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Spotify is no longer a music player. It is a “audio netflix” who wants to devour your whole day

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After 18 years palmando money, Spotify premiered its age this year with its first profitable exercise in its history. That milestone has been followed by good news as its latest quarterly resultsthat tell their own story. A story that goes far beyond its 696 million users – 276 million of them, Premium. It is that of a silent but beastial metamorphosis. Spotify has ceased to be a music player to become something different. It is a time to capture time. When Daniel EK says that “people arrive at Spotify and stay in Spotify” is subtly describing its strategy: Colonize more and more sound moments of our day to day. A few years ago, Spotify’s natural competitor was Apple Music. And YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal. Today their rivals are rather Tiktok, YouTube, Netflix, Instagram, and even your own concentration. Compete for your sustained attention. It is not worth being the one who puts background music. The growth in active users – 11% – is, more than more people listening to music, more people delivering fragments of their day to the same platform: Music to go to work. A podcast while you work. Another music while playing sports. An AUDS AUDIOLIBRO. Videoclips with which to kill dead times. Spotify has been weaving A network that catches routines, not a long time. That is the strategy: assault every moment in which we consume audio. And towards that the company goes, towards being much more than a modern Gramola. It wants to be the entity to whom we delegate the decision to hear in each context of our day. The audiobooks looked like a sweetbeard, something tertiary, but The decision to compete with Audible It seems more and more important. The reason: Spotify needs content that works at dead moments that music cannot fill out at all. Long journeys by car. Hours of cleaning at home. Night walks. The audiobooks, such as podcasts, turn Spotify into a company for all occasions, into the audio netflix they promised to be. Spotify detected that there was a silent war for the moments of “partial attention”. While we drive, we cook, clean, we close. Moments when music works, but where an interesting conversation can hook you more. That is why hundreds of millions were spent in Joe Rogan and company. To occupy temporary territories that escaped their control. With the audiobooks gaining weight, Spotify has completed its transformation. It is no longer a music app. Not a music app that has podcasts. Is A total audio platform that coincidentally also reproduces songs, homogenizing everything in that damn word called “content.” They have resigned to be perfect in something to be indispensable in everything. And it is working: almost 700 million people have decided to be in a space that serves as a unique sound universe and does not dispatch towards several specialized applications. Outstanding image | @felipepelaquim In Xataka | The problem is no longer that Spotify has been filled with artists AI: is that AI is “reviving” dead musicians

Mediamarkt launches a top offer in the Kindle of Amazon, an excellent seven -inch ereader to devour books

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Mediamarkt has been launching discounts that apply once we add the product in the cart. After finding numerous offers in virtually all kinds of devices, now it has touched the turn of the Kindle Paperwhiteone of the most interesting ereader of Amazon that can be bought by now 139 euros instead of 169 euros. * Some price may have changed from the last review A good, beautiful and now cheaper ereader He Kindle Paperwhite It is a very interesting ereader for both those who want to make the leap to this type of devices and for those who have already had a reader. Its screen is excellent, and not only for its quality but also for its size of seven inches that allow visualizing more content. Among its functions, the Kindle Paperwhite offers the possibility of adjusting both the size of the letter and its typography, allows you to configure the frontal light, the margins or the spacing and the spacing Your panel is anti -reflexesso it looks good even in broad daylight. In addition, the screen offers 300 PPP and the reader has 16 GB to store thousands of digital books. One of the key points of Kindle Paperwhite lies on its battery, since this model is capable of reaching a Autonomy of up to 12 weeksan even high figure to be an ereader. In addition, by connecting it to a 9W charger by USB-C route, it is able to recharge its battery completely in 2.5 hours. You may also be interested in these alternatives Amazon Kindle Paperwhite Signature Edition (32 GB) of Amazon | Our faster kindle, with self -regulatory frontal light, wireless load and battery weeks | Metallic black * Some price may have changed from the last review New Amazon Kindle Colorsooft: with 16 GB of storage, color screen and adjustable warm light * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Amazon In Xataka | Best electronic books. Which to buy and nine recommended models In Xataka | The 25 best science fiction books

