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by TechyJakirul
on 20/6/11
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Title: Facebook to integrate Spotify in music push?

Facebook is planning to integrate streaming-music services into its platform, according to a report from GigaOm.

Citing anonymous sources, GigaOm claims that Facebook will soon have a new option called Music in the site's left-hand pane. Upon clicking that, users will be able to access a new page called Music Dashboard, allowing them to see what songs have been recommended to them by friends, which tracks friends have been listening to most often, and the latest songs played across their social network. The Dashboard will reportedly feature a notifications pane to inform users when friends listened to songs they've recommended.

The new feature will also reportedly bring music playback controls to the bottom of the page so users can listen to songs right from Facebook.

According to GigaOm, Facebook is already in talks to integrate Spotify, and is currently trying to woo other streaming-music providers for its service.

This isn't the first time reports have surfaced claiming Spotify and Facebook might be working closely together on a new service. Last month, Forbes reported that the social network and Spotify were in talks to create a new music service for users in countries other than the United States that would let folks access Spotify's