latest reviews of an LP while listening to it for the first time, or get gig tickets directly from a band’s page on Spotify. It’s certainly an interesting proposition. But from a music fan’s point of view, something I could really do without.
Thinking about ditching your iPhone? Now you can take the competition for a spin before binning your Apple device. Microsoft’s new Windows Phone 7 demo is an interactive treat, designed specifically to work on an iPhone, it seems. Want to take it for a test drive? Just point your iPhone’s browser at the link after the jump.
Still pining for an ultrabook, but put off by the prohibitively high price? Well, good news is afoot. See, major ultrabook players, including Acer, Asus and Toshiba, look set to cut costs by up to 10 per cent at the start of 2012. And that’s after they’ve slashed prices below the $1,000 mark in the US by the end of the year.
Mid-week. The end’s in sight. If you need something to take your mind off these last three days, let us walk you around the metaphorical park of tech news that, if you’re reading this, you’re worried you might have missed.
Spotify is set to hold a much hyped event this afternoon in New York City. And while all the rumours have centred around talk of a new movie and video service, a new report suggests the music streaming types will actually reveal something a touch more prosaic: a new app offering that will tie into your existing playlists and the tunes you listen to.