invasive snakes that devour their lizards

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The ecosystem of the island of Ibiza, and the Pitiusas (the archipelago formed by the Western Islands in the Balearic Islands) It has been threatened for years for a unique fight. It is the battle for the survival of a local species of lizard with a snake that has decorated the population. An unequal struggle. Balearic Islands is witnessing the progressive disappearance of one of its endemic species as a result of the introduction of a predatory snake. An imbalance that is leading to the brink of the disappearance of the local lizard, an animal that had thrown out without the threat of predators and now faces a voracious snake whose numbers do not stop growing. The protagonists. Let’s introduce the species that star in this story. The lizard in question is the so -called lizard of the Pitiusas (Podarcis Pityusensis), An endemic species of the Pitiusas. These animals are distributed in various areas of the Ibizan geography, but its presents is more common in coastal areas with denser vegetation. The one that has become the main threat of this species is the horseshoe snake (Hemorrhis hippocrepis). The habitat of this Office covers a good part of the western Mediterranean coasts, from Tunisia to the south of the Iberian Peninsula, also in areas of the Island of Sardinia. When everything started. The first time the horseshoe snake was detected in the Pitiusas It was in 2003although it is likely that this species had begun before its island journey. It is suspected that the Office was taken to the islands accidentally, with some specimen or its eggs traveling inside the trunk of an olive tree used as a decorative element. By land and by sea. 20 years have served the European snake to settle on the island and expand through it, pressing more and more to the native lizard and other non -endemic species. But the expansion of the snake has not been there. According to experts, the animal is a good swimmer who threatens the islands of Ibiza and Formentera, also to the islet network that completes the Pitiusa archipelago, each with ecological characteristics that make it unique. From Ibiza to Euskadi. The lizard of the Pitiusas is considered an endemic species of the Balearic archipelago, but in recent years a small population of these animals seems to have arrived in a very different place: the Basque coast. It is estimated that Ibizan reptiles They arrived in Bizkaia In the mid -90s and by 2011 they had displaced the Roquera lizard (Pruning muralis) In the islet of San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, belonging to Bermeo. The reptile It has been expanding in other coastal and interior environments, including the immediate vicinity of San Sebastián, where Threat to the Urgull lizard (Podarcis loolepis Sebastiani). The Basque Country, we introduced, is not the only place in the peninsula to which the species has taken. An initiative to avoid its disappearance has led this Balearic reptile to the Barcelona Zoo. The first part of this project contemplates the arrival of 17 specimens of the species to the Catalan center in order to guarantee the conservation of the species. A delicate ecosystem. Insular ecosystems are particularly vulnerable in these cases: well -defined geographical borders and a more limited biodiversity may imply that the loss of a species has repercussions on local ecosystems. According to He explained to the newspaper The country Oriol Lapiedra, researcher at the Center for Ecological Research and Forest Applications (CREAF), the disappearance of a certain species can cause “a waterfall reaction” that leads to new extinctions. Echoes from another archipelago. It is not surprising that to change the archipelago We can find a similar case. On the island of Gran Canaria, the introduction of a foreign snake, the real snake of California (Californiae Lampropelties), he has also put local fauna, including reptiles such as the giant lizard (Gallotia Stehlini) and the slut (Sexlineatus Chalcides). In Xataka | Some reptiles just revealed a secret that we had millennia looking for: eternal youth Image | Dirk Pothen / Raymond Petrik

Not everything is Kindle. Five great alternatives to devour digital books in an ereader

