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50+ Object Detection Datasets from different industry domains
By: Abhishek Annamraju
Tags: Dataset, Computer Vision, Algorithms, Object Detection, Deep Learning

Advance Driver Assistance and Self Driving Car Systems related Datasets

Demo

* Goal — To detect and classify traffic signs in dash cam images

* Application — Traffic sign recognition acts as a rule setter for autonomous driving

* Details — 7855 annotations on 6610 frames over 47 US sign types

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using EfficientDet-D3 pipeline

* This repository has one more dataset

— LISA Vehicle Detection Data

Demo

* Goal — To detect on-road objects in low-lighting conditions — fog, dark, haze, rains, etc

* Application — This is a crucial component in self-driving vehicles as it pertains to a safer vehicle if it’s capable of detecting objects in adverse conditions

* Details —15K+ annotations on 7500 frames over 12 different object types

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using EfficientDet-D3 pipeline

* Goal — To detect traffic lights and classify them as red, green, and yellow

* Application — This does rule-setting for adas and self-driving car systems at road network junctions

* Details — 11K frames with 20K+ annotations over three classes of traffic lights

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using Mmdet-Faster-Rcnn-fpn50 pipeline

Demo

* Goal — To detect people in infrared imagery

* Application — Autonomous vehicles are equipped with infrared cams to detect objects in adverse conditions

* Details — 30 video sequences with 1K+ annotations

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using Mx-Rcnn pipeline

Demo

* Goal — To detect potholes from on-road imagery

* Application — Detecting road terrain and potholes results in smooth driving.

* Details — 700 images with 3K+ annotations on potholes

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using M-Rcnn pipeline

Demo

* Goal — To detect vehicles on-road imagery

* Application — Detecting vehicles is a prime component in autonomous driving

* Details — 7000 images with 15K+ annotations on 6 types of vehicles

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using Tensorflow Object Detection API

Demo

* Goal — To detect on-road objects

* Application — Detecting vehicles, traffic signs, and people is a prime component in autonomous driving

* Details —100K images with 250K+ annotations on 10 types of objects

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using Tensorflow Object Detection API

Demo

* Goal — To detect traffic signs in images

* Application — Detecting traffic signs is the first step towards understanding traffic rules

* Details —3K images with 5K+ annotations on 40+ types of traffic signs

* How to utilize the dataset and build a custom detector using Mmdet — Cascade Mask Rcnn
Tensorflow 2 C++ example for object detection (inference)
By: Raktim Bora
Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Cpp, Computer Vision, TensorFlow, Object Detection

Tensorflow 2.x C++ API for object detection (inference)

Photo by Anoir Chafik on Unsplash

In a recent project, I had to integrate an object detection model into an existing C++ application code base for inferencing. This meant creating a C++ inferencing wrapper for our model which was trained in Python and serialized as TensorFlow binary checkpoints. We were on the latest stable release v2.3 of Tensorflow and were also using the Tensorflow Object detection API v2 which was recently upgraded to be compatible with Tensorflow 2.x.

This seemingly straight forward task took me a good few days and raising a couple of issues on Tensorflow Github repo, mainly because building Tensorflow C++ API from source is still painful and the lack of documentation around the usage of C++ API means you have to figure out things the hard way. If you are attempting the same, this article might save you some time and agony.

Oh btw, this article is mostly code, so you can view them directly on Github if that’s the sort of the thing you like.

Game plan

Build the latest Tensorflow C++ API from source (tested with v2.3.0) using docker. Load a SavedModel using SavedModelBundle Serve prediction using the new ClientSession method (vs the old Session way)

Checking thrusters

A few things though before we start

Use docker. I cannot stress this enough! You don’t want to sabotage your existing native TensorFlow installation, especially with those nasty CUDA and cuDNN version compatibility issues. But if you want, you could just use the steps in the Dockerfile to build the API from source natively. You might still want to develop locally without having to compile your cpp code against the container. To achieve this, I built the C++ API from source using the exact CUDA and cuDNN versions of my native Tensorflow installation but inside a container. Once built, I simply transferred the header and library files to the host system and made them accessible to Tensorflow and Visual Studio Code. We demonstrate the example using the Tensorflow Object Detection API v2 and a pre-trained EfficientDet-D3 model. Get the model from the TF model zoo. But, you could use any model you want as long as it’s in the SavedModel format.

Liftoff

Grab the docker image from dockerhub

docker pull boraraktim/tensorflow2_cpp

Here is the Dockerfile if you wish to build it yourself

Orbit

The cpp code is pretty self-explanatory, divided into a saved_model_loader.h header file (where most of the action is) and a get_prediction.cpp file which is the actual interface for inferencing.

