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If you’re one of those people who love to sing along with your favorite songs, you’ll love Spotify’s new karaoke feature. Here’s how to use the Spotify karaoke feature.

Spotify and Roblox have joined forces to bring to you 'Spotify Island,' which is "a paradise of sound." What is Spotify Island? Here's what we know.

Neil Young took his music off Spotify since it spreads COVID-19 misinformation through Joe Rogan’s podcast. Other artists are joining the bandwagon.

Joe Rogan, the controversial host of "The Joe Rogan Experience" on Spotify, has hundreds of millions of listeners. Why do some people hate Rogan?

Global rights firm Spoken Giants has a bone to pick with Spotify. Here's why Spoken Giants is causing Spotify to drop comedian audio like it's hot.

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The EU seems to be in agreement with Spotify: Apple is acting against competition laws. The EU Commission has launched an official investigation.

In 2020, Spotify stock has risen 115 percent. Is the stock a buy or sell at this price? How's the company's outlook and what can investors expect?

Google’s closely watched cloud computing business recently got a boost from Twitter, which signed up for some cloud storage and computing needs.

Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT) has seen its stock rise 25% since it debuted in April.

Spotify (SPOT) reported a spectacular subscriber growth in the second quarter. It now has 83 million paid subscribers.

Spotify (SPOT) generated 1.27 billion euros (or $1.49 billion) in revenue for the second quarter, up 26% from Q2 2017.

Spotify closed 2017 with 157 million subscribers, and it’s aiming to raise that number to 200 million subscribers by the end of 2018.

In the third quarter, eBay accounted for 11.0% of PayPal’s total payment volume, which was down from 13.0% in the third quarter of 2017.

On March 25, during an event held in Cupertino, California, Apple launched its news and magazine subscription service, News+.

Amazon (AMZN) is expanding its cloud footprint in Latin America as it pursues growth overseas.

When eBay (EBY) announced earlier this year that Dutch company Adyen was replacing PayPal (PYPL) as its primary payments processor, something was not discussed.

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China is seeing a rise in streaming entertainment—from esports to music streaming—and Tencent (TCHEY) is the biggest beneficiary.

Wall Street analysts expect Spotify to report an adjusted EPS of -$0.33 on total revenue of $1.93 billion in the second quarter of 2020.

At $236 per share at the closing on Monday, Spotify stock has gained 58% YTD and 100% over the past three months. Will Spotify be the next Netflix?

Spotify Technology (NYSE:SPOT) stock has risen. The company expects its podcast business to grow significantly. Spotify signed two new deals this week.

ZoomInfo Technologies went public on June 4. The company followed in Warner Music Group’s footsteps, which went public on June 3.

Warner Music Group went public on June 3. The company went public at $25 per share, which was toward the high end of the target range.

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has invested in Gojek. The company joined Google and Tencent in one of Southeast Asia’s most promising technology startups.

At $55 per share, Tencent has risen 15% in 2020. The stock has pulled up 35% from its pandemic lows in the first quarter.

Spotify stock rose on Wednesday after the company reported upbeat results for the first quarter of 2020. The stock has grown around 14.7% in the past year.

The Trump campaign ads that Facebook removed asked people to participate in a survey or “census.” Facebook thought that the ads might confuse people.

PayPal announced its withdrawal from the 28-member team of Facebook’s Libra Project. Libra has received criticism from the public and private sectors.

Despite having high-profile defections in the past week, Facebook’s Libra Association proceeded with its inaugural members meeting.

Last week, Facebook (FB) and other founding members of the Libra Association launched Libra. Libra will be governed by a handful of large organizations including Uber (UBER), Lyft (LYFT), Visa (V), and Mastercard (MA). By the planned launch in 2020, Facebook expects to have 100 members in the governing body.

Music isn’t the only arena where Apple (AAPL) is contending with Spotify (SPOT). A new phase of their competition has made podcasts an epicenter.

Spotify (SPOT) stock fell during Tuesday’s trading session, as investors fear the entry of Chinese rival TikTok, putting Spotify’s subscribers at risk.

Respite for Huawei is big news for tech stocks, but China’s facing other problems. Plus, one company’s fight for survival and much more.

Apple Music (AAPL) has a new reason to worry. Spotify (SPOT) was already a tough competitor, but now it also has to face off with Chinese company ByteDance.

Spotify reported around 248 million total MAUs during the third quarter. Now, the company has more subscribers than Apple (AAPL) Music.

As they fight for control of the music streaming market, Spotify and Google have found themselves counting on the same partner to help them succeed.

Snap stock is up in the trading session today. The stock had gained over 3% as of 9:46 AM ET. It fell 1.9% on October 18 and closed at $13.52.

By 2020, Apple aims to double its Services revenue from 2016. Meanwhile, the iPhone is looking less and less important for the company.

Facebook and its Libra Association aim to launch its global cryptocurrency next year. The group is working on securing regulatory approvals for Libra.

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On September 26, Tesla (TSLA) rolled out its version 10 software update—its biggest software update ever—which customers were eagerly awaiting.

Facebook’s planned digital currency, Libra, has elicited strong reactions. Some think it poses a serious risk to the global financial system.

Snap stock rose 3% on Thursday and closed at $15.77. At the closing price of $15.31, Snap’s market capitalization is $21.8 billion.

The rise of YouTube podcasting opens a window for Google to the lucrative podcast advertising market. But Google now needs to support that growth.

Snap (SNAP) stock fell around 7.9% on Monday. The decline came after a Bank of America analyst noted a sequential fall in the top US app downloads.

Snap (SNAP) stock has been on the rise since the beginning of September. It’s gained over 7% in the last seven days, rising from $15.51 on August 27.