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The Kindle have been the most popular ereader for years, but there is life beyond them. Although in general all models are very good, other brands also offer a very complete experience. Therefore, already the eve of Book Day, we wanted to review Five alternatives to Kindle to enjoy the passion of devouring books. Kobo Clara Colora standard format ereader whose most differential point is its color screen. Pocketbook see pro coloranother ereader with color screen, but also comes with buttons to pass the pages. Woxter Scriba 195 San ideal ereader if what we are looking for is a very compact and very cheap model. Kobo Libra Colora seven -inch ereader with color screen and physical buttons. Pocketbook inkpad 4an ereader with almost eight -inch screen that comes with 32 GB of storage. Kobo Clara Color If we are looking for a compact ereader, with a good price and color screen, the Kobo Clara Color It is an interesting option – it is also available With black and white screen-. Mount one Six -inch screen with Fastglr and dark mode offered by 300 PPP in black and white and 150 ppp in color. It has 16 GB to store books, includes its own store to buy and download digital books and comes both with adjustable lighting and with light control and letter customization (format, font, size …). Also You can play audiobooks, it is water resistant and its autonomy is weeks. You can play digital books with the following formats: EPUB, EPUB3, FLEPUB, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ and CBR) * Some price may have changed from the last review Pocketbook see pro color With a similar format, a great alternative to the Kindle is the Pocketbook see pro color. It comes with one Six -inch color screen and offers 300 PPP. It is also compatible with audiobooks, front lighting can be adjusted and has Darkmode to select a dark reading mode. It also has IPX8 certificationcomes with an app to select digital books as a loan and allows you to pass the pages – and navigate the menu— by the touch screen or through the physical buttons that we can find in the lower part of the ereader. You can play digital books with the following formats: ACSM, AZW, AZW3, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PRC, RTF, TXT, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF. In the case of audiobooks: M4B, OGG, OGG.ZIP, MP3, MP3.ZIP, WAV. Pocketbook see pro color * Some price may have changed from the last review Woxter Scriba 195 S On the other hand, if what we are looking for is a very cheap, very small ereader, but with the ability to give us hours and hours of reading, the Woxter Scriba 195 S It is an interesting purchase option –The same model, but larger, also has an adjusted price-. Without a doubt, the most remarkable thing is that it rides a 4.7 -inch screen and? Weigh only 100 grams. Its screen is not tactile, so to pass the pages and navigate the menu we must do it through the physical buttons. Includes 4 GB of storage to save books, Allows you to read horizontally and vertically and has adjustable frontal light. You can reproduce digital libors with the following formats: EPUB, PDF, FB2, HTM, DOC, TXT, RTF, TAR, TCR, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG. * Some price may have changed from the last review Kobo Libra Color From the hand of Rakuten, we can also find other ereader with somewhat larger screens. He Kobo Libra Color It is ideal for those looking for a more generous screen, since in this case it is seven inches. It comes with Fastglr and dark mode, offers 300 PPP in black and white content and 150 ppp in color content and has 32 GB of storage. Its battery offers a Autonomy of up to 40 daysit is water resistant, includes automatic brightness and color adjustment, reproduces audiobooks and the pages can be passed by the touch screen OA through the buttons we find on the right side. On the other hand, the Kobo Libra Color can reproduce the following formats: EPUB, EPUB3, FLEPUB, PDF, MOBI, JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP, TIFF, TXT, HTML, RTF, CBZ and CBR. * Some price may have changed from the last review Pocketbook inkpad 4 And if we want to make a leap more about the size of the screen, the Pocketbook inkpad 4 It is a very good purchase option. Mount a generous 7.8 -inch screen which offers 300 PPP, is water resistant (IPX8 certification) and has 32 GB of storage to save a large number of digital books. Besides, The screen has scratch protectionIt comes with an integrated speaker, it also includes a public loan library of books and you can pass the pages with the touch screen or through the physical buttons that are located at the bottom. The Pocketbook inkpad 4 is capable of reproducing the following formats: ACSM, CBR, CBZ, CHM, DJVU, DOC, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, FB2.ZIP, HTM, HTML, MOBI, PDF, PRC, RTF, TXT, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, M4 OGG.ZIP, MP3, MP3.ZIP. * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Amanz in UnspashRakuten, pocketbook, woxter In Xataka | Best electronic books. Which to buy and nine recommended models In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers

You don’t have to have a Kindle to devour books in digital. This ereader costs less than 40 euros and is ideal for traveling

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Although the most popular brands in Ereader are Amazon (Kindle) and Rakuten (Kobo), there are many others that also have very interesting models. One of them is Woxter, whose most peculiar and interesting model is the Woxter Scriba 195 S. It is an ideal ereader for both those looking for a small and light device and for those who want a cheap model. Its price is only 39.95 euros And you can find it on Amazon. * Some price may have changed from the last review A very light ereader that includes physical buttons I have always considered that including physical buttons in an ereader is a success. Tactile screens are comfortable, but they get so much about passing their fingers. The Woxter Scriba 195 S, although it does not offer these two options because its screen is not tactile, comes with a good assortment of buttons to pass the pages and to generally control the device. Regarding its specifications, we have a restraint 4.7 -inch screen and offers a resolution of 960 x 540 pixels. On the other hand, a curiosity of this ereader is that allows us to read the pages horizontally or vertically; In addition, the font size can be customized, it is compatible with multiple formats and comes with 4 GB to store many books. In short, the Woxter Scriba 195 S is a very interesting ereader that stands out, among other things, for its compact format. Personally, I find your 100 grams weightthe possibility of being able to read the screen horizontally or vertical and, of course, its price. You may also be interested in these other alternatives Kobo Clara B & W Multimedia Electronic Book 6 “16GB Black * Some price may have changed from the last review * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Images | Woxter In Xataka | Best electronic books. Which to buy and nine recommended models In Xataka | What Kindle Buy: Purchase guide with recommendations to succeed with Amazon electronic book readers

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