Google considered buying either the Rhapsody or Spotify digital music service earlier this year, according to an anonymous source cited by Silicon Valley Insider on Wednesday. According to the widely-circulated report, three rival sects within Google warred for control over what would have become a Google music subscription service, following the putative acquisition — a valuable…
Spotify, an alluring music subscription service that attracts users with free access to a massive music catalog on their computers in the hope that they eventually pay for access to their account within Spotify apps for iPhone, Android, Symbian, Windows, Palm smartphones, has officially announced that it will miss its self-imposed deadline of launching in…
Fiery interweb scribe Bob Lefsetz has bucked conventional wisdom for years by claiming Slacker’s internet radio service rocks Pandora’s world because it offers more control over the interactive music stations that accompany an increasing number of our commutes, workdays, jogs, road trips, office parties and even subway rides (thanks to an offline listening feature that stores…
Sony and Apple are old pals: One makes high-end digital video cameras and the other sells machines and software for editing that footage. But that friendship looks to be on the wane, in the mobile market anyway, as reports circulate that Sony is readying a PlayStation Phone that buys apps from its own store, a…
