Spotify Issues Android Users A Warning After Data Breach

Spotify Issues Android Users A Warning After Its Recent Data Breach. According to Oskar Stal, Spotify's chief technology officer, “Passwords and financial information were not stolen.” The company is planning to add 130 technology and engineering jobs in New York. More than 40 million users use the popular music service. Only Android users were required for the upgrade.

The company set a requirement for music service users on Android mobile devices for its data breach security concerns. The mandate will be to install new software which will safeguard against security breaches. Spotify was a victim of the data breach where unauthorized access to one user's account had occurred.

Android startups and companies have been embracing cloud trends. Dropbox, Instagram, Spotify, Pinterest and companies such as Samsung have been leveraging cloud computing technologies to provide innovation. According to a recent article by The Guardian, it is predicted cloud willpower exciting innovations that will touch every area of our lives. The article also highlights key four cloud computing trends that are set to become big in 2014.

Gartner predicts that the personal cloud era will mark a power shift away from devices toward services. In this new world, the specifics of devices will become less important for the organization to worry about, although the devices will still be necessary. Users will use a collection of devices, with the PC remaining one of many options, but no one device will be the primary hub. Rather, the personal cloud will take on that role. Access to the cloud and the content stored or shared from the cloud will be managed and secured, rather than solely focusing on the device itself.