Let’s wrap up with some Doggy detection

Details on compiling the code are in the Github readme

Original image from Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/photos/2_3c4dIFYFU

We detected the doggies which btw, was always the plan.

Houston, mission successful!
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Tags: Apple Music, Spotify, Spotify Playlist, New Music, Music

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🎧 Dinleyebileceğiniz En İyi Yazılımcı Podcastleri
By: Ertan Özdemir
Tags: Software Development, Yazılım, Podcast, Spotify

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MUSIC TO MAKE YOUR DAY
Tags: Apple Music, Spotify, Spotify Playlist, Playlist, Music

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Apple One: Are Apple’s new subscription bundles worth it?
By: Jacob Webb
Tags: Apple Music, Apple TV, Spotify, Apple, iPhone

Screenshot: Apple

Apple recently released a new subscription service that bundles many of its already popular services. It seems reasonable for just a few bucks a month, but it has many of us asking: is it really worth it?

Apple One is separated into three tiers: Individual, Family, and Premier. To see if Apple One is worth it, let's break down the math.

Screenshot: Apple

Individual Plan: Apple’s individual plan includes Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50GB iCloud storage. If you bought these services separately it would total $21, and you would end up saving $6.

Family Plan: Apple’s family plan can be shared with up to five other people and includes: Apple Music (family plan), Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 200GB iCloud storage. In the end, this plan would save $8. This savings is calculated based on the Apple Music Family Plan. If no one else in the family is actually using Apple Music, you aren’t getting the best value.

Premier Plan: The premier plan includes all of Apple’s services: Apple Music (family plan), Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, 2TB iCloud storage, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness+. This plan saves you $25 if you fully take advantage of all it has to offer.

One thing that isn’t available with Apple One is a student discount. If you are a student, it makes more sense to just stick with your existing student subscriptions. Apple has made no mention of whether or not they plan to implement student pricing in the future.

Aside from the potential savings, do the services included in Apple One actually bring value? Spotify already has a major grip on many anyway, and that would mean switching over to Apple Music. Also, Apple TV+ still seems it is in its infant stages, and it doesn’t have much to stand up against other streaming services like Hulu or Disney+.

So is it worth it? If you are already using all of these services or are a die-hard Apple lover, then you should definitely consider it. It’s a good way to save money on things you are already purchasing. Also, if you are a family, this may be a good alternative, and you will probably end up saving money. But for the average individual who doesn’t already use all of these Apple services, Apple One doesn’t really seem worth it.
How Kubernetes is used in industries and how does industries got benefited using Kubernetes…?
By: Ishika Mandloi
Tags: Kubernetes Cluster, Kubernetes, Slingshot, Spotify

What is Kubernetes?

Kubernetes is a tool for automation of Linux container operations. In short we can make cluster of containers and then Kubernetes can manage them together. Kubernetes automates the manual processes involved in deploying, managing and scaling containerized applications.

What is Kubernetes used for?

When there is a need to do same operations in multiple containers together we can used Kubernetes to group them together and it will manage to do all operations together in all containers.

How does Spotify used Kubernetes and got benefited?

Spotify is a audio-streaming platform which was launched in 2008 and now has 200 million monthly users all over the world. Earlier in 2014 they felt need for containerizing microservices and for solving that they used an open-source, homegrown container orchestration system called Helios. But in 2017 they felt need of Kubernetes so that they can focus on features on platform. They started with Kubernetes and found it beneficial as they gained velocity and reduced cost.

“The community has been extremely helpful in getting us to work through all the technology much faster and much easier. And it’s helped us validate all the things we’re doing.” Says DAVE ZOLOTUSKY, SOFTWARE ENGINEER, INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS, SPOTIFY.

When they were migrating from Helios to Kubernetes, the service was running on both until they validated Kubernetes under a variety of load circumstances and stress circumstances. They used Kubernetes APIs and extensibility features of Kubernetes, and found it straightforward and easy.

The service which takes over 10 million requests per second is running on Kubernetes and benefits in auto scaling. Hours of work turned to seconds and minutes.

Spotify team built a tool called Slingshot on Kubernetes, it was one of they success stories of Spotify using Kubernetes.

So this is how Kubernetes is used and how industry uses it to get quicker.

Spotify got benefited using Kubernetes and many more ….

So, get started with Kubernetes✌

Hope you all found my blog informative.

