Deezer adds CarPlay support for paying subscribers

Deezer will make it easier for you to stream music to the CarPlay platform with its latest update. The service brings CarPlay support to its paying subscribers, which in Deezer’s case are its Premium+ and Elite subscribers. Premium+ account removes advertisements and adds some features, while Elite gets support for high definition audio that’s currently only available to Sonos users.

What Deezer brings to CarPlay include the ability to listen to albums, playlists, and tracks; use Flow feature to find new music; listen to Deezer Mixes; and access music in offline mode.

Source: 9to5Mac | Download: Apple App Store (Free)

eCab App launches with Royal Taxi in Toronto

By Sonya Davidson

This morning in Toronto, cabbies are staging a demonstration to push city officials for more regulations on car-on-demand app-based service Uber. As they clog up major routes into the city core, taxi drivers are speaking on the morning news about how approximately 50% of their fares have been lost since consumers have been switching over to Uber services. 

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Create your own Facebook video profile with Flixel

Want to stand out from those static and boring Facebook profile photos? Well, it’s a good thing Facebook brought its video profiles to Canada. Instead of a static image, you can now have a seven-second looping video show up in your profile. But how do you make one of these? Canadian cinemagraph company Flixel is here to help you out. Just check out the video above for how to make one. It takes just a few steps and a lot of creativity to make this happen. You can check out the more detailed blog post on it in the link below.

Source: Flixel

Spotify might let popular artists restrict songs to paying subscribers

A new report has surfaced claiming Spotify might be bending to pressure from pure-pay competition like Apple Music. There are claims they are considering limiting access to music from select artists to paying customers only. This new “windowing” policy will supposedly restrict certain albums to Spotify users who pay for premium. At the moment, musicians need to release their music both for paying and free users of the service. Spotify has reportedly informed music executives about said plan.

The streaming service could test this out to see how it will affect subscriber numbers and new sign-ups. The Wall Street Journal reports Spotify currently has around 20 million paying customers and another 80 million users who listen using ad-supported, free method. There were supposedly plans to window Coldplay’s upcoming album Head Full of Dreams but negotiations fell through after the band wasn’t able to guarantee it won’t be available on other free platforms like YouTube.

Source: Wall Street Journal | Via: Apple Insider