A couple of high-profile artists have caused quite a stir in the music industry as of late with claims that payouts from legal streaming music services are simply too low. They’ve often been vilified by the media and fans over…

Apple has been working overtime to build an entirely new streaming music service in the wake of its $3 billion acquisition of Beats Electronics. The as-yet unnamed service is said to be entirely Apple-designed but will utilize the technology and…

After being outbid by Markus “Notch” Persson for an extravagant mansion in Beverly Hills, Jay-Z is turning his attention (and cash) to a potentially profitable venture – streaming music.

Sony has announced intentions to close its homegrown Music Unlimited service. The company isn’t getting out of the streaming music business, however, as it plans to launch a new service in its place known as PlayStation Music.

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The streaming music industry has seen a handful of frontrunners jockeying for position as of late, the latest being iHeartRadio. The provider on Friday revealed that it has surpassed 60 million registered users and that it’s growing faster than any…

For all of the progress that Twitch has made since its inception in mid-2011, the service has been hamstrung by a nagging issue: how to enforce copyright laws as it pertains to gamers that play music during their gameplay sessions.

MySpace, the social network that many joined before Facebook defined the social networking era, is still around. Not only is it still around, it’s actually doing quite well in terms of generating traffic among its lucrative 17 to 25-year-old target…

Paris-based music streaming service Deezer has agreed to purchase subscription streaming provider Muve Music from AT&T subsidiary Cricket. As per the acquisition, Muve will shut down its service on February 7 but not before its existing customers have had a chance…

While it should come as little surprise that sales of digital albums and songs continued to decline in 2014, you may be taken back by the fact that sales of vinyl records more than doubled since 2013 according to data compiled…

Google search results continue to get smarter and smarter. Now, the world’s most popular search engine will display song lyrics right on the search results page courtesy of its ever-expanding Knowledge Graph.

A federal jury has ruled in favor of Apple in the nearly decade old class-action lawsuit that had the company accused of trying to monopolize online music distribution.

2014 will go down in history books as the year of health and fitness apps according to Google. The search giant recently combed through download data from the Play Store to put together a list of the year’s top apps,…

Apple quietly discontinued its long-standing iPod classic this past September. CEO Tim Cook later revealed that Apple was no longer able to source some of the key components used to build the classic iPod and redesigning it wasn’t an option…

Windows 10 will officially support the Free Lossless Audio Codec and offer audiophiles a new, more integrated way of enjoying their music collection. FLAC is a remarkable file format which retains the audio quality from the original source and compresses…

Music and video streaming services are more popular now than ever. Unfortunately, they’re also among the top data plan killers each month and no doubt are responsible for the majority of data overage fees.

Nearly six months after Apple purchased Beats Music as part of a $3 billion acquisition, the company is reportedly planning to bundle it directly into iOS, a move that would effectively bring the subscription streaming music service to every iPhone…

Shoring up rumors on the matter, Spotify and Uber on Monday announced a partnership that lets Uber riders choose the music they want to listen to as they’re being whisked away to their destination. Here’s how it works. …

YouTube has finally unveiled its long-rumored subscription-based music service. YouTube Music Key will offer high-quality streaming of ad-free music and videos, background play and offline listening. In typical Google fashion, the announcement is a bit confusing but here’s what we…

It’s been a tough year or so for iconic MP3 player Winamp. After launching in 1997 and exploding in popularity over the next several years, the once go-to media player quietly vanished from relevance through the latter half of the…

Amazon has unveiled what can only be described as a peculiar product – a connected speaker for your home with a built-in virtual assistant that’s always listening and ready to help out in any way it can. If there’s one…

Warner Music Group has become the first major record label to sign a licensing deal with SoundCloud. The agreement will see SoundCloud pay royalties to the label each time a song that’s monetized is streamed or even when one of…

A Swedish company named Aspiro has launched a new streaming music service that claims to offer CD quality streaming using the “Free Lossless Audio Codec” or FLAC. Dubbed Tidal, the service is now available in the US and the UK on…

I’ve tested several different Bluetooth speaker systems from companies like Jawbone, Logitech and Brookstone over the years. While I enjoyed the convenience afforded by such systems, they don’t come close to offering the quality you get from a true powered…

In an effort to curb online piracy, Google will be rolling out an update to its search engine this week that will "visibly affect" the rankings of some of the most "notorious" sites, the company announced in a blog post. …