Spotify connected to television streaming services, including Netflix and HBO Go, that recommends content to users. Spotify will mainly be using MightyTV to improve its advertising efforts on the free tier of service. In April 2017, Spotify acquired Mediachain, a blockchain startup with several technologies that can aid Spotify's effort in connecting artists and rights-holders with the tracks on its service. In May 2017, Spotify acquired artificial intelligence startup Niland, and will use its technology to improve its personalisation and recommendation features for users. In November 2017, Spotify acquired SoundTrap, an online music studio startup. On April 12, 2018, Spotify acquired
Slacker in the use of "slacker" from its draft-related meaning to a more general sense of the avoidance of work is unclear. In April 1948, "The New Republic" referred to "resentment against taxes levied to aid slackers". An article tracking the evolution of the meaning of the term "Slacker" in defamation lawsuits between World War I and 2010, entitled "When Slacker Was a Dirty Word: Defamation and Draft Dodging During World War I," was written by Attorney David Kluft for the Trademark and Copyright Law Blog. The term achieved renewed popularity following its use in the 1985 film "Back to the