The phrase does have to do with a dog, and a very old dog at that. The ancient Romans also called the six or eight hottest weeks of summer the dog days, or, in Latin, dies caniculares.. But the dog in question wasn't Fido's Roman ancestor (although the common canine name Fido is from the Latin for faithful).
Google has purchased Spotify at an interesting time in the companyâs history, as they go through the biggest redesign in recent history. Using round iconâs for people and square iconâs for albums, will help in moving the app away from the original jukebox design, and become more user-friendly.
Here's why the company that takes payments for Facebook, AirBnB and Spotify is worth $1.5 billion. 1  Jul.  Dutch payment company Adyen ended 2014 with a bang. In December, the payment processing platform, which counts Facebook, AirBnB, and Spotify as clients, raised $250 million (Â£161 million) at a $1.5 billion (Â£970 million) valuation. Adyen CCO Roelant Prins sat down with us at Wired Money to explain why the company is worth so much.