Exciting! Now you can share full songs from Google Music with others on Google+, like no other service allows. That's how I heard the pitch watching the Google Music event today. The reality is much different. Nice, but still disappointing in ways. Google Music Vs. Android Market Google Music is Google's cloud-based music service. Until today, you could listen to a few songs it had in there already offered for free, or anything that you uploaded from your own computer, but you couldn't buy new music to put into your "locker" directly. That was part of today's big news. Now you can buy mus [...]

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To virtually no one's surprise, Google today announced the launch of a digital music store that integrates with its existing cloud-based music storage locker. And that locker service is officially out of beta with today's announcement. The Google Music Store exists in the Android Market alongside app, book and movie stores. It's available in the US only. On the surface, it looks and seems to function much like Apple's iTunes Music Store and Amazon's MP3 store: Songs are priced from 99 cents to $1.29, there's biographical info about artists and reviews from listeners. Purchased son [...]

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Last week speculation arose about a new cloud based Google Music Store that could compete against Amazon and Apple.  This week more news broke including the social integration that the Google Music Store may bring. The Wall Street Journal reported that Google Music will tie in closely with the Google+ social network.   Users will reportedly be able to recommend songs from their Google Music account directly to Google+.  These songs will be able to be shared with circles, as friends will be able to listen to a  recommendation once for free.  Song would need to be purchased for ad [...]

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In May Google launched Google Music, a cloud-based streaming music app that allows for music backups and streaming to phones and other devices. Rumors have been swirling that Google will use this product to create an online MP3 store to compete against Apple and Amazon. The WSJ reports that Google has been in licensing talks with all of the major record labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Warner Music Group and EMI Group. While Google has been in talks, not all have sounded fruitful. If a Google Music store is launched, it may not have the ability to offer music from the [...]

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As widely expected Google launched its Music beta today at the Google developer conference, I/O. Right now the service is US only and invitation only. Users can store 20,000 songs and the service is free (for the time being). By implication Google Music will become a paid-service at some point in the future. No Music Store, Google Still Hopeful There is no music store associated with the new Google Music beta. However Google made clear that it's still trying to strike agreements with record labels and that it's optimisitic that it will be able to do so in the future. Google made a point to s [...]

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