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Spotify launches new app for Apple's iPad

Science & Technology: 2 May 12
Spotify has released its long-anticipated iPad app, allowing users to access the hit Swedish digital music service via an interface tailored to Apple's popular tablet computer. READ »

Swedish start-ups booming: investor

Business & Money: 23 Apr 12
A record number of investors flocked to the Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship Start-Up Day and have indicated that Sweden will be a hub for new start-ups in the wake of Spotify and Skype’s global success. READ »

Spotify announcement prompts flurry of online rumours

Business & Money: 22 Nov 11
A promise by Swedish music streaming service Spotify on Monday to unveil a “new direction” has sparked a flurry of rumours and speculation about what sort of innovation the company may have in store. READ »

Ericsson and Sony go separate ways

Business & Money: 27 Oct 11
Swedish telecom equipment giant Ericsson confirmed on Thursday that it would sell its stake in mobile phone joint venture Sony Ericsson to Sony for €1.05 billion ($1.47 billion). READ »

Ericsson to sell stake in Sony Ericsson: report

Business & Money: 7 Oct 11
Sweden's Ericsson is nearing a deal to sell its stake in the Sony Ericsson mobile phone joint venture to Japanese consumer electronics giant Sony, according to a media report. READ »

Swedish alcohol monopoly launches 'booze camera' iPhone app

Business & Money: 22 Aug 11
Drunken Swedes can now record their boozed-up antics with a new iPhone app launched on Monday by a subsidiary of the country's state-owned alcohol monopoly. READ »

Spotify aims high after US launch

Science & Technology: 15 Jul 11
Swedish music streaming service Spotify launched its popular service in the US on Thursday, hoping to repeat its success in Europe which has seen the firm attract more than ten million users. READ »

Spotify set for US launch

Business & Money: 14 Jul 11
Swedish music streaming service Spotify is set to launch its popular service in the US on Thursday. READ »

Spotify and Facebook in music streaming tie-in

Science & Technology: 26 May 11
Swedish music service Spotify and social networking giant Facebook are collaborating on a streaming music service, according to a media report Wednesday. READ »

Spotify takes fight to iTunes with iPod app

Business & Money: 4 May 11
Swedish music service Spotify has launched an iPod app, as the firm seeks compete for music sales with Apple's iTunes and expand user options after imposing restrictions on its free streaming service last month. READ »

Kids' iPad gaming binge costs parents thousands

Science & Technology: 7 Apr 11
Two Swedish children who got carried away playing the Smurfs' Village game on their iPads during a recent road trip ended up billing their parents tens of thousands of kronor. READ »

Singers drown out Sweden's World Cup woes

Lifestyle: 15 Jun 10
Having failed to qualify for the World Cup, Sweden isn’t exactly gripped by football fever. Cue a musical collective of international Stockholmers who are hyping up the tournament with the help of a handful of Swedes. The Local’s Christine Demsteader meets The Grippers. READ »

Spotify boost for Swedish music firm coffers

Business & Money: 27 May 10
Swedish online music service Spotify is starting to become a major revenue stream for Swedish music companies as digital sales are forecast to account for 25 percent of income in 2010. READ »

Spotify launches iPhone app

Business & Money: 7 Sep 09
Swedish music streaming service Spotify announced the launch of the Spotify App for iPhone and iPod touch at the Apple iTunes App Store on Monday. READ »

Apple approves Spotify for iPhones

Business & Money: 28 Aug 09
Apple has approved Swedish firm Spotify’s iPhone application, which will allow users to stream music to their handsets. READ »

'Spotify earns us more than iTunes': Sony BMG

Business & Money: 11 Aug 09
Swedish digital streaming music service Spotify is proving to be the saviour of the music industry after years of falling sales. Music company Sony BMG Sweden confirms that revenues from Spotify now outstrip iTunes. READ »

Spotify aims for iPhone exposure

Business & Money: 27 Jul 09
The Swedish streaming music provider Spotify has applied for its software to be made available on Apple's iPhone. READ »

Mud, sun and Neil Young: The Local's festival survival tips

Lifestyle: 16 Jun 09
Stuart Roberts traipsed through the mud at Stockholm’s ‘Where the Action is’ to compile this season’s summer festival survival guide. READ »

File sharing - Time to come out of the closet?

Analysis & Opinion: 6 Apr 09
File sharing, once the preserve of armchair anarchists, has slowly trickled down to the middle classes, writes Peter Vinthagen Simpson. And with a new law cracking down on the practice, even the dinner party set are getting their hands dirty. READ »

Licensing restrictions hit Swedish online music service

Society: 12 Feb 09
The Sweden-based online music service Spotify, welcomed by many as a giant leap forward in the distribution of music online, has raised intellectual property rights concerns from several record labels. READ »

Swedes enjoy 'Jesus in Guantanamo'

Society: 3 May 08
A comedy show entitled 'Jesus: The Guantanamo Years' by Irish comedian Abie Philbin Bowman has proved a hit with Swedes on YouTube. READ »

Swedish firm offers legal alternative to internet piracy

Science & Technology: 12 Sep 07
A small company in Sweden is aiming to bring the technology used by internet pirates into the mainstream. And the international film industry is keeping a close eye on proceedings as Headweb prepares to launch. READ »

Tension builds as Sweden gears up for Melodifestivalen final

National: 10 Mar 07
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All of Sweden is abuzz with anticipation of the year's big television event: the Melodifestivalen final, in which the country's musical standard-bearer will be selected for the Eurovision Song Contest. READ »

Scandinavians get tough on Apple

Business & Money: 9 Jun 06
Sweden, Norway and Denmark want to force Apple to break the link between its iPod music players and the iTunes online store. The three countries have decided to take iTunes to their respective ombudsmen. READ »

Vodafone hits back at iTunes

Business & Money: 11 May 05
Vodafone Sweden responds to the launch of i-Tunes in Scandinavia by announcing a summer music sale in its 3G music store. "Sweden's largest music store," says Vodafone's Anders Jensen. READ »

Sweden gets i-Tunes at last

Business & Money: 10 May 05
Scandinavians can at last start legally downloading music from the world’s largest mp3 site. i-Tunes is selling a song for 9 SEK online in Sweden, starting today. READ »

Swedish music sales plummet

Lifestyle: 7 Mar 05
The sale of CDs and music in Sweden slumps for the third year running. 2004's sales were down by a massive 17% on the year before as the Swedish media focuses on film and reality TV celebrities. READ »


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