This month it’s been exactly two years ago a completely whole new world of music opened up to me… I got Spotify! Two years later, and with Spotify in our loudspeakers we have no idea what we would do without it at the Herringbone office.
The Swedish-founded company Spotify has been a huge success, especially this past year with the US launch. Spotify recently started rolling out the 0.8.0 version, which includes updates and new features such as:
- Spotify Apps
This is a really good one. Spotify Apps are integrated apps inside Spotify such as Billboard Top Charts, Top10, and Soundrop, which help you discover even more music. My favorite is the “Rolling Stone’ app with playlists from the magazine’s own editors. You find the different apps in the sidebar to the left – “App Finder.”
- Spotify Radio
Spotify Radio has been updated and has a new cool look and users can choose from a variety of stations and tracks. It’s possible to skip as many tracks as possible. You can also create your own stations based on your favorite tracks, just drag them to the “Radio” in the left sidebar.
- ‘What’s New’
This feature has been updated as well and the user can e.g. see playlists and top tracks near her/him.
- Predictive search results
- Playlist search
- New “Buddy List”
- Add to Favorites
- Full-screen support for OS X Lion
If your account hasn’t been updated yet, make sure to fix that here.
To celebrate Spotify’s success and the new year that is upon us, I created a playlist. Get it here! Yeah… it might be a little cheesy, but 2011 has come to an end and a new year with new opportunities is about to begin. It’s time to wrap up unfinished business or to leave certain things behind us and start out fresh. It’s an opportunity to start over and become a better you. And make sure not to waste any time!
Anna
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