• Spotify’s iPhone Usage Jumps

    Mike Butcher

    Mike Butcher is the European At Large with TechCrunch. As such he has a roving brief to write about Startups, Venture Capital, technology trends and emerging markets. A former grunge rock drummer, he became a long-time journalist, and has since written for UK national newspapers and magazines including The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and... → Learn More

    Friday, August 12th, 2011
    Onavo Spotify US Launch

    No-one really knows what Spotify’s US growth has been since launch a month ago month, but it appears to be making an impact on American iPhone users. Onavo, a service which shrinks your data use on the iPhone, can track what data people are using, and has thus produced some interesting stats. Spotify’s app is very aware of its data usage allowing plenty of control such as the ability to disable the sync of playlists over 3G and offline listening, among other options.

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