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Google Music Is Forced to Limit Users Due to "Piracy"

No matter what you think about piracy it's hard to argue against the fact that many times it's easier to pirate something than it is to pay for it. If you grab a bunch of albums from The Pirate Bay, you can listen to them however you want, move them to any of your devices and share them with friends.If you ...

16 May 2012
18:41 GMT

Google Music Meets Google+ with Shared With Me Playlist

Google is continuing to build Google+ into its other products. The latest addition is quite interesting though, there is now a "Shared with me" playlist with all of the songs your friends, specifically the people in your circles, in Google Music."When a friend shares a song or album they’ve purchased on Google ...

6 May 2012
06:40 GMT

Google Music's Labs Section Has HTML5 Audio, Desktop Notifications

Like all notable Google products, Google Music now has a Labs section. While the Labs tradition may be a dying one at Google, the feature now exists for a relatively modern Google product, Music.As you'd expect, the Labs section enables you to experiment with features that may not yet be ready for mass consumpti...

10 April 2012
14:11 GMT

Google Music May Get an Web Uploader, Labs Section

Google Music may not have been the fulminating success that Google may have wanted, and that no one was expecting it to be, according to the latest rumors, but the company is not giving up.The service has recently gotten a rebranding and it's been rolled up into Google Play a new unified entertainment-focused pr...

22 March 2012
18:11 GMT

Thanks to Google Play, Google's Music Cloud Service May Finally Get a Fighting Chance

Google Play is centered on the Android Market, but the very reason for the name, brand, domain and logo change, is that it's about more than Android. In fact, with Google Play, Google Music may finally get a fighting chance. Google Music was introduced about a year ago and, despite a solid set of features, it d...

7 March 2012
14:21 GMT

Google Takes on Apple, Amazon with Unified Entertainment Hub Google Play

Google has made a major move to unify its budding entertainment business, bringing together all of its different services, the Android Market, the eBookstore, Google Music and its movie rentals store, into Google Play. It's an obvious move for Google, the only problem is that it took it so long. The stores were...

7 March 2012
07:01 GMT

You Can Now Download Your Google Music Back

Google has finally made it possible to get your music back from the black hole that used to be Google Music. Previously, any music you uploaded to the service was stuck there, there was no way of downloading any of it back. The limitation was placed under pressure from music labels, under a misguided effort to curve...

27 January 2012
11:51 GMT

Google Now Offers Better Google Music for Android

Google has just announced the release of a series of improvements for the Google Music application for devices that run under its Android operating system. The service was made available a few months ago to offer users the possibility to take their music along when on the go. With Google Music, users could have ...

27 January 2012
06:41 GMT

Google Lifts Download Restriction in Music Manager

Music Manager, Google’s desktop client for uploading audio tracks to Google Music has been modified to allow you to download your entire audio library. Starting version 1.0.24.7712, Music Manager adds the option to download the entire library available in Google Music cloud (limited to 20,000 songs). The optio...

27 January 2012
04:42 GMT

Google Music 4.1.512 Now Available on Android

Google has just made available for download a new version of its Google Music application for devices running under the Android operating system. The new application release arrives on devices as version 4.1.512 and is meant to bring along a series of fixes for issues that affected the app’s use before. The rel...

24 January 2012
11:31 GMT

New Google Music App Included in CyanogenMod 9

One of the appealing features that the new CyanogenMod 9 release brings along is a custom Google Music application. The ROM itself comes with a variety of features, and the same applies to the said application, it seems. Some of the enhancements include the ability to skip track through simply shaking the phone, ...

30 December 2011
19:21 GMT

$1.99, €1.50 Albums from Lady Gaga, Rihanna on Google Music for Cyber Monday

A few years ago, online retailers invented Cyber Monday to counter, in a way, the Black Friday deals that brick-and-mortar sellers run in the US. It's gotten pretty popular since, to the point where stores that don't really have an "inventory" problem are running promotions as well. Google is using Cyber M...

28 November 2011
10:07 GMT

Google Music Video Preview: Sharing

Google Music allows users to sync their music into the cloud to access it whenever they go via their Android-based devices, while also offering them the possibility to share songs with their friends over Google+. The feature can prove great especially when it comes to songs that users have bought through the Google...

