Microsoft is getting out of the music sales and subscription businesses. The company has announced that it’s discontinuing its Groove Music Pass streaming music service and ending sales of songs and albums through the Windows Store. But the company is keeping the Groove Music app… sort of. You can use it to listen to previously […]
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Microsoft to stop supporting Zune music DRM, go get your MP3s
If you were one of the handful of people who bought music from Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace before 2012, you might not be able to listen to your DRM-laden music files after March 12th, 2017. The good news is that Microsoft is offering an upgrade path: you can get MP3 versions of any songs you’ve already […]
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Goodbye Xbox Music, hello Groove
When Windows 10 launches July 29th, it won’t feature Xbox Music and Xbox Video apps. Instead it will feature new apps called Groove and Movies & TV. Microsoft unveiled a new Windows Store in April. It’s a one-stop shop for apps, music, movies, and other digital content, and the new Movies & TV app features […]