music

[New App] GMusicFS Beta Brings Cloud-Stored Google Music To Other Media Players On Rooted Devices

March 10, 2013
music

There’s no denying the value in Google Music – it lets you store all of your tunes in the cloud and take them everywhere you go without using up precious free space on your device. The problem is, however, that you have to use Google’s proprietary player to stream the music. If you prefer something [...]

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Google negotiating for subscription music service to launch in third quarter

February 23, 2013
Google Play Music desktop notifications

Google has spoken to some of the top music-recording companies about creating a subscription music service similar to Rdio and Spotify, but music industry sources have told The Verge that any launch of such a service is still months away. Google has specifically talked about a launch of a streaming music service in the third [...]

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Focus@Will says its music app boosts concentration, opens it to public beta

February 6, 2013
FocusWill brings its claimed productivityenhancing music to public beta

So, what were we doing? Oh yeah, blogging — fortunately, Focus@Will understands our inability to concentrate 100 percent of the time during an eight hour day, and is now going into public beta with a music service app designed to make things better. The company says it helps productivity by perking up your limbic system [...]

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Deezer teams up with LG, Samsung and Toshiba to bring its music service to smart TVs

February 6, 2013
Deezer teams up with LG, Samsung and Toshiba to bring its music service to smart TVs

We were already well aware of Deezer making its way toward some LG Smart TVs in the UK, but now the streaming service has announced it’ll be coming to many, many more savvy television sets in the very near future. The digital tunes provider let it be know that it’s struck a deal with Samsung, [...]

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Sony Music Unlimited now offers 320 kbps AAC high-quality streaming

January 31, 2013
Sony Music Unlimited

Sony's Music Unlimited streaming service is being updated today to offer high-quality 320 kbps AAC music on all platforms, including Android. The service, which offers unlimited (go figure) music streaming for the monthly price of $ 9.99, is hoping to persuade users to try it over competing services like Spotify and Rdio. 320 kbps AAC is [...]

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Google Play Music update improves widget, adds features, fixes bugs

January 30, 2013
Google Play Music widget

Google Play Music has just received a notable update to add a few features that have been bugging users for some time now. Right off the top you'll spot a proper reverse button on the music widget, letting you go backwards in albums or playlists without entering the app. Instant mixes can now continue on [...]

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Samsung expects Music Hub to reach competitors’ devices, more countries

January 28, 2013
Samsung Music Hub to reach other companies

Samsung’s Music Hub has only had a comparatively small reach to date, delivering tunes to seven countries (six with scan-and-match) and just a handful of devices. Senior VP of Media Services TJ Kang expects the audio service to broaden its horizons — he tells The Next Web that Samsung wants to widen access to rivals’ [...]

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Samsung confirms plans to bring Music Hub streaming service to non-Samsung devices

January 27, 2013
Samsung Music Hub

When Samsung launched its Music Hub streaming service in the US last July, the company said that it wasn’t ruling out the possibility of expanding it to non-Samsung devices in the future — and it looks like that possibility could soon be a reality. According to The Next Web, Samsung’s SVP for media services TJ [...]

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Pandora cranked out over 13 billion hours of music in 2012

January 19, 2013
DNP Pandora cranked out over 13 billion hours of music in 2012

Springing into the new year, internet radio heavyweight Pandora has released some of its major statistics from 2012. The company states that 1.6 billion personalized radio stations were created and that it played over 13 billion hours of music. These hefty stats translate to the service’s users listening to over one million different songs from [...]

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