Spotify and Uber team up for in-car streaming music

Customers of smartphone taxi app Uber will soon be able to stream music from Spotify during rides, after the two companies announced a partnership. [...] “Uber users who link their Spotify account to their Uber account can basically push a button and get a ride, and get into the car, and in the car their Spotify music, their Spotify station is playing,” said Travis Kalanick, Uber’s chief executive, during a conference call with journalists to announced the partnership. [...] Initially, the feature will be available in 10 cities: London, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney and Toronto, although Kalanick stressed that the new feature will be optional for drivers. - Stuart Dredge,The Guardian [via/web:http://streaming-tv.us]