Microsoft has quietly confirmed that it will no longer make Zune players. The last one, the Zune HD, was released back in September 2009. The Zune players support page now reads: We recently announced that, going forward, Windows Phone will be the focus of our mobile music and video strategy, and that we will no longer be producing Zune players. […]
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Zune Music Marketplace comes to Canada on October 3rd
Microsoft today announced that the Zune Music Marketplace and Zune Music Pass will launch in Canada on October 3rd with some 14 million songs to choose from. The Zune Music Pass will cost CA$9.99 per month or CA$99.90 annually and will work with the Xbox 360, Windows Phone, Windows PC, Zune devices and Zune.net. It will also include the ability […]
RIM announces BBM Music service
Research In Motion today announced a BlackBerry Messenger music sharing service. Called BBM Music, it will allow “users to build an evolving, community-based music library that is shared amongst their BBM Music friends.” Millions of songs will be available from the catalogs of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI. “More than 45 million customers already […]
WalMart to close its MP3 store
Walmart yesterday announced that it will close its MP3 store (yes, it had one!) on August 29th. “We recently notified our music partners that we’ve made a business decision to no longer offer MP3 digital tracks as of Aug. 29, 2011,” the company said in a statement. Walmart launched its MP3 store seven years ago but it was not able […]
Steve Jobs to unveil iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion, and iCloud at WWDC
Apple today confirmed that Steve Jobs, the company’s CEO, will deliver the keynote at the upcoming WWDC. As expected, it will focus on software: At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad, iPhone […]
Google I/O 2011: Google announces movie rental and music services
As part of its first Google I/O 2011 keynote, Google announced two new services: Movie rentals through the Android Market and Music Beta by Google, a digital locker and streaming service. Much as it did with Books recently, Google will offer movie rentals through the Android Market. It will be possible to stream or download (by ‘pinning’) the movies to […]
Amazon announces cloud music storage service
Amazon today announced the launch of a number of new services that will let customers store and play music in the cloud. Together, the Amazon Cloud Drive, the Amazon Cloud Player for Web, and the Amazon Cloud Player for Android will let customers store their music in the cloud and play it back on Android devices as well as Macs […]
Microsoft launches Zune HD and Zune PC software update
Today is the day that the Zune HD hits stores. With it, Microsoft is launching an updated version of the Zune software PC and plans to release a new Zune video offering on Xbox LIVE later this fall. “With today’s announcement, the Zune business is growing into a comprehensive entertainment service that’s no longer tied to any one screen or […]