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.
Spotify was developed in 2006 by a team at Spotify AB, in Stockholm, Sweden. The company was founded by Daniel Ek, former CTO of Stardoll, and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of TradeDoubler.