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Rdio 2.2 Lets You “Find People”

The popular Rdio app, which lets you discover new music on the go, has received a number of enhancements, including one cool feature to track down friends and even artists. In what sounds like a celebrity stalker’s dream come true (but isn’t), Rdio 2.2 lets you “find people,” as the developer...

23 May 2013
17:31 GMT

Download Vdio for iPad – Social Video Streaming

Rdio Unlimited subscribers in the United States can now download and use Vdio, a video discovery service with social ties for iPhone and iPad users. Vdio promises to act as “a front-row seat to watch your favorite movies and TV shows.” You’ll also be able to browse Vdio’s web interface from ...

4 April 2013
06:11 GMT

Rdio for iPhone Gets Artist-Centric Update

The cool Rdio app has received yet another swift update to add a new artist view which includes stuff like biographies, similar names in the industry, etc. Rdio version 2.1.5 lets you “view artist details, including biographies, similar artists, and more,” according to the release notes. The app boasts ...

26 March 2013
17:41 GMT

Rdio 2.1.3 iOS Enhanced with Album Views, Friend Stats, UI Tweaks

Rdio iOS 2.1.3 is out on iTunes with several new enhancements, as well as support for customers in Mexico, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, and Austria. Brazilian customers now get free music streaming for up to six months. The music streaming service allows users of the free iOS app to choose from over 1...

12 March 2013
16:51 GMT

Rdio Offers Free Unlimited Music in 15 Countries Now

While Rdio is often touted as a Spotify competitor, it's mostly in name, as its subscriber and user numbers are much smaller than Spotify's and, more recently, than Deezer's. Given that Spotify and Deezer barely make a living in the music streaming space, being far behind is not a great place to be. ...

29 January 2013
10:46 GMT

Rdio for Android Update Adds More Languages Fixes Startup Crash

The folks at Rdio have just updated their Android application with new features and improvements that promise a better performance and smoother user experience.One of the most popular music streaming services, Rdio provides subscribers access to more than 18 million songs. Keep in mind that developers add new songs e...

12 January 2013
14:01 GMT

Rdio 3.14 for Windows Phone 8 Now Available

A new flavor of the Windows Phone 8 client for the popular cross-platform streaming service Rdio is now available for download, namely version 3.14. The new application release was pushed out with Windows Phone 8 compatibility inside, as well as with better online streaming/playback, and with a series of enhancemen...

28 December 2012
14:41 GMT

Vdio, Rdio for Video, to Launch in the US and the UK, Now in Private Beta

With Rdio being a huge hit, the people behind it are looking at the next big thing, Vdio, which you can probably guess what it does. Put another way, since Rdio isn't really taking the world by storm, it's worth looking at other options. Vdio is the brainchild of Janus Friis, one of the people that create...

21 November 2012
10:23 GMT

New Rdio for Android App Available for Beta Testing

A new flavor of the Rdio for Android application is now available for download for those who would like to take it for a spin and find bugs in it. The company has just announced the availability of the software and has also detailed some of the changes that users will stumble upon. “As a beta tester, you&rs...

17 October 2012
04:26 GMT

Rdio Released for iPhone 5 / iOS 6

Rdio, a new social music service for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, is now available to iPhone 5 owners as a native application. It also boasts iOS 6 support for those who updated their existing iDevices in the meantime. Touted as the best way to listen to unlimited, on-demand music with your friends, Rdio skips the ...

5 October 2012
17:41 GMT

[Update] Microsoft Reportedly Pursues Rdio, Plans Music Service

Rumor has it that Microsoft is currently interested in buying Rdio, a music streaming and audio service that currently operates a database of 18 million songs. The Next Web writes that Microsoft and Rdio are already talking on a possible transaction, but Rdio CEO Drew Larner refused to comment on the matter. On the...

4 October 2012
07:21 GMT

Rdio Launches in Spotify's Homeland, Sweden and Finland

MOG may have hit the end of the line, in one way, now that it's been acquired by HTC-owned Beats Electronics, but the other music streaming services are still ploughing forward. Rdio is expanding ever further into Spotify territory with the addition of Sweden and Finland to the list of countries it's avai...

4 July 2012
10:01 GMT

Rdio Quietly Launches in the UK and France

The music streaming business is finally becoming global, as the few companies that have been able to offer on-demand unlimited streaming are now expanding to countries beyond the US. Granted, in some cases this means the big European markets, but it's a start. Rdio has now become available in the UK and France...

