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SPAM: Google Music Is (Finally) Here

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ayehmixer
ayehmixer writes "Posted by Latest World Headlines: Shaw Capital Management on May 18, 2011

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May 13, 2011

At long last, the worst-kept secret in the musicStay tuned for more Google Music details, including screenshot galleries, coming up shortly on Mashable. industry has been confirmed: Google has launched its music service.

On Tuesday at Google I/O, the company took the wraps off Google Music Beta. Currently, that site is invite-only, but users will be added to the platform soon. The product is “free for a limited time.”

The service will be available starting on Android devices and via the web. Click here to see screengrabs of Google Music on Android.

The service will be available starting on Android devices and via the web. Click here to see screengrabs of Google Music on Android.

Rumors of Google Music first fell on our eager ears in June 2010, at which time we learned Google was buildinga music service with an Android twist. And while building such software is clearly not a problem for Google’s high-functioning genius engineers, the company was still settling the terms of the deals with labels inSeptember 2010 and in November 2010 and in December 2010 and in April 2011. A less optimistic crew of journalists would have begun to doubt whether Google Music would, in fact, ever see the light of day.

However, we were seeing enough proof vis-a-vis Android screenshots that the product itself was launch-ready, even if labels were not. Google Music was spotted on a Gingerbread device earlier this year, when gadget geeks saw a “music sync” option on an Android device. Music streaming options appeared on another device not too long afterward.

Currently, here’s what we are being told about Google Music, which looks and feels exactly like an iTunes in the cloud:

It will run on all Android devices, including tablets and mobiles
You’ll be able to create custom playlists
You’ll be able to edit track info, get play counts, etc.
Music will be available when you’re offline, too
Users can upload and store songs to a cloud-based directory
Users can wirelessly and automatically sync playlists from the web to connected devices and vice versa
Stay tuned for more Google Music details, including screenshot galleries, coming up shortly on Mashable.

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Comment: Re:Maybe the market will fix the problem? (Score 1) 251

by GRW (#35472584) Attached to: Open Source Licensing and the App Store Model
There is F-Droid Repository "an easily-installable catalogue of FOSS applications for the Android platform. The server contains the details of multiple versions of each application, and the Android client makes it easy to browse, install them onto your device, and keep track of updates."

Comment: Local programming . . (Score 1) 180

by GRW (#32297464) Attached to: Local TV Could Go the Way of Newspapers
has always been financed by advertising on the nationally syndicated programs. The proliferation of cable channels has already fragmented the audience watching local stations. This has reduced the amount that stations can charge for advertising. If people turn to the Internet for their programming, this will only accelerate this fragmentation, making local stations financially unsustainable. It is already happening in Canada where TV networks have demanded that cable and satellite TV providers begin to pay fees to carry their programming, which the cable providers have traditionally not paid for.

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