News tagged with music service

Matching fans to music tops record industry agenda

After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM trade fair that ...

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created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Anonymous targets Finland over anti-piracy efforts

Cyber-activists attacked the websites of Finnish anti-piracy groups after a local Internet service provider was forced to block access to a popular file-sharing website, officials said Tuesday.

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Cloud computing's ubiquity brings down prices

If you've ever had your laptop stolen, watched your toddler baptize your PC with Pepsi, or had your MacBook come to a cold, dead stop, you know that the digital memories we store on our home computers are anything but indelible.

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created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Rhapsody passes million US subscriber milestone

(AP) -- Digital music service Rhapsody has passed a million paying subscribers in the U.S.

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created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rara revs up price war over unlimited music plans

(AP) -- A British company has taken the price war for music subscriptions to a new level.

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created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube buys US-based music rights company

YouTube said Friday it has acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company which manages music rights for songwriters, recording artists, record labels and online music services.

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created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spotify opens up to app developers

Spotify announced Wednesday that outside developers can create applications for the popular online music service and unveiled partnerships with Rolling Stone, SongKick, TuneWiki and others.

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created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google sells digital music in iTunes challenge (Update 2)

Google has opened a digital music store in a direct challenge to Apple's iTunes and Amazon's online shop.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Half of Swedish three-year-olds online: study

Swedes are among the world's most connected people and are swarming to the Internet at an ever earlier age, a study published Wednesday showed, indicating that half of Swedish three-year-olds have been online.

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created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

RIM says BBM Music available

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion says its music-sharing application for its popular messaging service will be available for downloading in the U.S., Canada and Australia within a day.

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created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rhapsody buys Napster from Best Buy

Former file-sharing renegade Napster has a new owner.

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created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MOG adds free music gas tank to subscription plan

(AP) -- All that tweeting and sharing of photos on Facebook could finally have a tangible reward: free music.

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created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cricket's Muve Music attracts 200,000 subscribers

(AP) -- Muve Music, the unlimited music plan offered by prepaid cellphone company Cricket, has doubled the number of subscribers it has to 200,000 in the past two months.

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created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook to allow further music integration (Update)

Facebook is preparing to bolster the programming tools it offers to licensed music services like Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG and Rdio to make it easier for users of the social network to find out what songs their ...

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created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

RIM launches BlackBerry Messenger music-share

Research in Motion launched a collaboration Thursday with major record labels to allow BlackBerry users to access and exchange music via instant messenger.

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created Aug 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1