Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Google beats Apple itunes with their new Music Service

Google Music Beta
Google Music Beta

Google launched a music streaming service Wednesday, taking its first stab at the growing industry with a new service linked to Google Play for Android. The All Access service costs $9.99 a month and you get a 30-day free trial. And it's launching Wednesday in U.S., with additional countries coming soon. If you sign up by June 30, you get it for $7.99 a month. The move puts Google in direct competition with music streaming companies like Pandora and Spotify, and also potentially with Apple, which has been inching in that direction. Just last week, for instance, word came that Apple had reached an iRadio deal with Universal Music, though it still needs deals with the other major labels. If Google launches an additional YouTube streaming service, the company could take advantage of the video-sharing network's position as a dominant, legal source of music, particularity for teens.

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