Music

On stage at D11, Sundar Pichai announced that Google Play Music All Access will be coming to iOS in about one month’s time. While the company remained quiet about offering cross platform access during the service’s debut at I/O, it appears now that development is underway. Pichai stated that Google is interested in giving users Continue Reading →

Digital music streaming and subscription company Spotify released a new feature called ‘Discover’, in an effort to help its many millions of users around the globe find out about new artists and music they will likely enjoy. The company aims to achieve this by not only leveraging its proprietary recommendation technology, but also by banking Continue Reading →

A year ago, Billboard announced that it would start including Spotify data in its Hot 100 charts, and now the Swedish streaming service is breaking out on its own. The Wall Street Journal reports that Spotify is launching its own charts called the Spotify 50 (below) and Social 50, listing the most-streamed and most-shared songs Continue Reading →

Internet radio and music recommendation service Pandora is rolling out a new service that will offer previews of upcoming album launches in their entirety, up to a week before they go on sale. Sponsored by T-Mobile for its initial roll-out phase, Pandora Premieres is being pitched as a “first-of-its kind station,” featuring previews from a Continue Reading →

Microsoft unveiled its next video game console, the Xbox One, on Tuesday. Unlike Sony, which spent two hours at its PlayStation 4 reveal in February showing just about everything BUT the console, Microsoft put the console, its re-designed controller and updated Kinect camera at the heart of its presentation. Microsoft said that the Xbox One Continue Reading →

On Wednesday at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Google announced a new music streaming service called Google Play Music All Access. The service will compete with other entries to the market like Spotify, Rdio and Pandora. Google Play Music All Access will run $9.99 in the US, with a 30-day free trial and Continue Reading →

As part of its mission to bring its music service “everywhere,” Amazon announced the release of a dedicated Cloud Player app for desktop PCs Monday. The release comes less than a week after Amazon announced iOS compatibility with Ford Sync-enabled vehicles. PC users could already access Cloud Player through their web browsers, but the primary Continue Reading →

Last fall, Twitter bought We Are Hunted, a “music discovery” startup that made a popular app for Spotify. Apparently Spotify is paying attention: It just bought Tunigo, another music discovery startup with a popular Spotify app. Spotify isn’t announcing terms for the deal, but says that all of the Swedish company’s 20 or so employees will Continue Reading →

Live music fans already have some excellent choices for listening to concerts on an iOS device: Archivist, which taps into the massive Live Music Archive, is one great option. The just-launched Spacebar app is another. Rather than serving up concert recordings, however, Spacebar lets you listen in on live shows as they happen. There’s no Continue Reading →

Apple on Wednesday started celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its iTunes store. When users head to the iTunes Store, they’ll find a new feature called “A Decade of iTunes.” The reason? Simple: on April 28, Apple will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the iTunes store. The feature allows users to browse a timeline of stories Continue Reading →