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Apple iRadio stymied by song-skipping issue says sources

, May 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back in March, we reported that Apple plans to launch it iRadio streaming music service by this upcoming summer, followed up by a piece in April on its reported signing of various licensing agreements. Now sources are saying the company has run into a snag with Sony over an issue with how much it will pay when users skip songs. Read The Full Story

Google Play Music update quietly drops support for Nexus Q

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google Play Music received a big update yesterday during Google I/O when the company launched its All Access music streaming service (we even got a quick hands-on session). However, as the old saying goes, if something gets added on then something must be taken off, and it seems the Nexus Q falls right in line with that. The latest update to Google Play Music drops support for the Nexus Q. Read The Full Story

Google Play Music All Access hands-on

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google announced their own music streaming subscription service today during Google I/O, and while it’s essentially nothing that we haven’t seen before, it provides Google users who are deep into the company’s ecosystem the opportunity to escape Spotify or Rdio and come back home to Google where the service is integrated with other Google apps. Let’s have a quick look at the latest competitor in streaming music.

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Google Play Music All Access takes on Spotify with music streaming

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

We heard rumors during the calm of the storm last night before Google I/O, and now it’s official. Google today announced what they’re calling Google Play Music All Access, which is the company’s own take on music streaming, and they look to take on Spotify and Rdio, which are the two main heavyweights in this category.

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Google reportedly to unveil subscription music service at I/O 2013 tomorrow

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

Back on February 22, word surface at the Financial Times that Google would be launching a free music streaming service, possibly in addition to an ad-free subscription option. Not much information was offered at the time, except that it would allow the company to compete with some other big-name companies, and would give its users access to millions of tracks. Now sources have come forward stating the service will be announced tomorrow. Read The Full Story

Windows 8 iTunes app not coming “any time soon”

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

While iTunes is available for Windows 8, it only works in desktop mode, meaning that there's no "metro" style app for Apple's popular music player and media store. Of course, Microsoft really wants Apple to create said app, but according to Windows CFO Tami Reller, that's not going to happen "any time soon." Read The Full Story

Spotify acquisition of Tunigo brings music discovery boost

, May 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Spotify has recently acquired Tunigo, a music discovery app that creates themed playlists based on your mood. Spotify will transfer all of Tunigo's 20+ employees to its offices in both Stockholm and New York, where they will be focusing their efforts on Spotify's main service. Tunigo will still continue to run, however it's still unknown what Spotify plans on doing with it. It may integrate Tunigo's playlist feature into its service. Read The Full Story

AOL shuts down its entire music division

, Apr 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

AOL has announced that it will be shutting down its entire music division. AOL's music division had been struggling for quite some time, especially since most users opt for more popular music services like Spotify and Pandora. However, AOL Music had stood its ground longer than other similar music services, such as MSN Music and Yahoo Music, both of which shut down in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Read The Full Story

Apple celebrates “A Decade of iTunes” with interactive timeline

, Apr 24th 2013 Discuss [0]

Apple has launched a special tribute to its iTunes Store today, with a ten-year-long interactive timeline called "A Decade of iTunes." Users can flip through each year since 2003 to see what were some of the popular songs back then, as well as look over some of the milestones that Apple and iTunes have passed along the way. Read The Full Story

Twitter Music iPhone app hands-on

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Today the Twitter #music app has been launched for iPhone and the web. While you’ll be able to use this app on your iPad and iPod touch, right here at the start it’s really an iPhone-specific interface – and yes, you’ll not be seeing an Android app for some time. Right out of the box you’ll find that this app shines forth with four distinct ways for you to discover and share new music.

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Twitter Music app launches today: iPhone first

, Apr 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter has announced today a brand new service they’ll be offering through the web and in their brand new iOS-only app: Twitter #Music! This environment will be one in which Twitter will be showing off music shared by artists around the world using algorithms that get the rhythm straight to your face from your phone or desktop computer. Unfortunately it appears that Android users are going to be left out – at first.

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Spotify launches in 8 new markets

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Spotify is expanding to more locations throughout the world today. The music streaming service announced today that users in Mexico, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Iceland, bringing Spotify's reach to 28 markets around the world. The expansion should increase the service's total number of users. Read The Full Story
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