24 November 2011
08:51 GMT

Google Music Video Preview: Listening

What Google Music did to Android users was to enable them access their favorite music while on the go through the cloud, so that they would have the storage space available on their devices free for something else. Google Music enables people sync songs into the cloud and even purchase some more of them, while also...

22 November 2011
17:11 GMT

Android Market 3.3.12 Now Rolling Out

Google has started to deliver a new Android Market client to devices running under its mobile operating system, namely version 3.3.12, which is said to be an incremental upgrade for the previous flavor of the app. For the time being, however, the Internet giant did not offer specific info on the changes that have b...

21 November 2011
01:34 GMT

Google Music Video Preview: Organize

Google Music, the new service that Google made available for its Android users in the United States, enables people to easily take their favorite music along with them regardless where they go, and also provides them with the possibility to purchase new songs. One can sync up to 20,000 tracks into the cloud, so t...

19 November 2011
07:11 GMT

Google Music Video Preview: Shop

Google has just made available for its users in the United States a new service to enjoy on their Android devices, namely Google Music. Out of beta only a few days ago, the service enables users to both sync their music collection to the cloud to listen to it while on the go, and also to purchase new songs that hav...

18 November 2011
14:11 GMT

Google Music App Debuts on Google TV with Cloud Streaming

Google Music is a solid product, if not quite original. If you already own some Google gear or use Google services, Music makes a case for itself. One great example is the new Google Music for Google TV app. Since Google TV is based on Android and since it recently introduced support for third-party apps, a Google M...

18 November 2011
10:40 GMT

Your Google+ Friends Can Listen to Your 'Google Music' Tracks for Free

One of the cool things about the new Google Music, the only thing really making it stand out, is the sharing feature. Any time you buy a new song, you can share it with your Google+ friends. The sharing feature is integrated into the Google Music web application, so it only takes a couple of clicks. But sharing in ...

18 November 2011
09:50 GMT

Google Music Manager Out of Beta

The launch of Google Music service to all users grabbed the headlines a few days ago. With the service out of beta, the manager mitigating the file transfer from the user’s computer into Google’s music cloud was also bumped to a stable version. Music Manager has been built with basic functionality in min...

18 November 2011
08:19 GMT

Download the New Google Music App for Android

Following the official launch of Google Music for Android devices in the United States, Internet giant Google made available for download a new version of the Google Music application for its users. Put for download in the official app storefront here, the new flavor of the application brings full support for the n...

17 November 2011
09:11 GMT

Watch the Full Google Music Launch Event

To launch its brand new music store, integrated into its existing cloud locker service, Google held an event dubbed "These go to eleven." Google acted all mysterious ahead of the launch, but all of the details had been leaked or confirmed ahead of time. Google live streamed the announcement and had plenty of details...

17 November 2011
08:31 GMT

Google Music Lets Artists Upload and Sell Their Own Music

Google Music, the store plus the streaming service and cloud locker, is a fairly run-of-the-mill if solid product. One thing that is interesting and original about it is that Google is enabling independent artists to upload and sell their own music in the store, completely under their control. Google provides the to...

17 November 2011
06:04 GMT

T-Mobile to Offer Carrier Billing for Google Music Purchases

Google has just announced the launch of its new Google Music service for Android users in the United States, and wireless carrier T-Mobile promised support for the service. All of its customers who will buy music from the new Music Store in the Android Market will be able to have these purchases billed on their mon...

17 November 2011
04:11 GMT

Google Music Launches with MP3 Store, Cloud Storage and Sync, Google+ Sharing

As expected, Google has unveiled its updated music service. Now simply dubbed Google Music, it incorporates the music cloud locker introduced last spring and a new music download store. Google Music is only available in the US and is integrated with the Android Market. The only way to buy new music, for now, is to g...

17 November 2011
03:27 GMT

Google Music Now Live for Android Users in the US

Google has just announced the availability of a new service for devices running under the Android operating system, namely Google Music, through which users can easily discover, purchase and share digital music. The service offers users the possibility to sync their music collection into the cloud, and to purchase ...

