Google is rolling out an update to its online music streaming service that brings free, ad-supported internet radio stations to Google Play Music. If you want access to on-demand streaming of any song or album available on the service you’ll still need to pay $10 per month for a subscription. But you can now access […]
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Google Play Music storage locker now holds up to 50,000 songs
Four years ago Google launched an online music service that you could use to upload as many as 20,000 songs to the cloud and stream them to your web browser, phone or tablet. Now you can upload up to 50,000 songs to Google Play Music. The service is free for users in supported countries, although […]
Chromebooks get document scanner support
Google has released a few updates for Chrome OS that, among other things, adds support for scanners and brings support for uploading music to Google Play Music to Chromebooks with ARM-based processors. Last week Google updated the Stable channel of Chrome OS to 40, bringing a new default wallpaper design, support for custom wallpaper synchronization, and […]
T-Mobile customers can stream Google Play Music, Xbox Music for free(ish)
T-Mobile’s Music Freedom program lets customers stream music from a number of online music sources without that data counting against their monthly data caps. The wireless carrier launched Music Freedom in June, added a few additional services in August, and now the company is more than doubling the number of online music services that are […]
Google launches YouTube Music Key: ad-free music for $8 per month
Want to find a song? It’s probably on YouTube… but you might have to watch an ad before you can stream it, or put up with the occasional take-down notice when a song is uploaded without permission from the artist (or record label). Now there’s a new way to stream music from YouTube. Google is […]
Google Play Music gets Songza-like curated playlists
Google acquired music streaming service Songza this summer, and now the company is starting to bring Songza-style features to Google Play Music. Starting today Google is rolling out an update to Play Music that will let you stream curated playlists… assuming you’re paying $9.99 per month for a Google Play Music subscription. There’s still a separate […]
T-Mobile customers can now stream Rdio, Songza, Grooveshark for free (Google Play Music is coming)
6 Comments on T-Mobile customers can now stream Rdio, Songza, Grooveshark for free (Google Play Music is coming)T-Mobile subscribers may get “unlimited” internet access, but the company caps the amount of “high speed” 4G LTE data you can use each month before your connection is slowed down. Earlier this year the company started removing music streaming services from that data cap. In June T-Mobile launched Music Freedom which lets subscribers stream tunes from […]
Google Play Music users can only deauthorize 4 devices per year
Google Play Music lets you upload your music collection to the cloud and stream songs over the internet for free. Or you can pay $10 per month for Google Play Music All Access and stream millions of songs. Google lets you stream to any device with a supported web browser and you can link up to […]
Google acquires Songza to bring better playlists to Google Play Music
Good news for fans of Google Play Music: Google has announced that it’s acquiring Songza, a music streaming company that specializes in curated playlists. Hopefully this is good news for Songza too, since the startup now has access to Google-sized resources. But Google has a habit of shutting down products from the companies it acquires […]
Lilbits (4-24-2014): Vic Gundotra leaves Google, IFTTT comes to Android
It’s a time for departures and arrivals: The head of Google+ is leaving Google, but the makers of popular web “recipe” service IFTTT (If This, Then That) are coming to Google with a new Android app that lets you do things like do things like send a notification if the forecast calls for rain, or […]
Lilbits (3-27-2014): Amazon TV box launching April 2nd?
Amazon’s almost certainly working on a set-top box that will let you stream videos, play games, and possibly run other apps on your TV. Details about the device have been leaking for months… and now it looks like Amazon might be getting ready to put the rumors to rest and officially unveil its TV box. The […]
Buy a Chromebook, get 60 days of Google Play Music All Access
Google’s offering two months of free, on-demand music to customers who pick up select Chromebooks. From now through September 30th, 2014 if you pick up most Chromebook models, you get 60 days to try out Google Play Music All Access, Google’s online music streaming service. All Access subscriptions normally run about $10 per month and […]