music service

RIP Napster - again

Digg / Tech Industry News  Fri, 12/02/2011 - 01:41

Rhapsody completes acquisition of the music service, which in a former iteration frustrated the music industry and helped change the landscape of digital music.

Read this blog post by Steven Musil on Digital Media.


 

Leaked Screenshots Show Off Rumored Google Music Service

Digg / Tech Industry News  Mon, 11/14/2011 - 09:40

Google is expected to unveil a licensed music store at a Wednesday event in Los Angeles, but Spanish-language blog TecnoDroidVe has published what it says are leaked screen shots from the service.


 

Phone-Only Music Service Takes Tunes On The Go

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 08/06/2011 - 09:26

Americans spend more money on music at Apple's iTunes store than any other music retailer, yet some people are being left out of the party.


 

Want a Spotify US Invite? Here is how you get it.

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sun, 07/17/2011 - 04:26

Last week, Spotify launched in the United States with much fanfare. Many of our readers pinged me asking for get an invitation to Spotify's music service.

We talked to some folks over at Spotify and worked on getting you access. Here is how.


 

As Pandora Goes Public, How Come No One Is Pointing Out That It ...

Techdirt  Tue, 06/14/2011 - 02:11

We mentioned this earlier, but with Pandora scheduled to go public this week, it seems to bear repeating.

Over the last couple of years, Pandora, which is a service that I'm a fan of, has repeatedly told the press that it is profitable.


 

Google: Our music service is legal

Digg / Tech Industry News  Wed, 05/11/2011 - 12:08

The company defends its cloud-based music service and says that it was designed to ensure that it does not violate copyrights. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on Signal Strength.


 

Feds Probe Mobile App Privacy

InformationWeek Internet News  Tue, 04/05/2011 - 14:03

Pandora, an online music service, got hit with a subpoena that appears to be part of an investigation into the information sharing processes of apps that run on Apple and Android mobile platforms.


 

Google Rumored To Have YouTube-Based Movie Streaming Service On ...

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 02/26/2011 - 16:24

If it's not Apple, it's Google clogging up the rumor mill pipeline. Recently, the search giant has been at the center of rumors that they could be launching a new music service to compete with iTunes, and now, The New York Post is reporting that Google may be considering the opening of a YouTube subscription-based movie service in the UK....


 

Spotify Comes to Linux - Well, Some Linux

Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community  Tue, 07/20/2010 - 16:31

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Apple Bought Lala To Shut It Down?

Techdirt  Fri, 04/30/2010 - 17:35

I've been a pretty harsh critic of Lala over the years.

The company was long on hype and short on substance with its ever changing business model. First it was a CD swapping service.

Then it was a free streaming music service. Then it was an iTunes-in-the-cloud. Still, the final product was decent, and with a bit of work could take on Spotify in the market.