Tag: pandora

Pandora arrives on Windows Phone

Another notable apps for Microsoft’s mobile platform. As an exclusive promotion Pandora, when used on Windows Phone, will be ad-free and have no monthly streaming limits. Pandora usually charges a $3.99 per month subscription (or $36 a year) for ad-free listening and limits free mobile listening to 40 hours per month, but there will no charge or limits for Windows Phone users throughout 2013… Pandora is a significant addition to the Windows Phone app catalogue because it’s a well known app and service on other mobile platforms. In July of 2012 Pandora announced that it had 54.9 million user, a number

Spotify goes all stars and stripes as it attempts America

Spotify hits the US. Over in Europe their route was "free" then "premium" which really meant pay for the version on your mobile. Over in the US it’s going to be different. $5 /month to get going or $10/month for the premium model (which has the smartphone capability) – plus some free accounts in the lucky dip of Web 2.0 services like Klout – mimicking the rush for invites and promoting Spotify online as people beg for invites. And of course Spotify has some entrenched opposition and the music labels in the US aren’t as friendly as they were in