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Apple today has officially released its latest iTunes offering (version 10.5.1), which brings in a new $24.99-per-year iTunes Match service. With iTunes Match, users can subscribe and receive the ability to re-download songs on other devices like an iPhone or iPad. This is something Amazon’s Cloud Player has been doing for awhile now. iTunes Match is…
More evidence of Google working on a music store has arisen. Based on this batch of new screenshots, this feature looks like it will be merged into the the Market and Music app. Almost every industry expert expects Google will launch on November 16 as another mini store of the Android Market. Several pages in the…
Pandora CTO Tom Conrad unveiled an interesting tidbit that explained how half of Americans don’t pay for music. Conrad mentioned that his company plans to capitalize on this statistic by monetizing the vast majority of listeners who pay little or nothing per year for music, this was said today at GigaOm’s RoadMap conference in San Francisco. He then broke down…
Windows Phone users who love streaming music can now rejoice, as the wildly popular Spotify has made its way to Microsoft’s mobile operating system. The streaming service runs on a monthly subscription, which allows customers to stream millions of songs all for the price of $9.99/month. Furthermore, the music streaming service lets you share your…
After a beta period spanning a few months, RIM’s music service, BBM Music, is now live. For five bucks every month, you can fully realize the poor taste of your friends, or at least the few that still own a BlackBerry and are also willing to subscribe. Let me walk you through how it works,…
Well, it looks like the day many Android users have been patiently waiting for is coming soon — Google is allegedly baking up its own iTunes-like music store and a launch is imminent. People who accessed music.google.com from their Android phones were presented with the Google Music Beta Android app, and a “Shop millions of songs…
The hugely popular free, on-demand streaming music service Spotify is finally coming to BlackBerry. Of course, you need a premium subscription to enjoy tunes on mobile, and compatibility for the Spotify app is currently limited to the 9780 Bold, 9700 Bold, 9300 Curve, 9000 Bold, 8520 Curve – sorry, no CDMA handsets or the Torch…
A new project appeared on Kickstarter recently that wants to showcase the music in you through the power and potential of Apple’s iPad. The creators of Starr Labs have put together iTar, an accessory that turns your iPad into a functional guitar. This isn’t just any guitar, as apps can technically make it any instrument…
Microsoft’s unlimited music service, Zune, is now gracing PCs, Xboxes, and Windows Phones across Canada. It’s just too bad that we haven’t seen any new Windows Phone hardware in Canada pretty much since launch around this time last year. On top of spreading internationally, Zune’s subscription fee has been knocked down from $15 to $10/month,…
After flirting with unlimited music ID on Android for awhile, Shazam has decided to make the switch permanent, and are now including iPhone in the fun. As a part of the switch, they’re kicking off a contest. For every song you tag using their app until November 15, you have a chance at winning a…