Rdio Hulu. On March 14, 2014, Rdio acquired Indian Music streaming service Dhingana, to push global expansion. On June 30, 2014, Rdio acquired the social music discovery service TastemakerX. The entire TastemakerX team joined Rdio with TastemakerX CEO Marc Ruxin becoming the new COO. On November 16, 2015, it was announced that Pandora Radio would acquire Rdio for $75 million in cash. Rdio ceased streaming music on December 22 the same year. Launched in 2011, Rdio's API allowed developers to add music to a web or mobile application with the ability to search, access, and play all of the artists, songs,
Slacker Slacker A slacker is a person who habitually avoids work or lacks work ethic. According to different sources, the term "slacker" dates back to about 1790 or 1898. It gained some recognition during the British Gezira Scheme in the early to mid 20th century, when Sudanese labourers protested their relative powerlessness by working lethargically, a form of protest known as "slacking". In the United States during World War I, the word "slacker" was commonly used to describe someone who was not participating in the war effort, especially someone who avoided military service, an equivalent of the later term "draft dodger".