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doubleTwist launches Magic Radio streaming music service

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

doubleTwist has been around for a while now delivering its music player to Android users, providing an iTunes-like interface for syncing music between Android devices and computers. However, the company announced a new service today, called Magic Radio, and it looks to take a piece of the streaming music market share. Read The Full Story

Stitcher launches plug-ins for Firefox and Chrome browsers

, Mar 12th 2013 Discuss [1]

For a lot of people, it's impossible to make it through the day without having music playing constantly. There's no shortage of Internet radio stations or digital audio content to purchase or stream from a variety of services online. If you're a fan of Stitcher, the company has announced a couple new browser plug-ins. Read The Full Story

Apple’s low royalty rate offer for streaming music has record labels grumbling

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [5]

It's no secret that Apple has been looking into launching its own music streaming service. Yesterday, we reported that Apple's Tim Cook and Eddy Cue had met up with Beats' CEO Jimmy Iovine to discuss Project Daisy, a music service the latter company has planned, including its business model and planned rollout. Now the tech giant has approached record labels with a royalty rate offer that has left them less than enthused. Read The Full Story

YouTube tipped to launch its own music streaming service

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [1]

YouTube is rumored to be gearing up to launch a subscription-based music streaming service. The video-streaming juggernaut is hoping to become a fully-fledged media juggernaut in the future it seems. The service is said to have a free model which allows users to listen to all the music they'd like, but with ads popping up from time to time. It's no different than when ads pop-up before/while you're watching your favorite YouTube videos. A paid subscription would of course remove the ads for an uninterrupted music-listening experience. Read The Full Story

Illegal music file sharing down 26%, free streaming services to blame

, Feb 26th 2013 Discuss [7]

While downloading music illegally may seem like all the rage, it turns out that it's quite the contrary. According to a report from the NPD Group, the volume of illegally downloaded music from peer-to-peer (P2P) services declined 26% in 2012 compared to 2011. The number of users downloading music illegally also dropped 17%. Read The Full Story

Ford SYNC teams up with Spotify for in-car entertainment

, Feb 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

This afternoon the folks from Ford and the SYNC team have just announced that the largest and most successful music streaming service will finally be hitting the roads with us. Here in Barcelona, Spain for Mobile World Congress both Ford and Spotify have confirmed their collaboration to bring Spotify's over 20 million songs to the Ford SYNC AppLink. Read The Full Story

Spotify reportedly aiming at free access for mobile users

, Feb 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Spotify, the ever-popular music streaming service, is apparently in talks with major music labels to negotiate reductions in royalty fees in order to offer free access to the service's mobile offerings. Currently, users have to pay $9.99 per month in order to access Spotify on their smartphones or tablets. Read The Full Story

Slacker Radio gets overhauled redesign to take on Pandora and Spotify

, Feb 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

We knew it would be coming, and now it looks like it's finally here. Slacker Radio has completely overhauled its service by introducing a completely new design and tacking on some new features. This time around, Slacker is looking to catch up in the music-streaming market by taking on Pandora and Spotify for the internet radio crown. Read The Full Story

Nokia announces Music+: premium features for €3.99/month

, Jan 27th 2013 Discuss [1]

Nokia has announced some new features today for its Mix Radio song discovery service. Most notably, the company outed Music+, a premium music service that give users unlimited skips and downloads for only €3.99/month, or $5.37 in US dollars. Customers will also get higher-quality music streaming, access to lyrics, and a desktop app. Read The Full Story

Last.fm going paid-only, will shut down in most countries

, Dec 13th 2012 Discuss [2]

The popular internet radio service Last.fm will be cutting back its scale and will be offering only paid subscriptions from now on. The service will shut down in most countries around the world, but will still stay up in the US, UK, and Germany. Paid-for Last.fm radio will continue to be available in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Brazil, but all other countries will no longer have access to the service starting January 15. Read The Full Story

Trent Reznor working on music-streaming service, expected to launch early next year

, Dec 10th 2012 Discuss [1]

Trent Reznor, the musician behind the one-man band Nine Inch Nails recently partnered up with Beats by Dre back in October, but projects and efforts from the partnership remained quiet. However, Reznor has announced that he's working on a new music-streaming service to take on the likes of Spotify and Rdio. Read The Full Story

Rdio updated for iOS and Android with fully re-booted UI

, Nov 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s time to get smart with the developers behind the music streaming app Rdio – updated today for iOS as well as Android. This update brings on a fully redesigned user interface that’s ever-so-slightly cleaner than we’ve ever seen from the app before and will likely instill much more confidence in the system for both artists and those looking to subscribe to the pay service. Last month the team launched a Rdio Artist Program and a massive advertising campaign over the past few months to bring the app into prominence.

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