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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…
Spotify for the iPad was spotted in the wild earlier this month, and now the music app is available in the iOS App Store. The retina-capable app is perfect for both browsing Spotify’s catalog of music and for searching playlists, artists and users. The app takes full advantage of the iPad’s screen and has a beautiful design that makes it easy to control…
You didn’t think Microsoft was giving up on music after it killed the Zune, did you? Of course not. Microsoft doesn’t give up on anything. Apparently the folks up in Redmond are planning to unveil its latest crack at the music industry at E3 2012, which takes place in June. Microsoft is preparing a cross-platform…
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,…
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.…
Warner Music Group reported some great news for digital growth in the company’s October-to-December third quarter. The giant music publishing company’s digital revenue grew 15 percent in recorded music and 36 percent in music publishing, as these numbers were helped by iTunes expansion along with consumer adoption of Spotify. What’s even more impressive about WMG’s…
Popular music service provider, Rdio, today announced an update to its Android app. The new app brings some interesting additions like collections, playlists, new releases, top charts, recommendations, and support for Android 4.0’s new remote control client. Keep in mind that a Rdio membership is required to take full advantage of its music service, you can get the…
Sony announced that its Music Unlimited streaming music service will finally make its way to iOS at some point this quarter. This streaming music app has been available for Android and PCs for a while now. The iOS version of the app will bring offline caching for subscribers to Sony’s service, allowing them to save…
Shazam today announced its rolling out its first new app called Shazam Player which is a free replacement for the iOS music player. The new app provides a respectable set of features which include synced lyrics, social sharing, smart playlists, bios and more. The mobile music company packed its new player with some prominent additions such…
Sony unveiled an interesting gem tonight at CES 2012, as it introduced the Android 2.3-powered Walkman Z1000 series Mobile Entertainment Player to go against the iPod touch and the Galaxy Player. For what is primarily a music player, Sony wanted to make sure this thing has a great music experience. In terms of audio quality,…