Roku will be sending Roku OS 8.2 and 9 with Google Assistant support over-the-air, so keep an eye out for that.
This deal will combine 36 million and 70 million users, creating one of the biggest streaming services available.
I enjoy the flexibility of streaming music across mobile devices, but the music industry needs to be greatly restructured.
Companies are quick and proud to spew out numbers of users they have. Unfortunately, more often than not, that statistic does not correlate to success … Read more…
EMTEC has officially unveiled their GEM (Gaming * Entertainment * Multimedia) Box at CES. The $99 GEM Box microconsole, which includes a Bluetooth gamepad, allows … Read more…
We reported earlier that Rdio is shutting down following its acquisition by Pandora and today we have news on what will happen to current subscribers of … Read more…
Rdio came out ages ago, before Google and Apple got into the music streaming game, and in fact, Rdio even launched before Spotify in the … Read more…
So you decided to give Apple Music a spin to see how it compares to Spotify, Google Music, Pandora, Tidal and other offerings. If you’ve decided … Read more…
Telstra is officially shuttering the doors of MOG Australia. The streaming music service that has already been shut down in the US has finally taken … Read more…
When the unofficial announcement first came out that Apple was buying Beats Electronics, the tech community just could not figure out why. It isn’t often … Read more…
Amazon turned on Music Streaming for Prime members and instantly became the top company for music streaming. That’s right, Amazon has more paying subscribers than any other music streaming service including Spotify and Pandora. Amazon Prime subscribers have access to streaming video and free 2-day shipping on a plethora of items on Amazon.com for $99 per year. With the push of a button they also received a free streaming music collection including most songs released 6 or more months ago.
Digital Music News reporter, Paul Resnikoff, is making some claims based on information from sources inside and outside the music industry that point to Spotify being sold. According to his article, the music industry, Warner Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Universal Music Group. Have a 20% stake in Spotify which they took as a form of payment rather than licensing fees. It’s these groups that are seeking to push the sale of Spotify, which they estimate to be valued at $10 billion. With Apple buying Beats streaming service it sounds as if the industry moguls think a sale of Spotify could get them a big payday and they could still license music to whomever they sell it off to.
The demise of Winamp hit the web full force with many paying their last respects with simple remembrances of the media player in their lives. … Read more…