17 November 2011
02:24 GMT

On the 11th Hour, Google Snags Sony for Music Store, 3 Out of 4 Labels Now on Board

Google is expected to unveil its very long in the making music download store. It's been working on this for a year and a half and, last we heard, it still only had music from two of the big four music labels. Thankfully, it seems that Sony Music Entertainment is now on board too, joining Universal Music Group ...

16 November 2011
05:50 GMT

Google Music Store Launching Tomorrow, Here's What We Know

The Google music store is expected to be unveiled tomorrow. Google has been working for years now to launch a music download service, to no avail and not for lack of trying. It just hasn't been able to work out a licensing deal with the big four, which will soon be the big three, music labels. Unfortunately, thi...

15 November 2011
17:21 GMT

Piracy Witch Hunt More Important to Music Labels than Google Money

While Google isn't, except for the fact that it's holding a music-related event next week, it is pretty clear that it is launching a MP3 music download store. It's going to be a rather run-of-the-mill store, with a somewhat interesting twist, any song you buy you can share with friends, via Google+, Go...

12 November 2011
05:40 GMT

Google Sends Out Invitations to Mysterious Event, Linked to Music Store

Google is being a bit mysterious about an event it's holding next week, but if you've been following the rumors you'll know exactly what you're in for, Google plans to unveil its music download store on November 16.Google is now sending out invitations to an event on Wednesday. It's not telli...

11 November 2011
19:06 GMT

Google to Bring Music to the Android Market

Internet giant Google is set to offer users the possibility to purchase and download music on their devices straight from the Android Market, if some of the latest reports on the matter are to be believed. Apparently, when accessing music.google.com on their Android smartphones, some users bumped into the page that...

27 October 2011
10:04 GMT

Introducing Google Music Manager Beta

We're announcing today the immediate availability for download of the Beta version of the Google Music Manager application.Even if Google Music is still in Beta stage and many users are not able to experience this new cloud technology from Google, we've made the Google Music Manager desktop application avai...

26 October 2011
15:31 GMT

Google Desperate to Launch MP3 Store, May Go Ahead with only Half of the Labels

Google has confirmed that it's working on a music download store and the latest rumors say that it could come this week or next week at the latest. That may seem fast, seeing as the negotiations have only been revealed a few weeks ago, but Google seems to be determined to have something to show for itself soon.A...

24 October 2011
04:57 GMT

The Google Music Store Will Allow You to Share Songs

Google confirmed that it's got an MP3 store coming soon. That in itself would not be much of a deal except for Google, Apple and Amazon have been selling music for years. But Google also promised a "twist" and now we may have a clue about what that twist is, apparently, users will be able to share the music the...

21 October 2011
04:50 GMT

Google Confirms MP3 Store 'With a Twist,' Is Coming Soon

Google has confirmed that it is building a digital music store. It's not going to be any old MP3 store, Android boss Andy Rubin says, but he didn't provide any other details. He did also confirm though that the store is launching soon, but didn't set a date.There have been several, newer rumors about G...

19 October 2011
08:01 GMT

New Sources Confirm Google MP3 Store Coming this Quarter

There have been too many rumors about Google and digital music to count. The company has wanted a piece of this market for years, but so far, the furthest it got is with Music Beta by Google, a rather limited and unimpressive cloud locker service with streaming capabilities.But that's finally about to change, ac...

17 October 2011
08:21 GMT

Google Wants to Launch an MP3 Store by the End of the Month

Things may not be going as well or as fast as it may have hoped, but Google is still working on creating a music service to compete with the big players, Apple, Amazon. The latest rumors say that Google is once again negotiating with music labels, this time to open up an MP3 store, likely to connect it to its Music b...

14 October 2011
07:24 GMT

Google Music App Moves in on Apple Turf

Music by Google Beta may not have impressed too many people at launch and, while it doesn't have that many advantages over competitors, it's a solid service and definitely worth your attention. Even more so now that an iOS app is available. Unfortunately, and this may have something to do with Apple'...

