Google unveils Android-based online music store 17 November 2011Last updated at 00:04 Rapper Busta Rhymes attended the Google Music announcement in Los Angeles Google has launched an online music store in the US, which will allow devices running its Android software to buy, store and stream MP3 files. EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal and 23 independent labels are providing content to create a library of 13 million songs. However, Warner Music Group has opted not to take part at this point. The service poses a challenge to Apple's dominance of the sector. The popularity of the iPod maker's mobile devices helped drive sales. However, a new study by the research firm Gartner suggests that more than half of all smartphones sold between July and September ran Android. By comparison Apple's iOS handsets accounted for 15% of the market over the same period, according to the study. Social network Google is also integrating its new service with its Google+ social network. The firm announced it has secured exclusive content. Competition
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Shuffler Build Last.fm: Extend your Last.fm experience – Last.fm Last.fm takes the privacy of its users very seriously and towards the end of the month we will be introducing improvements to how we handle your personal information. More details about this will be posted nearer the time. One change is that we are going to have to remove all legacy pages of the old Last.fm as these pages are read-only snapshots (like cached pages on Google or the Wayback Machine) and are no longer wired to the main user database. While we had always planned to decommission these pages eventually, we had hoped to keep them online until a suitable replacement had been built. Unfortunately, that is no longer possible, with some exceptions outlined below: JournalsPast journal entries will be ported over to the new site, with bbcode formatting. The Last.fm public API documentationWe are planning to upgrade the API soon, however in the meantime the existing API documentation will be preserved for reference along with the ability to register API keys.
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Lyrics Muse - Lyrics for your last.fm Profile Top 10 Free Ways To Discover New Music Online Bored with your music and want to discover some new bands or singers? There are two main ways you can do that online. You can use services which create music maps, allowing you to explore artists similar in genre to the artists you already listen to. Some of these websites have a community built around them, which gives fans the opportunity to interact directly with these new talents. Here is a list of 10 free sites to discover new music. TuneGlue TuneGlue is straightforward and easy to use. Using TuneGlue, you start out with 6 similar artists, and can continue to explore and expand on them. Music-Map A less flashy alternative to TuneGlue is Music-Map. Music Roamer Music Roamer adds another dimension to music map sites, by not only providing suggestions of similar artists, but also allowing you to listen to music directly on their site. Bloson The simplest alternative to these first three websites is Bloson. Zune One Track Mind The Hype Machine TheSixtyOne OurStage PureVolume
Spotify debuts enhanced radio service with unlimited skips One of the features popular music service Spotify has lacked most has been radio. No longer. The service has just added a new Spotify Radio function with an unlimited stations and skips. Spotify has been on a roll with news lately and just a week ago it opened an API so HTML5 apps can be built by third-party developers that can take advantage of Spotify’s features. The new Spotify Radio, which looks much-improved all around, will be rolling out in the next few days to all of Spotify’s users. • Unlimited stations: Choose a track, artist or genre and Spotify will instantly create a station of similar music. Spotify has seen considerable growth in its revenue and number of paid subscribers since its launch in the U.S. in July.
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