THANK YOU FOR READING
Kubernetes Case Study : Spotify. Spotify: An early adopter of…
By: Anshika Sharma
Tags: Spotify Marketing, Kubernetes, Use Cases, Spotify

Spotify

Spotify: An early adopter of Containers, Spotify is Migrating from Homegrown Orchestration to Kubernetes.

About Spotify

Company : Spotify

Location : Global

Industry type : Entertainment

Challenges faced by Spotify

Spotify was an early adopter of Microservices and Docker, it had containerized microservices running across its fleet of VMs with a homegrown container orchestration system called Helios. By late 2017, it became clear that “having a small team working on the features was just not as efficient as adopting something that was supported by a much bigger community,” they say.

Solution

They found Kubernetes as an amazing community that has grown up, then they decided to be a part of it. Kubernetes was more feature-rich than Helios. Kubernetes helps them to reduce the costs and added velocity. Also at that time Kubernetes fit very nicely as a complement and later it was adopted as a replace to Helios.

The Software Engineer of Spotify, named DAVE ZOLOTUSKY says that: —

“The community has been extremely helpful in getting us to work through all the technology much faster and much easier. And it’s helped us validate all the things we’re doing."

Impact

The team spent much of 2018 addressing the core technology issues required for the migration. They were able to use a lot of the Kubernetes APIs and extensibility features of Kubernetes to support and interface with our legacy infrastructure, so the integration was straightforward and easy.

Migration started late that year and has accelerated in 2019. Their focus was really on stateless services. A small percentage of Spotify’s fleet, containing over 150 services, has been migrated to Kubernetes so far.

“They’ve heard from their customers that they have less of a need to focus on manual capacity provisioning and more time to focus on delivering features for Spotify”.

The biggest service currently running on Kubernetes takes over 10 million requests per second as an aggregate service and benefits greatly from autoscaling, says Wen. Earlier teams would have to wait for an hour to create a new service and get an operational host to run it in production, but with Kubernetes, they can do that on the order of seconds and minutes. In addition, with Kubernetes’s bin-packing and multi-tenancy capabilities, CPU utilization has improved on average.

Conclusion by Reliability Engineer of Spotify

“It’s been surprisingly easy to get in touch with anybody we wanted to, to get expertise on any of the things we’re working with. And it’s helped us validate all the things we’re doing.”

The community has been extremely helpful in getting them to work through all the technology much faster and much easier.

Just like Spotify, there are many such use cases of Kubernetes that helped many people to establish and easy maintenance of their Services.

Also as soon as this community get tried by many companies/startups, the community got famous and popular and adopted everyone in the World.

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Kubernetes On Work…
Tags: Kubernetes, K8s, Spotify, Kubernetes Engine

Kubernetes, also known as K8s, is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. In other words, it is a container orchestration tool, created by GOOGLE. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery. Containerisation technology used by k8s used to be Docker which is being shifted to Cri-o, for its faster and daemon less deployment. Many of the Companies are moving towards this technology for their Sever setup. Of which the case study of Spotify is described in this section.

Spotify was launched around 2008 and has grown since then, till 2017 it had a great number of listeners. This created a clear image in the technical heads of the company that the management of the servers would be a back-breaking task for the teams. So, they decided to adopt k8s for server deployment.

“We saw the amazing community that had grown up around Kubernetes, and we wanted to be part of that,” says Jai Chakrabarti, Director of Engineering, Infrastructure and Operations. Kubernetes was more feature-rich than Helios. Plus, “we wanted to benefit from added velocity and reduced cost, and also align with the rest of the industry on best practices and tools.” At the same time, the team wanted to contribute its expertise and influence in the flourishing Kubernetes community. The migration, which would happen in parallel with Helios running, could go smoothly because “Kubernetes fit very nicely as a compliment and now as a replacement to Helios,” says Chakrabarti.

And today Spotify is completely relying on the k8s and cloud for providing us with the best quality and variety of music services.
Kubernetes | Huawei | Spotify
By: Gaurav Khore
Tags: Kubernetes, Spotify, Huawei

How Kubernetes helpful to Huawei:-

Problem:-

A multinational company that’s the largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer in the world, Huawei has more than 180,000 employees. In order to support its fast business development around the globe, Huawei has eight data centers for its internal I.T. department, which have been running 800+ applications in 100K+ VMs to serve these 180,000 users. With the rapid increase of new applications, the cost and efficiency of management and deployment of VM-based apps all became critical challenges for business agility. “It’s very much a distributed system so we found that managing all of the tasks in a more consistent way is always a challenge,” says Peixin Hou, the company’s Chief Software Architect and Community Director for Open Source. “We wanted to move into a more agile and decent practice.”

