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Sony’s Spotify competitor, Music Unlimited, now available in the iOS App Store
About three weeks after Spotify released a native iPad app for users on its premium plan, Sony is out with an iOS app for its own competitor: Music Unlimited. Sony’s Music Unlimited is a subscription service like Spotify or Rdio that gives you endless access to its streaming library of over 15 million songs if you subscribe for a monthly fee. The app is a free download from the App Store and it comes with a 30-day free trial of the Music Unlimited premium plan. After the trial is up, … Read more
George Tinari
Spotify for Android gets a major overhaul
The wildly popular music streaming application, Spotify, has finally given its Android app a design overhaul for devices running Android 4.0. This has been a long time coming, especially considering how long Ice Cream Sandwich has been out on the market (since November 2011). The new app launches in beta today with several new features, which includes the most noticeable change — a sharp new look that puts Google’s Holo theme for Android 4.0 applications front and center. So far Android users who have used it, claims the application itself … Read more
Charles West
Paramount to bring hundreds of movies to Google Play
YouTube took the liberty of unveiling a partnership between Google and Paramount that will bring nearly 500 new movie titles to Google Play and YouTube for rental within just a few weeks. The movies will be available in the United States and Canada. It’s a big win for Android users in these countries but nothing has been said regarding international support in the future. Even the vast majority of Android fanboys will admit that when it comes to content like movies and TV shows, the OS has yet to catch … Read more
George Tinari
Netflix HD coming to the retina iPad
Recently, Netflix released an update to its mobile application on all iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The upgrade is supposed to enhance the user experience, taking full advantage of the new iPad’s Retina display, as it now supports better looking menus and movie thumbnails. Unfortunately, the revamped Netflix iOS application does not bring full HD video to the tablet’s beautiful screen, as all movies and TV shows will continue to stream in the not so eye-catching standard definition. Joris Evers, a corporate communications exec for Netflix confirmed … Read more
Charles West
Spotify Chief Content Officer: Family Plans are “definitely coming”
Spotify’s chief content officer Ken Parks talked to The Verge during SXSW and confirmed the streaming music service will begin to offer family plans in the future. He didn’t talk about the pricing or say when they plans would debut, but given the competitive nature of the streaming music industry, it will likely be soon. Spotify’s main competitor Rdio offers family plans that cost $17.99 mothly for two users and $22.99 mothly for three. Each added family member will pay full-price. In addition to its family plans, Rdio recently released an update that … Read more
Kelly Hodgkins
Netflix: We have no plans to support BlackBerry
Netflix dropped a bombshell on Research In Motion yesterday when it confirmed it does not have plans to make an app for BlackBerry devices, including the PlayBook tablet. Twitter user Jon Robinson angrily tweeted Netflix Helps asking “Where is my #playbook app? You’ve had enough time and no more excuses! Thanks!” Two hours later, he received an arguably unexpected response: “We don’t have any current plans to support Blackberry devices, including Playbook.” This is a major blow for RIM, but I think it’s safe to say the company is used to suffering … Read more