知名歌手「抗議」　令 Spotify 讓播放專輯不再隨機

英國知名歌手 Adele 上周五推出其 6 年來首張專輯《30》 ，單周創下 80 萬銷量，打破英國紀錄。 而 Adele 早前在 Twitter 表示「她們創作音樂專輯時，放了很多心意於排列樂曲次序上，她們的藝術是說故事，而故事應該按創作者的意思去按序聆聽。感謝 Spotify 的聆聽」。然後 Spotify 回應 Anything……

This Week in Apps: Apple defends app ad buying, Spotify gains lyrics, Instagram kills Threads

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record 218 billion downloads and $143 billion in global consumer spending in 2020. Consumers last year also spent 3.5 trillion minutes […]

Spotify 實時歌詞顯示功能全球開放

Apple Music 很早已加入了歌詞顯示功能，而 Spotify 也在 2020 開始引進實時歌詞顯示功能，但不是全球用戶也可使用，因為當時支援 26 個地區。 今天，Spotify 宣佈正式將實時歌詞顯示功能對全球用戶開放，當中包括免費版用戶。從今天起，不論是 iOS、Android 或是桌面版的 Spotify，用戶也可使用歌詞顯示功能了。…

Let’s Meet The Board Members Supporting Besieged Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick

Activision Blizzard has had a nightmarish 2021, with historic allegations of harassment causing enormous upheaval at the company, several high-profile lawsuits and the departure (or firings) of many key executives and developers. You would think that t…

Spotify’s new Podcast Subscriptions expand to global markets

Just a few months after launching support for podcast subscriptions to U.S. creators, Spotify today is making the service available to creators in global markets. The company says the service, which allows creators to mark episodes as “subscriber-only” content, will now become available in 33 new markets worldwide. When podcast subscriptions publicly launched in the […]

Spotify expands into audiobooks with acquisition of Findaway

In an effort to expand beyond music, Spotify has been investing hundreds of millions to build out its podcasts business. Now the company has set its sights on another form of audio, with today’s acquisition of digital audiobook distributor Findaway. Spotify declined to share the financial terms of the deal, which is expected to close […]

We Are Still Living With The Revolution GTA 3 Started

Grand Theft Auto III launched 20 years ago to rave reviews and mainstream media controversy around its realistic depiction of violence and mayhem in an open-world parody of New York City. Next week Rockstar Games is bringing it back, now as a remastere…

Google introduces Pixel Pass, an all-in-one subscription combining phones and premium services

Alongside the launch of the new Google Pixel 6 smartphones, the company also introduced a new way to purchase them: Pixel Pass. This all-in-one subscription service allows consumers to purchase a Pixel phone for a low monthly price, rather than paying for it all upfront. The service is available $45 per month for the Pixel […]