Solution:-

After deciding to use container technology, Huawei began moving the internal I.T. department’s applications to run on Kubernetes. So far, about 30 percent of these applications have been transferred to cloud native.

How Kubernetes helpful to Spotify:-

Problem:-

Launched in 2008, the audio-streaming platform has grown to over 200 million monthly active users across the world. “Our goal is to empower creators and enable a really immersive listening experience for all of the consumers that we have today — and hopefully the consumers we’ll have in the future,” says Jai Chakrabarti, Director of Engineering, Infrastructure and Operations. An early adopter of microservices and Docker, Spotify had containerized microservices running across its fleet of VMs with a homegrown container orchestration system called Helios. By late 2017, it became clear that “having a small team working on the features was just not as efficient as adopting something that was supported by a much bigger community,” he says.

Solution:-

“We saw the amazing community that had grown up around Kubernetes, and we wanted to be part of that,” says Chakrabarti. Kubernetes was more feature-rich than Helios. Plus, “we wanted to benefit from added velocity and reduced cost, and also align with the rest of the industry on best practices and tools.” At the same time, the team wanted to contribute its expertise and influence in the flourishing Kubernetes community. The migration, which would happen in parallel with Helios running, could go smoothly because “Kubernetes fit very nicely as a complement and now as a replacement to Helios,” says Chakrabarti.

Conclusion:-

Kubernetes enables enterprises to solve common dev and ops problems easily, quickly, and safely. It also provides other benefits, such as building a seamless multi/hybrid cloud strategy, saving infrastructure costs, and speeding time to market.

Thanks for reading……
Why Spotify, an early adopter of container technology, migrated to Kubernetes?
By: Yadvi Bhalla
Tags: Spotify, DevOps, Container Orchestration, Docker, Kubernetes

Why Spotify, an early adopter of container technology, migrated to Kubernetes?

Why there is a need of Kubernetes in the devops world?

To understand what is Kubernetes and it’s use-case, we first need to understand why we need Kubernetes and what kind of challenges in the companies are responsible for the development of this technology in the devops world.

No doubt, containers are fast, reliable, efficient and scalable. By using containerization technology, you can provision almost any OS in just a few seconds because Devops is all about how agile the technology is — how faster you can solve the use-cases of the current industry needs. Both Linux and docker containers isolate the application from the host.

Even though containers are scalable, there are some challenges for scaling it in the real world. Now, there is an inherent problem with containers. That is the need to keep track of them. When public cloud companies bill you for CPU time or storage then you need to make sure you do not have any orphaned machines spinning out there doing nothing. Plus there is the need to automatically spin up more when a machine needs more memory, CPU, or storage, as well as shut them down when the load lightens. Orchestration tackles these problems. This is where Kubernetes comes in.

What is Kubernetes?

It is an orchestration tool for containers. The fundamental premise behind the Kubernetes is that we can enforce desired state management and what that means is we gonna feed the cluster services a specific configuration and it will be up to the cluster services to go out and run that configuration in the infrastructure. Kubernetes is a cluster and container management tool. It lets you deploy containers to clusters, meaning a network of virtual machines. It works with different containers, not just Docker.

Case Study of Spotify

Spotify is a digital music service that gives you access to millions of songs.

Challenge:

An early adopter of microservices and Docker, Spotify had containerized microservices running across its fleet of VMs with a homegrown container orchestration system called Helios. By late 2017, it became clear that “having a small team working on the features was just not as efficient as adopting something that was supported by a much bigger community,” says Jai Chakrabarti, Director of Engineering, Infrastructure and Operations.

Solution:

Kubernetes solved this challenge, it benefited Spotify by increasing the velocity and reducing the cost. The migration, which would happen in parallel with Helios running, could go smoothly because “Kubernetes fit very nicely as a complement and now as a replacement to Helios,” says Chakrabarti. Spotify has also started to use gRPC and Envoy, replacing existing homegrown solutions, just as it had with Kubernetes.