3 May 2012
12:01 GMT

Spotify Said to Launch Soon in Australia and Ireland

Spotify isn't done expanding. A couple of weeks ago it debuted in Germany, last month in Spain and Portugal and there is now talk of it launching in Ireland and Australia as well. Spotify is set to announce the expansion this week, so if you've been waiting for the popular music streaming site to become av...

26 March 2012
06:41 GMT

Rdio Debuts Revamped and Streamlined New Web and Desktop App

Rdio has just announced a major redesign of its site and, by extension, its web player. The redesign applies to the desktop app as well. The focus was on a more streamlined navigation, easier ways of building playlists, like drag and drop, and generally simplifying things. The new site is now available to paying use...

14 March 2012
06:59 GMT

Rdio Debuts in Spain and Portugal to Challenge Spotify

Music fans in Europe are going to have more options for streaming their favorite tunes online. Rdio, which debuted in the US, is now launching in Spain and Portugal, the second EU expansion after debuting in Germany earlier this year. "We're excited to launch Rdio in Spain and Portugal today. Now you can reinve...

22 February 2012
09:41 GMT

Rdio Expands, Will Launch in Brazil on November 1st

Music streaming is becoming a very profitable business nowadays, considering that in the US and Canada there are numerous services competing for the same audience. One of these companies, namely Rdio, has decided to enter new markets, such as Brazil.Americans cannot probably imagine life without enjoying their music...

30 October 2011
08:28 GMT

Skype and Rdio Founder Goes After Netflix with Vdio, Coming to the UK Soon

The video streaming space is about to get a little more crowded with the upcoming launch of Vdio, a video site from some of the people that brought you Skype, Kazaa, Rdio and Joost.The site has been in the works for the past couple of years and is currently in private beta, but was uncovered by GigaOM, who did a litt...

18 October 2011
07:10 GMT

More Subscription-Based Music Services Go Free, Sort of

While many were skeptical that Spotify would ever get to launch in the US and be both legal and free, others kept their faith then helped the platform grow when time came. It now seems the Europeans must have done something right since other services now follow suit.Since it might look like Americans are overwhelmed...

15 September 2011
15:19 GMT

TELUS and Rdio Team Up to Offer Direct Billing for Unlimited Music Service

Canadian carrier TELUS and Rdio, a company created by Skype founders, have just announced that they have teamed up to offer TELUS customers the option to subscribe to Rdio, an unlimited, on-demand social music service, via their existing TELUS accounts. It appears that Rdio is the first service in Canada to bring soc...

11 July 2011
13:31 GMT

Rdio App Now Available via Verizon's V CAST Apps

Mobile phone carrier Verizon Wireless has just announced that a new application is now available for its users via the V CAST Apps storefront, namely Rdio, offering access to the unlimited, on-demand social music service from the founders of Skype. The new mobile application is now available for download for users o...

9 May 2011
14:11 GMT

Rdio Now Available to Everyone

The music streaming market is enjoying somewhat of a resurgence in the US after several services closed down last year. But others came to fill their place, notably only paid subscription services, and now one of the newest competitors, Rdio, is opening its doors to everyone, everyone in the US and Canada with at lea...

3 August 2010
03:08 GMT

Skype Founders Ready to Launch Rdio Music-Streaming Service

The online music-streaming business is not the greatest place to be right now. Very few companies actually make any money and the ones that do struggle as well. But there are plenty of people seeing the potential of the market, which explains the constant stream of new web music services. Rdio, which was revealed lat...

3 June 2010
08:18 GMT

Music in the 'Cloud' May Finally Become a Real Option in 2010

Online music services are hardly new. In one way, the ill-fated Napster was the first online property to shake up the music industry's status quo and it certainly wasn't the last. A big number of music-streaming sites have popped up in recent years, most realizing that it's only a matter of time until ...

30 December 2009
11:47 GMT

First Leaked Screenshots of the Rdio Music-Streaming Service

The online music environment has gotten a lot more interesting lately with a lot of launches and upcoming products. But, for all the enthusiasm, the music-streaming market may already be getting too crowded considering very few are making real money from this. One of the latest contenders, but one that comes with a v...

10 November 2009
05:56 GMT

Skype Founders to Launch Music Streaming Service Rdio

Music streaming is becoming increasingly popular at least with entrepreneurs and in some cases with the public as well. It's still as unprofitable and risky as ever but that doesn't seem to faze anyone. Spurred by Spotify's success, in terms of users not actual revenue, a number of music streaming serv...

17 October 2009
06:23 GMT


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