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Apple awarded patent for look and feel of iTunes store
- After nearly 8 years of waiting, the USPTO has granted Apple a patent which aims to protect their iTunes Store interface. The patent covers the look and feel of the store, including how users browse, search for and purchase content…
Facebook integrates Listen button for artists, bands and musicians
- Facebook has added a new button to pages belonging to artists, bands and musicians. The Listen button allows users to play a selection of music from a band or musician while visiting their page using one of several streaming apps…
Spotify Play Button delivers music streaming to any blog or website
- Spotify is now allowing website owners and bloggers to integrate the free music service directly into their page. Site owners have notoriously been leery of adding music to pages for fear of repercussions from the music industry but as the…
Google reboots Android Market with Google Play, consolidates content
- Yesterday, Google announced it would be replacing Android Market with a newly named service called Google Play. The company claim this is more than a name change. The Google Play Store not only replaces Android Market, but also extends it,…
UK's SOCA seizes domain of popular music blog, rnbxclusive.com
- The UK’s Serious, Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) took down hip-hop news and track exchange website rnbxclusive.com yesterday as part of a criminal investigation into allegedly defrauding the music industry. The site started in 1998 and has since become a popular…
Refocused MySpace gains 1 million users, but is a comeback possible?
- MySpace has announced that the site has acquired one million new users since December 2011. In addition to the new users, comScore reported last week that monthly traffic to MySpace had increased in January, marking the first increase in nearly…
Spotify has 3 million paid subscribers, 20% of active user base
- Music streaming service Spotify has reached 3 million paid subscribers across the 12 markets it currently operates in. The figure, revealed at a recent event by chief content officer Ken Parks, means that more than 20% of its "active" user…
The Pirate Bay launches project to promote artists
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Although it's condemned by the media industry for providing access to illegal content, there is a positive side The Pirate Bay. If nothing else, the world's largest torrent site can shine a spotlight on little-known artists, allowing them to rise from obscurity and ascend to stardom...
Apple expands iTunes Match support in Europe, Latin America
- Apple has completed its second major international rollout for iTunes Match since its U.S. launch in November. The service is now available in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Latvia, Lithuania, Nicaragua, Panama,…
Grooveshark sued, Spotify limits free music to 10 hours per month
- Grooveshark has been the target of litigious music companies for years, most notably being sued by the three largest record label groups in the world. Supposed partner and fourth largest record label group, EMI, now has the company in its…
Apple's iTunes music, movie stores arrive in Latin America
- Apple has officially flipped the switch on its iTunes Store for music and movie content in 16 Latin American countries. According to a statement posted on the company's website, the store will include local and international music across all major…
Weekend Open Forum: Have you met anyone famous?
- Facebook and the University of Milan conducted a study earlier this year to determine the validity of the “six degrees of separation” concept – that each person on the planet is only six steps away, by way of introduction, from…
Spotify teases announcement, promises a new direction
- Spotify officials have announced the company will be conducting a press conference on November 30 in New York to discuss a new direction for the company. The Spotify media invite doesn’t reveal much in the way of what will be…
Google Music rolls out of beta, adds Android music store
- Google unveiled its much-anticipated digital music store Wednesday, stepping up the competition against the likes of Amazon and Apple. The new service features millions of songs from record labels EMI, Sony Music, Universal and several smaller labels, but is notably…
Rdio launches free music streaming option with no ads
- Rdio has officially launched its promised free music streaming option that will give users in the U.S. on-demand, ad-free access to their 12-million song catalog. There's a limit on the amount of music you can listen to each month, and…
Weekend Open Forum: Your favorite music service?
- Apple's iTunes is widely regarded as the service that spawned the legal music download industry. At a time when music piracy ran rampant on p2p networks, the platform served as the prime example that customers are willing to pay for…
Philips set to launch iPhone-style docks for Android phones
- Philips took the opportunity on the stage at this year's IFA to announce the launch of three new docks designed for Android phones. The new Fidelio range works with Android 2.1 phones and upwards and allows for an iPhone-style docking…
Facebook to launch music service on September 22
- Facebook plans to launch a music service on September 22, which happens to coincide with the company’s F8 conference. The news comes via CNBC’s twitter feed which reported the headline earlier today.
Apple starts testing iTunes Match, adds music streaming
- Update: Apparently what looked like a “stream” is really a simultaneous listen and download — users can hear the song while their machine ingests it. Apple is said to have streaming rights but the company doesn't trust the mobile service providers to…
RIM announces new $5 per month BBM Music service
- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion today confirmed rumors that it is taking a stab at the streaming music business with the announcement of BBM Music. The new service integrates with BlackBerry Messenger, the company's popular messaging service, and gives users…
BlackBerry streaming music service coming soon
- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion will be launching a streaming music service to better compete with Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android platforms. The company is reportedly in late negotiations with several record labels and is looking to introduce the new…
Spotify at 1.4 million users in the US, 175,000 paying
- Streaming music service Spotify is said to have reached 1.4 million users in the US after less than a month of going live. The service, which is already popular overseas, is believed to have 175,000 paying members.
Weekend Open Forum: Your favorite music and streaming sources
- Music is among the most primitive forms of entertainment and self-expression, with the oldest confirmed musical instrument -- a bone flute -- dating back at least 35,000 years, and it's believed the human voice, hand clapping and other bodily-derived noises…
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