Spotify has 100 million subscribers, 30 million are paid listeners

Streaming music service Spotify revealed it has 100 million subscribers, 30 million of which pay for the service to enjoy ad-free music and the ability to save songs and playlists on a mobile device.

Despite its market dominance, Spotify reflects the delicate nature of running a streaming music service. According to Reuters, "Spotify, founded in 2006, pays more than 80 percent of its revenue to record labels and artists and has not yet shown a profit as it spends to grow internationally. Last year, it made an operating loss of 184.5 million euros ($209 million), widening from 165.1 million in 2014."

Apple Music, which competest directly with Spotify, announced last week that it had 15 million subscribers. Apple offers no free tier past a three month trial period.

Source: Reuters via Appleinsider

LinkedIn says Salesforce, Amazon and Uber are most attractive companies to work for

LinkedIn's Top Attractors is a new list ranking of the most attractive places to work and these are currently led by Salesforce, Amazon and Uber which are perceived as the most desireable places for people to work.

The Top Attractors list uses exclusive LinkedIn data and examining the billions of actions of LinkedIn’s 433+ million members, to rank the top companies where people want to work now. Hit jump for the top 10 places and what makes them so attractive.

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Review: Piper NV all-in-one security system

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

All-in-one security systems are ideal for homes, apartments or offices needing remote security and surveillance and often bundle a camera, an alarm, various sensors for temperature and air quality as well as motion detection which sets off recording. Piper's all-in-one solution is hinged on a small and easy to install wired or wireless unit which uses the power of the cloud to interact with a smartphone and even Apple Watch app to send alerts about what's going on back at base.

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Huawei releases MateBook 2-in-1 device with Surface-like design and price

How will a new entrant like Huawei fair in the PC market remains to be seen. Pricing is not a very big differentiator here and aside from some general differences, there's nothing that seems to make the Matebook stand out from competition, some of who smartly include both the keyboard and the pen accessories in the device's price.

Huawei's getting into the 2-in-1 game following the likes of Dell, Lenovo, Samsung and originator Microsoft which all have Surface-like devices that are tablets which can shapeshift into notebooks thanks to keyboard cases. It must be noted that Huawei is using lower-powered m processors instead of Intel's Core line of processors preferred by notebooks and desktops. This means that the MateBook should yield better battery life by be limited in terms of performance for heavier desktop class applications.

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