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.
That's why they were able to reject Apple's attempts to price its service at only $4.99 a month, thus undercutting its competitors and launching a price war that neither Spotify, which isn't even profitable, nor anyone else in the space could afford, other than maybe Google-owned YouTube.