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.
If you’ve been enviously eyeing a friend’s Sonos system but were didn’t have the cash to splash out on even the Sonos S5, here’s some good news. Sonos has just launched the Sonos Play:3, a dinky music streamer that will set you back just £259, almost £100 less than its previous all-in-one, the Sonos S5.
You’ll still also need a Sonos Bridge to set up your system unless you want to tie your Sonos Play:3 down with an ethernet cable but the price of that has also been slashed by half to £39. Read on for all the details on the Sonos Play:3 including why it comes packing an orientation sensor…
Apple has made a powerplay, to make everyone use its payment method. This means that anybody with an app that requires subscription now has to offer that subscription inside the app, using Apple’s in- app subscription options. For music services, this is bad news, and from the first stirrings of unrest, it looks like Apple’s big bet could be challenged. Read on for more info. Read more
The music streaming service we7 is hitting Ireland today, as announced at the beginning of the month. we7 is available in the UK, where it opened its digital doors in 2008. It now has a library of 6.5m tracks. Spotify isn’t available in Ireland yet, so we7 should go some way to filling the gap, and it works in a similar way. You can upgrade to a premium ad-free we7 service for €4.99 (£4.22) a month, and for €9.99 (£8.45) per month, you can add iPhone and Android we7 mobile services on top.