Thank you!
科技創業週報 #264：Spotify 創辦人談自我成長
By: Star Rocket 三創育成
Tags: Newsletter, Spotify

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#03 — Hamilton: O fenômeno dos palcos para o streaming
By: Isabela Candido
Tags: Spotify, Broadway, Hamilton, Musical Theater, Podcast

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Historias de terror (2020) con los servicios de streaming
By: Gustavo Luque
Tags: Spotify, Digital Gap, Disparidad De Cobros, Musicians Reality, Streaming

Artists Fear Consequences of Discussing Streaming Royalties, Says MP

The House of Commons’ Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee (DCMS Committee) announced the high-profile probe of…
Crea tu podcast con RadioCut y súbelo a Spotify
By: Gabriela Díaz
Tags: Radio, Spotify, Podcasting

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Netflix is rolling out “audio-only” mode for its Android app
By: Fahad Ahmad
Tags: Spotify, Netflix, Audio, Android App Development, Android

Netflix is rolling out “audio-only” mode for its Android app

Netflix is rolling out “audio-only” mode for its Android app

Netflix has started rolling out an audio-only mode for its Android app, allowing users to ignore the graphics of Netflix movies and shows and only listen to the audio.

According to a report by The Verge, a new ‘video off’ button is added to the top of the full-screen video player for those who got the update. Once the video is off, the screen will turn black and only show the playback controls, including the forward and back buttons, speed adjustments, and the scrub bar.

A new audio-only option was also added to the settings. Clicking on it will allow users to use the following modes: Always On, Headphones or External Speakers, and Off.

With recent growth in interest in the podcasting industry, many other companies like Spotify, Twitter and TikTok are bringing in new updates to establish a competitive edge.

Twitter is planning to launch audio tweets, while TikTok has also started focusing on audio as a critical element of its platform. Meanwhile, Spotify for Podcasters has already established itself as a premier podcasting platform.

This update will allow Netflix to cater to those consumers who want to spend more time on the app but cannot give their full attention to the visuals on the screen. Of course, this is bound to result in people ultimately spending more time on the Netflix app, especially when they are on the go.

Netflix has not disclosed if or when all users will receive this update and whether it will also be added to Netflix web.
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ICW Episode #12 Review — Mamandas Empanadas
Tags: Spotify, Podcasting, Small Business, Empanadas, Spanish Food

When I sat down to talk with Michael about the business he has started with his mother I had no idea of the range of emotions I would eventually feel throughout our chat. To elaborate, Michael and I haven’t spent a lot of time getting to know each other prior to this episode, so as much as this was a chat about what he’s doing in his life and how he’s managed the year 2020, it also served as an opportunity to get to know each other — and I’ve found that we have a lot in common.

I met Michael a few years ago through mutual friends and it was one of those encounters with a person where you knew instantly that the two of you would end up being friends at some point in life. Not saying we’re quite there yet, but I guess you could say we’re off to a good start.

Admittedly I knew very little about the art of Empanada-making and about how Michael and his Mother even started on this journey, so I was very curious and had a lot of questions about how they got started, but most of all, why.

One lesson I keep learning over and over as I get older is that strong people are not born, they are made. I was reminded of this lesson once again during the episode with Michael because it seemed too instinctual to him and his mother that although everything is closed and people are quarantining, there is still something they could do — and this is a trait of resilient, strong people. What most people would use as an excuse to do nothing, watch Netflix and wait for the government to save them, other people, like Michael and his Mother use this as an opportunity to dig deep and use what existing skills they have to make the most of the situation.

With all of that said, here are a few key takeaways I have from my conversation with Michael Mederos:
Straight Flexing
By: Corbin Hicks
Tags: Spotify, Emi, Flex, Nigga, Reggae

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A lot has changed since 2008. I graduated college in the spring. The economy crashed and we hit the Great Recession. A Senator from Illinois was elected the President of the United States. And Nigga had the #1 record in Mexico.

Felix Gomez, better known by his stage name Nigga, is a chart-topping reggae artist based out of Panama. He came up with his nickname after being told “he sings like a black guy from Jamaica.” Nigga would receive much success throughout Latin America with his hit single “Te Quiero” and it even held the #1 spot on the Latin Billboard charts for 20 straight weeks. The single won a Latin Grammy for Best Urban Song and the similarly titled album would be nominated but ultimately lose in the Best Urban Music Album category.

In the midst of this success there was obviously controversy surrounding Nigga’s moniker, so as a compromise he decided to go by the name Flex in order to begin receiving airplay in the United States. Nigga also edited and released versions of his earlier songs as Flex, without any mention of the Nigga nickname. The name change might have hurt his career longevity as none of his later albums reached the heights of his debut album, but he’s still garnering lots of streams for the hits that he did amass early in his career. On Spotify, his Flex account has 600,000 listeners a month and his Nigga account is garnering almost triple that at over 1,600,000 unique listeners each month. It’s clear that his fanbase prefers Nigga over Flex.

