Rumors are swirling about Apple and Google jumping into streaming music, but it's a field already saturated with dozens of players -- and experts say not everyone will survive.
cnn.com (2 months and 19 days ago)
Google took the wraps off of its subscription music streaming service last week at its I/O Developers Conference. To the dismay of many, Google Play Music All Access was only available for Android smartphones and tablets. This isn’t the first time Google has initially ignored iPhone and iPad users - the company’s music upload service, known as Google Listen Now, was also...
yahoo.com (4 days ago)

Apple isn’t Google’s biggest fan. Steve Jobs believed that Android was a stolen product, and Apple’s lawsuits against Samsung (and others) are an expression of that feeling of being wronged. So it shouldn’t be too big of a surprise that Apple chose today – the kickoff of Google I/O – to announce a major milestone. We’re talking 50 billion downloads of App Store apps...
gizmag.com (10 days ago)
Distimo tracks over 2.6 billion downloads per quarter for major developers worldwide. It measures downloads and revenue of apps and developers. In its most recent report covering the October 2012 to January 2013 timeframe some of the key findings were: Of the top 250 publishers only 2% were new to the Apple App Store in the US Only 3% were new to Google Play in the US The...
forbes.com (2 months and 21 days ago)

The know-it-all Google Now app could make its way from mobile devices to Macs soon thanks to the implementation of the Chrome OS notification center in the Mac OS X version of Chromium. "Mac users will be happy to know that rich notifications are being implemented on Mac," said Chromium Evangelist François Beaufort in a Google+ post today. "It's still under heavy development...
techradar.com (18 days ago)
Google and Apple are racing to secure the deals necessary to launch their own internet music services, as the two...
thetimes.co.uk (2 months and 21 days ago)
Is Apple practicing self-censorship in China? According to the Financial Times, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) removed an application from China’s regional App Store because it enables users to access books that have been banned by China’s government. Hao Peiqiang, the developer of the bookstore application called “jingdian shucheng,” was notified by Apple on Thursday that his program...
ibtimes.com (1 month and 20 days ago)

It has been five years since Apple's App Store launched, and on Wednesday, the digital store reached a new milestone: 50 billion app downloads.
latimes.com (9 days ago)
Google on Wednesday announced Google Play Music All Access, a streaming music service for smartphones, tablets and desktops.
palmbeachpost.com (10 days ago)

Google announced Monday it will offer its personal assistant app Google Now to users of Apple devices, stepping up its challenge to its rival's Siri program.
nydailynews.com (25 days ago)
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