Fitbit (FIT) stock rose 5% today, driven by the launch of its new smartwatch, the Fitbit Versa 2. FIT is trading at $3, 57% below its 52-week high of $6.96.

Disney (DIS) plans to introduce a bundled video package that includes Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+. DIS plans to address password sharing on these services.

Close to two dozen job listing sites in Europe have complained to regulators about Google, which launched an online job search service two years ago.

Apple’s iPhone users haven’t been able to use Spotify via Siri. However, that may change as the companies are reportedly in talks to allow that capability.

Chinese music streaming giant Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) reported its second-quarter earnings results after the closing bell on August 12.

Microsoft’s investment of $1 billion in OpenAI is a development that has taken the tech space by storm.

Spotify (SPOT) became the first major online music service to join Facebook’s (FB) Libra cryptocurrency group called the Libra Association.

Spotify (SPOT) has settled two copyright lawsuits that accused it of infringing a massive number of song compositions, according to a report from the Hollywood Reporter.

Apple (AAPL) continues to receive challenges to its app business practices. After the US Supreme Court cleared a consumer-led antitrust lawsuit tied to Apple’s app business to proceed last month, a fresh lawsuit targeting the same business has been filed in California.

Spotify (SPOT) is serious about podcasts. Earlier this week, it launched a new playlist in the US dubbed “Your Weekly Drive,” which features a mix of music and news podcasts.

Spotify (SPOT) said it will be spending $500 million on podcasts this year. The company disclosed earlier this year that it already spent 358 million euros, or roughly $400 million, on acquiring three podcast companies.

Spotify (SPOT) has introduced a simplified listening app known as Stations in the US. Stations provides a radio-like listening experience.

Spotify (SPOT) derives more than 90% of its revenue from its paying subscribers.

Spotify’s (SPOT) average revenue per user (or ARPU) has been declining over the past several quarters.

The streaming music market in the US continues to grow, which is good news for providers such as Apple (AAPL).

Apple (AAPL) recently overtook Spotify (SPOT) as the top streaming music provider in terms of premium subscribers in the United States.

Though Spotify is a leader in the global music streaming market with a presence in over 75 countries, the company competes with tech heavyweights.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, Spotify’s (SPOT) number of monthly active users rose 29% YoY (year-over-year) to 207 million.

In the past few years, initial public offerings of tech companies brought a lot of good news for Google (GOOGL).

Hulu, which will soon be controlled by the Walt Disney Company (DIS), and Spotify (SPOT) are extending a collaboration agreement they started in 2017.

Last year was mediocre for South Korean electronics giant Samsung (SSNLF), as its smartphone shipments shrank and semiconductor growth declined.

Spotify launched its music service in India late last month, and the company is going all out to make sure it succeeds in the market.

Spotify has faced several roadblocks since it announced its intention to enter India. Spotify signed a massive deal with T-Series.

Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT) continues to grow its global subscriber base.

Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT) announced recently that it would be acquiring podcast startups Gimlet Media and Anchor FM.

Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT), which announced its fourth-quarter results yesterday, has continued to see robust user base and revenue growth.

There is a lot of investor attention focused on Apple’s (AAPL) service business.

Ireland is investigating Twitter (TWTR) in relation to its compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR).

General Atlantic, Dragoneer Investment Group, and SoftBank Vision Fund are among the lead investors in Slack Technologies.

If you work in an office environment, then you’re probably using Slack—or at least you must have heard about it.

Facebook and Google captured 20.6% and 37.1% of all digital ad spending in the United States in 2018 compared to 1.0% for Twitter, according to eMarketer.

Spotify (SPOT) wants to focus more of its attention this year on developing its podcast business.

Spotify (SPOT) is preparing to launch in India by the end of January.

Top Internet companies have been looking to get a slice of the fast-growing Indian market.

According to Reuters, Facebook (FB) has been hit with a trademark infringement lawsuit over its use of the Portal brand.

Selling media content is part of Apple’s (AAPL) Services business, which includes brands such as Apple Music and iTunes.

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) held its IPO in December, pricing shares at $13 and raising $1.1 billion.

Spotify (SPOT) has started testing a new type of ad format that allows brands to sponsor its Discover Weekly playlist.

Spotify (SPOT) announced last month its plan to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of its shares by April 2021.

Music streaming giant Spotify (SPOT) added 4 million paid subscribers during the third quarter and continues to grow at a fast clip.

Apple is working toward its goal of doubling its 2016 Services revenue by 2020. The company generated Services revenue of $24.3 billion in 2016.

The money that Shazam generates would go a long way towards boosting Apple’s services business, where revenue rose 31% year-over-year to $9.5 billion in the fiscal third quarter ended in June.

On Monday, Apple (AAPL) announced that it has completed its $400 million acquisition of Shazam, a popular music recognition app.

Spotify (SPOT) and Apple Music have seen tremendous growth in their subscriber bases.

The approval of the Shazam deal is seen as an important victory for Apple in its battle with Spotify (SPOT) for digital music revenues.

Music streaming service providers Spotify (SPOT) and Apple Music (AAPL) continue to gain subscribers.

Apple (AAPL) finally received the green light from regulators in the European Union last week to acquire UK-based music recognition app Shazam Entertainment.

Apple (AAPL) has permanently removed US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars website from its App Store.

Pandora finished the second quarter with more than 6.0 million paying customers, indicating that it gained more than 350,000 premium subscribers.

According to a report from Apple Insider, Apple Music has overtaken Spotify in terms of its number of paid subscribers in the United States.

PayPal (PYPL) recently invested in PPRO, a Britain-based startup specializing in cross-border payments for merchants.

While Spotify (SPOT) is still the clear leader in the music-streaming space, Apple (AAPL) Music is catching up.

In the first half of 2018, for the first time, we got a glimpse of how Google’s (GOOGL) cloud computing business measures up to its competition.