9 September 2011
10:01 GMT

Google's Music Streaming Is Not the Same as Apple's iTunes Match 'Streaming'

There's been a lot of buzz about Apple's upcoming iTunes Match, its music cloud service. The music cloud locker market is anything except not catered to, there are plenty of competitors, big and small.Both Amazon and Google have cloud music services, but Apple's selling point, initially, was that it st...

30 August 2011
13:41 GMT

Court Ruling Is Good News for Cloud Music Lockers, like Amazon's and Google's

A US federal court judge handed out a ruling that could shape the future of cloud music and file storage services. In a lawsuit filed by EMI against music cloud locker service MP3Tunes, the court found mostly for MP3Tunes and said that it did not infringe on copyright by sharing only one copy of identical files uploa...

23 August 2011
09:04 GMT

Songs in Pages are Now Listed in Google Search Results, Thanks to Music Rich Snippets

Google has been expanding the number of rich snippets it supports and it's now adding a rather important one, music. Now, websites that host music can signal this to Google which will display a list of the tracks on that page in the search results.The idea is to make it easier for users to know if there is actua...

19 August 2011
08:55 GMT

Google Debuts Magnifier to Showcase Hot New and Free Tracks in Music Beta

Google's Music service launched a few months ago, in private beta, and we haven't heard much about it since. Google is supposedly toiling away, making the service better, but, in the meantime, it's launching a new blog to showcase some of the music than can streamed for free from Google."Today we intro...

18 August 2011
04:30 GMT

Amazon Cloud Drive Gets Unlimited Music Storage, iPad Cloud Player

Amazon has unveiled several new features and changes to its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player storage and music streaming services. The biggest change is that, for a limited time Amazon says, users who sign up for a paid tier in Cloud Drive, will get unlimited storage for music, it won't count towards your storage qu...

7 July 2011
04:48 GMT

The Technology Behind Google's Music Beta Smart Playlist Feature Instant Mix

Music Beta by Google is still only available to a select few users and, while its main features fail to impress, there is one thing that has been received very well, Instant Mix, a feature which generates smart playlists on the fly based on several factors. The feature was created by Google Research, the group workin...

9 June 2011
09:21 GMT

Google Music Application Gets Updated

A few weeks ago, Mountain View-based Internet giant Google announced the release of a new service for the owners of devices running under its Android operating system, namely Music Beta by Google, and the company has just updated the application that would offer users access to the offering. The new version of Googl...

27 May 2011
11:41 GMT

Google I/O: Google's Disappointing Music Service Launches in Closed Beta

After many months of rumors and a year after its first showcasing, Google Music is here. The mythical music service, officially dubbed Music Beta by Google, is now available to some users in the US. Despite all the hype and buildup, the service itself is lacking and can barely compete with existing ones from competit...

11 May 2011
04:30 GMT

Google Music Is No Longer a Myth, Limited Service to Launch in Beta at I/O 2011

Google's music service is rumor no more, the company has confirmed that it will be announcing its long awaited music streaming service later today at the 2011 Google I/O conference. Google will be revealing a music cloud locker service, very similar to what Amazon launched about a month ago.Also like Amazon, Goo...

10 May 2011
04:36 GMT

Google Music Plans in Limbo, Now in Talks of Partnership with Spotify

Google is now said to be in talks with potential partners, including Spotify for a music service. Apparently, the company is exploring the idea of having someone else provide the actual music for its music service, since its talks with the music labels aren't going so great. At this point, it becoming apparent t...

23 April 2011
03:50 GMT

Google's Long-Rumored Music Store and Locker Said to Be in Trouble

Google Music is starting to become the new GDrive, a mythical service that's often rumored but is never launched. Google has been working on a music service, which will include an online store and a music locker at the very least, but, even though it demoed part of it at last year's Google I/O conference, n...

16 April 2011
07:00 GMT

Google Music Search Dead After Only a Year and a Half

Google is still working on its music service, though it seems that Amazon has beat it to the punch, at least as far as the music locker part of the product is concerned. But even as Google struggles to get licensing for selling and streaming music on your computer, tablet and smartphone, other music-related projects ...

1 April 2011
11:10 GMT


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