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"Spotify has announced that it is to become a fully-fledged music platform with the introduction of integrated apps.  Daniel Ek, co-founder and chief executive, confirmed at the company&amp;#039;s  New York press conference that third-party developers can now create HTML5 Spotify apps via JavaScript API. &amp;quot;Today, we become a music platform, with the launch of really innovative, integrated apps, integrations that keep Spotify simple but layer in fun and social experiences,&amp;quot; said Ek. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve turned our client into an interactive platform where third-party developers can easily build HTML5 Spotify Apps via JavaScript.&amp;quot;   Spotify has partnered with Rolling Stone, Billboard, Songkick and Tunigo among others, who will all have dedicated apps on the platform. Rolling Stone will create daily playlists for the service. &amp;quot;We think Spotify is one of the great new developments in music. We think this is going to be a landmark event,&amp;quot; said Rolling Stone&amp;#039;s Jann Wenner. Spotify has also introduced an &amp;#039;app finder&amp;#039; service for users to search for the applications they wish to use. Apps will provide everything from music editorial to lyrics and concert tickets. A dedicated Last.fm app will offer users the &amp;quot;benefits of all their editorial and discovery tools seamlessly within Spotify&amp;quot;. A TuneWiki application enables subscribers to view song lyrics while the tracks play. SongKick&amp;#039;s app will track customers&amp;#039; favourite artists and locate personalised concert calendars and ticket listings. Independent software developers will be able to build their own apps for Spotify, but they will have to go through an approval process. The apps will be available to all of the platform&amp;#039;s subscribers, both premium and free. Spotify has promised to unveil more apps and enhancements in the future. &amp;gt; Virgin Media details Spotify offers on broadband, mobile Watch an introductory video to Spotify&amp;#039;s apps service below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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