I find it extremely curious that in today’s climate Nigga is able to still thrive in the streaming world. Usually artists with questionable or controversial names get held back by them and don’t make it past niche fame on sites such as Soundclick, Audiomack or Reverbnation. Nigga has had a #1 record, won a Latin Grammy, and is still pulling in millions of streams each month. Based on Spotify’s payout of $0.004 a stream, Nigga’s label EMI is generating at least $100,000 a year off of his music. I’ve seen artists get cancelled for way less than using a literal slur as their artist name.

Maybe Spotify’s board is full of Nigga lovers.
Fradama — Promenade Sunset. Dave Mathers is a classically trained…
By: The Alternative Mixtapes
Tags: Spotify, Piano, Playlist, British Artist, Relaxing Music

Dave Mathers is a classically trained pianist and composer from Scotland who loves all kinds of jazz music. He has been playing piano for 20 years (since he was 8) but still thinks he has much to learn, which is the right attitude to have. He started to release music last year under the moniker while working as a piano tutor for a music school in his country, and doubled his efforts this year in order to take advantage of the 2020 situation. Amongst his latest releases, I particularly liked his beautiful piano piece Promenade Sunset, which is a short but captivating track that is as relaxing as a walk in an actual seafront promenade.

Fradama hopes to get better known with time if he keeps releasing more music. Promenade Sunset demonstrates that he is talented enough to achieve his goals. All he needs is a little bit of luck. Give him a chance below.

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Apple Music Integrates with google home devices
By: Aux Collaborative
Tags: Google Home, Apple Music, Google Nest, Spotify, Playlist

Music is something we can never get enough of. We listen while we work out, study, drive, bathe, etc. Every aspect of our life has a soundtrack. Tech companies are beginning to realize this and innovating. Google Home is the latest company to make a move.

Google Home devices, such as google’s Nest product line, now can be linked to Apple Music. This gives consumers another way to fill their homes with the tunes they love. In addition, music can be triggered through google voice commands. Multiple devices can be paired to create a system of “smart-speakers.”

This move is a small step in a field that is rapidly innovating. Earlier this year, entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed his current development of a chip that would supposedly be able to stream music directly to the brain. The crossover between the music and tech world is starting to get interesting. Experiences that only seem possible in Sci-Fi films may not be that far from reality.

Sources:

Apple Music comes to Google Home devices like Nest Audio and Nest Hub

Neuralink Music Streaming Chip | Elon Musk Neuralink Updates
How to Download YouTube Videos in 2021
By: Fahim Ahmadi
Tags: YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Download, Data

How To Download YouTube Videos in 2021 (Source: fahimahmadi.com)

YouTube is one of the biggest video sharing service in the world. Every minute, over 100 hours of video is uploaded to YouTube and as such. YouTube has slowly gained its place as an intrinsic part of our daily internet surfing.

Quite often, the need arises to save YouTube videos in our desktops and phones. Sometimes, it is due to buffering and bandwidth issues, and other times we just decide to save our data and keep use of our hard disk. Whatever the case maybe, I will discuss some of the ways to download YouTube videos in 2021 with and without software.

Is it Legal to Download YouTube Videos?

To begin with, let’s get the most important question out of the way. The general consensus is that it is not legal to download YouTube videos. If you want a legal option, YouTube Red (YouTube’s subscription service) allows you to download videos for offline use with their permission — they can pay the content creator (and themselves) with the subscription fees. However, with that being said, there are no guidelines that SPECIFICALLY say that it is not allowed to download YouTube videos. So if you still want to go ahead with it, please do so at your own responsibility.

How to Download YouTube Videos?

I will split the downloading part into two different sections, one for downloading in Desktop and the other for Phone. I will discuss various methods, some of them include downloading software/apps, web extensions, direct online methods, etc.

If you are interested, please continue reading more here
Netflix Android App Comes With Listening In The Background
By: Burak Düzenli
Tags: Netflix, Listening, Podcast, Spotify

Do you want to listen to productions that you have watched and liked before, like a radio theater or a podcast? The Netflix Android app offers just that.

Last October, the XDA Developers team reviewed the Netflix APK and revealed that the firm was testing bringing the voice-only feature to the mobile app. The feature was reflected in some users as a server-side update, according to Android Police.

As can be seen from the name of the new feature, you can listen to your favorite programs. This feature will work very well when you can’t look at the screen or encounter problems that you will use for other work, such as not enough data packets.

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Few users who can get the feature can see the “video off” button at the top of the screen when they watch it in full screen. Only when the volume mode is activated by pressing this button is the control buttons and brightness control line on a black screen.

It seems that Netflix has also added this feature to the Settings section. The menu that appears when you press the Settings button contains three different options. These options were always set to on, headphones and off.

