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Spotify Desktop Updates with Apps, Improved UI, and Better Overall Experience.

Over the last day, Spotify has been rolling out Spotify v0.8.0. From the Spotify blog:

To recap, the great new features we’ve packed into this release include:

• Spotify Apps: includes the first apps from Rolling Stone, Last.fm, Songkick, The Guardian, TuneWiki, Soundrop, Pitchfork, Fuse, We Are Hunted, Billboard Top Charts, Moodagent, Top10, Tunigo (Sweden) and Dagbladet (Norway). More to come!
• Spotify Radio
• Updated ‘What’s New’ page
• Predictive search results
• Playlist search
• New “Buddy List”
• Add to Favourites
• Full-screen support for OS X Lion

I love this new advancement in what I already considered a near-flawless service. This is one of the very few services (outside of Hulu Plus) that I am willing to pay a monthly subscription. At $9.99, I have unlimited music at the palm of my hands (available offline) and a music recommendation service that has given me hours of new music to enjoy and discover (coupled with using Turntable.fm, plenty of new music all the time).

With v0.8.0, Spotify really begins to show why it has the ability to take on iTunes and other cloud-based music services such as Google and Amazon as the go-to music service. 

I am really excited for the future of Spotify.