The secret to Spotify’s public market debut is actually an acquisition it made in 2014. The Echo Nest was powering music recommendations for Beats Music, Rdio, Vevo and iHeartRadio before Spotify pulled it out from under them by buying it f... Going public pits Spotify’s suggestions versus everyoneThis entry was posted in apple music Apps Entertainment Fundings & Exits Media Mobile Opinion Spotify Startups TC on February 28, 2018 by Josh Constine
Hall One at Mobile World Congress – a single space more massive than most conference centers in major cities – contained only a few displays. Although a quarter of the room housed small phone and mobile manufacturers, Huawei controlle... There’s always a bigger fishThis entry was posted in huawei Mobile Startups TC on February 28, 2018 by John Biggs
A recent Facebook algorithm change seems to have claimed a high-profile casualty: LittleThings, a digital publisher focused on inspirational and how-to content for women, which shut down yesterday. I wrote about the company at the beginning of 20... LittleThings blames its shutdown on Facebook algorithm changeThis entry was posted in Media Social TC and tagged facebook on February 28, 2018 by Anthony Ha
Spotify’s “Family Plan,” a variation of which launched in 2014, as well as its “Student Plan” appear to be driving a significant portion of the company’s growth and improving retention, as the company points to... Spotify plays the long game with Family and Student Plans ...This entry was posted in Apps Fundings & Exits Gadgets Mobile Spotify on February 28, 2018 by Matthew Lynley
Spotify just filed for a direct listing in the U.S., sidestepping the traditional IPO process, and now we’re starting to see some of the true financial guts of the company — and some of the significant risks it faces from challenging ... Even with double the subscribers, Spotify says Apple will always ...This entry was posted in apple music Apps Fundings & Exits google play music Mobile Spotify on February 28, 2018 by Matthew Lynley
Twitter today is publicly launching its “Bookmarks” feature, which has been in testing since late last year, following the company’s HackWeek project dubbed #SaveForLater. A desire to save content for later reading is something ... Twitter launches Bookmarks, a private way to save tweetsThis entry was posted in Apps Social TC and tagged twitter on February 28, 2018 by Sarah Perez
LinkedIn wasn’t built for low-skilled job seekers, so Facebook is barging in. Today Facebook is rolling out job posts to 40 more countries to make itself more meaningful to people’s lives while laying the foundation for a lucrative bu... Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedInThis entry was posted in Apps LinkedIn Mobile Social TC and tagged facebook on February 28, 2018 by Josh Constine
Square posted a largely successful fourth quarter that showed continuing growth with its Cash App — with users spending around $90 million on its Cash card in December, putting it on a potentially $1 billion run rate. That would offer anoth... Square’s bets beyond a register brought in $253M last year ...This entry was posted in Apps Earnings Enterprise Finance jack dorsey Mobile Square TC on February 27, 2018 by Matthew Lynley
Sonos One users in Canada can now join their peers south of the border in yelling requests at their connected speakers – a free update issued today enables Amazon Alexa on the Sonos One. The One launched with Alexa support in the U.S., but ... Sonos One’s Alexa support comes to CanadaThis entry was posted in Amazon amazon echo artificial intelligence California Gadgets hardware sonos TC on February 27, 2018 by Darrell Etherington
Just last week, AT&T announced the first handful of cities where it’ll roll out its 5G network later this year. Today at Mobile World Congress, T-Mobile and Sprint did the same. Sprint’s first 5G networks will go live in Chicago, ... These will be the first cities getting 5G from Sprint ...This entry was posted in Mobile TC on February 27, 2018 by Greg Kumparak