Since the audio-only feature is available to users as very new, it will take a little more time for the update to spread around the world. In addition, those who want to use this feature also need the latest version of the Netflix Android app.

Netflix is no stranger to audio content

Netflix was also already investing in radio programs and podcast content. After all, apps like Spotify and Apple Music were among the firms Netflix competed with, if not directly. As a matter of fact, the company wants to be strong in this market.

Thanks to the new feature, Netflix will be able to use less data. It will also be possible to listen to a program in the background during journeys or while working. It is currently unknown when the feature will spread to the rest of the world.
AtomicNew
By: Atomicnew World
Tags: Spotify, Pubg, Netflix, Free Fire, Vbucks Generator

Atomic New is a tech site which provides them with tips and tricks to get free premium accounts, we have many websites depend on categories. check them below:

Free Streaming accounts Netflix, Spotify…: http://watch.atomicnew.com
Royal Audio 🎙
Tags: Entertainment, Spotify, Podcasting, Business, Podcast

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are a versatile bunch to say the least. Recently, the two have made the decision to get into podcasting and Spotify has closed the deal on its exclusive streaming rights.

On Tuesday, Spotify dropped the news that it has signed a multi-year deal with the production company that will be producing the royal podcast. The size of the cheque the two received has not been disclosed. Through this process, the couple founded a newly formed production company named Archewell Audio.

This is not the first big acquisition for Spotify as it makes its move into podcasting with big name deals with Joe Rogan, Barack and Michelle Obama, Kim Kardashian West and even TikTok Addison Rae.

Following the release of the news on Tuesday, Spotify shares jumped around 2%. Since the beginning of the year., Spotify shares are up over 110%.

I am not a financial advisor and my comments should never be taken as financial advice. Investments come with risk, so always do your research and analysis beforehand.
JAMAICA
Tags: Apple Music, Spotify, Pop Music, Pop Culture, Music

JAMAICA

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https://music.apple.com/us/album/jamaica-feat-skye-single/1536148395

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Opera adds Music Player to the Sidebar
Tags: Youtube Music, Apple Music, Opera, Spotify, Browsers

Surfing in cyberspace is even more fun because the Opera browser previously featured a sidebar shortcut containing social media icons such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Mesengger, Twitter, Instagram. It also includes shortcuts to My Flow, Bookmarks, History, Opera Settings. Now there is an additional sidebar shortcut, namely Player.

Player in your Sidebar

The new Player in Opera let’s you listening music from Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music directly from the browser’s sidebar.

Adapted from the Opera blog :

The new Player feature can be accessed in the browser’s sidebar, beneath the messengers section. To play, stop or skip a track, you don’t have to leave your current tab or even open the Player: playback can be controlled with the standard playback buttons on your keyboard or by hovering over the Player icon in the sidebar, where a mini playback control menu will appear. The ultimate music and podcast buffs among you can remain logged in to all three streaming platforms and alternate between them. And what if you aren’t interested in the feature? Well, you can easily switch it off in the browser settings.

Photo by Irwan – Spotify on Opera browser

As we all know that the music industry is currently growing with an increase in music player platforms. With the music player in the Opera browser, users can experience surfing with musical entertainment from Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube Music. What are you waiting for, download it and enjoy the cool features of the Opera browser.

Nice work Opera 👏🏻

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Florida Native Artist Jamal Wade Rise to the Top of the Hip-hop Game As He Reaches Over 1 Million Streams In A Year
By: Sibca Awan
Tags: Jamal Wade, Apple Music, Spotify, Realjamalwade, God Forgive Me

Florida Native Artist Jamal Wade Rise to the Top of the Hip-hop Game As He Reaches Over 1 Million Streams In A Year

God Forgive Me

Jamal aka Jamal Wade is a Tampa Bay, Florida Native artist coming with a very unique style and sound to the hip hop scene. Songs like Stay On Point, Tears, and Flaming Up are currently catching a buzz without any co-sign.

Jamal Wade EP God Forgive Me has surpassed 1,000,000 streams on Spotify and is currently building an online buzz without any co-sign. Also with back to back releases of 4 singles over all over 100,000 Streams in counting and over 246,000 monthly listeners

Jamal creates all types of music for his fans from commercial to street love songs. Now the Florida native artist says he’s coming stronger than ever for 2021 and will make sure they receive and recognize his name and music as well as his hard work behind his passion for music with a unique voice. He’s performed in shows with YBN Almighty Jay, Lil Tjay, and Lil Mosey.

God Forgive Me

Jamal Wade releases the EP in September of 2019 and over a year has built his online presence up solely by himself from creating a fan base on Instagram to Twitter and YouTube.

We are privileged to interview Jamal Wade:

Hi, Jamal Wade & Welcome To Medium!

Where did you grow up?

Tampa Bay the Florida United States



How did you get started in music?

I was a kid about 8 years old writing poems in a composition book about the age of 11 I started to listen to more hip-hop and rap music. At the age of 15 I started a music group. Next thing you know I was writing new songs every week.



Who inspires you?

My inspirations come from J.cole, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Baby, Money Man,

Da Baby, Dizzy Wright, Joey Bada$$, K Camp, and many other Hip-hop Artist.



What’s your favorite genre of music?

To be honest I don’t have a favorite genre I listen to anything especially if I can relate to the lyrics or even the beat. I keep my ears open to new music all the time.



What is your end game or goal? At this time in my life, I don’t have an end game although I do have a goal to build up my music catalog then eventually use my funds to create my own Record Label in order to sign and handle management for new artists like myself.



Who would you want to collab and why?

I would want to collab with Lil Baby, Money Man, Da Baby, Dizzy Wright, Joey Bada$$, K Camp. The reason why is because I find myself listening to their music more often than others and they have unique sounds such as mine.

Jamal Wade

Wade plans to release double the music going into 2021 rumors has it he will be releasing every month on Fridays. We wish him the best of luck in this regard.

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My “Terrible” Music Taste
By: Arantza De La Torre
Tags: Society, Spotify, Music, Human Behavior

I’m not sure when listening to Ke$ha and Bridgit Mendler stopped being the it thing. I mean, it never was, but when did music become such a big thing.

The first time I ever discussed anything related to music I was around 7. I was in english class and some girl and I got in this huge discussion because we both liked different High School Musical songs. Ah yes, the good old days. Anyways, this weekend I was hanging out with a friend and we were talking about our Spotify Wrapped. My most listened artist this year was One Direction. Yes, I went through that phase during quarantine. Her most listened artist was some guy called Tame Impala. To be completly honest I’m not sure if it’s an artist or a band. She started critisizing my Spotify Wrapped because it was “mainstream songs and crappy music”. I beg your pardon, since when is the soundtrack of Lemonade Mouth crappy? I let that slide because I try to back out of conflict.

But that specific conversation stayed in my mind because regardless of what we are talking about (in this case music) I realized how all humans are so quick to judge people. This isn’t me attacking my friend because I’m sure she isn’t the only one that would do it. I just started processing that us, humans, can know only some bits and pieces of information and we just fill in the blanks with assumptions. Even though I am here talking about this I’m more than sure I’ve done this before.

Here is some food for thought, have you ever done this(critizes someone without knowing the whole story)? And if you haven’t, do you think you are better than the people that have done this?
Cafe Allegro’da Bu Hafta: Öncüler
By: Deniz Konuk
Tags: Music, Podcast, Spotify

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Spotify will serve royal inspiration…
By: S R Vivek
Tags: Marketing, Spotify, Strategy, Business, Deal

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry & Meghan Markle have accepted a podcast multi-year deal(unknown amount) with Spotify.

The content is said to be mainly inspirational stories, docuseries, short films and children’s content.

The podcast’s first episode will air a story on hope and compassion celebrating the new year under the banner of Archwell Audio.

Spotify is going above and beyond to build the user base for its podcast. The platform currently boasts 340m active and 144m premium users. They did a recent deal with Joe Rogan for $100m this year, now this.

Apple passed on(willingly) on building its podcast network but why is Spotify leaving no stone unturned?

The marginal costs of the business are minimum and it is highly likely for Spotify to make podcast’s access limited to premium consumers. Media companies are pivoting & motivated to building 1:1 relationship with the audience. The motivation stems from the growth of platforms like OnlyFans Entertainment & Substack Writing.

The motivation is based on the proof of concept that it can be monetized. Expect the advertisement to take a back seat and get ready to pay up for content in the future. The multi-year deals blow the competition right out the water. I don’t have a single app other than Spotify for music, do you?

Meghan Markle was a hit in the television series Suits. Harry is a Duke, so no one is going to complain as long as he sounds British.

The response of the announcement has been overwhelming, mostly negative. I can certainly say that overwhelmingly is what works in the media industry. The reactions might be too harsh but haters often turn out to be losers.

Let’s see what they have because the whole world sure is going to be watching!
#03 — A Festa de Formatura (feat. Bruna Berlitz)
By: Isabela Candido
Tags: The Prom, Spotify, Netflix, Podcast, Ryan Murphy

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