Comments on: How Apple's New Music Strategy Reflects a Paradigm Shift

By: New Android Music App Hints at 2011 Streaming Wars: Mobile «

New Android Music App Hints at 2011 Streaming Wars: Mobile « — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 16:12:13 +0000

[...] and Apple to the mix. In May, Google announced plans for music streaming in Android while in 2009, Apple purchased Lala, a music-based community coupled with streaming technology. Apple is also building a large data center in North Carolina, which could be used to store and [...]

By: Google Music: Cloud-based Locker, Streaming and Downloads «

Google Music: Cloud-based Locker, Streaming and Downloads « — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:01:00 +0000

[...] to own and keep their music on their own computers rather than relying on the cloud. Apple’s acquisition of music-sharing service Lala, meanwhile, suggests that the company is at least thinking about a cloud-based version of iTunes [...]

By: Weekend Project: Streaming iTunes From Cloud to Phone

Weekend Project: Streaming iTunes From Cloud to Phone — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:01:35 +0000

[...] other ways to enable remote handset access to a music collection, but those are my picks. And I do anticipate that Apple will provide cloud-based iTunes solution in the future, I’m just not one to wait around. I have solid connectivity most everywhere I go and I [...]

By: Lala to Go the Way of the Dodo

Lala to Go the Way of the Dodo — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:48:49 +0000

[...] song” buyers: Lala.com now says its service will be shut down on May 31. Whatever Apple is planning to do with Lala, the cloud-based streaming music service it acquired in December, it’s not going to keep the site [...]

By: Why Facebook & Apple Will Team Up to Take Down Google | AlexVerse

Why Facebook & Apple Will Team Up to Take Down Google | AlexVerse — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:21:25 +0000

[...] cards (PayPal says it has more than 81 million active accounts). But as TechCrunch points out, Apple’s Lala acquisition could help be the connector between the two companies, given the music startup’s previous [...]

By: After Breaking Up With Google, Apple May Turn to Facebook As Its New BFF

After Breaking Up With Google, Apple May Turn to Facebook As Its New BFF — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 07:03:16 +0000

[...] cards (Paypal says it has more than 81 million active accounts). But as TechCrunch points out, Apple’s Lala acquisition could help be the connector between the two companies, given the music startup’s previous [...]

By: 6 Features to Expect in iPhone OS 4.0

6 Features to Expect in iPhone OS 4.0 — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 21:20:18 +0000

[...] in the clouds — iPhone 4.0 could be the first time we see the benefit of Apple’s LaLa purchase, which took place in December of last year. As I said in a GigaOM Pro report (subscription [...]

By: 5 Reasons I’m Still Not Paying for a Music Subscription Service – GigaOM

5 Reasons I’m Still Not Paying for a Music Subscription Service – GigaOM — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:01:09 +0000

[...] Mar. 18, 2010, 4:00pm PDT No Comments 0 Music is moving into the cloud, right? Access is replacing ownership of albums and song files, online streams are replacing [...]

By: Rhapsody iPhone Client Ready for Offline Streaming — Is Apple? – jkOnTheRun

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:13 +0000

[...] bought LaLa for a reason — in December, Apple purchased a music streaming service as part of a perceived paradigm shift. While I didn’t predict the details, I wasn’t surprised by the move in general. We [...]

By: How MOG Eventually Found Its Mojo – GigaOM

How MOG Eventually Found Its Mojo – GigaOM — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:02:10 +0000

[...] Lala.com, the cloud-based music startup recently acquired by Apple, MOG has pinballed from idea to idea before finally settling on a model, but it’s a model [...]

By: Hey Spotify, Why Don’t You Buy eMusic? – GigaOM

Hey Spotify, Why Don’t You Buy eMusic? – GigaOM — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:42:10 +0000

[...] New York Post today reports that, facing slow growth and seeing the acquisition of competitors like Lala, eMusic and its owner JDS Capital Management are looking to sell to someone like Best Buy or [...]

By: Still Quiet Before Launch, Rdio Introduces iPhone App – GigaOM

Still Quiet Before Launch, Rdio Introduces iPhone App – GigaOM — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:10:18 +0000

[...] a paid service, though few people would pay for such a thing; Apple, which now owns Lala.com, probably isn’t contemplating a subscription [...]

By: Ujwal Arkalgud

Ujwal Arkalgud — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 04:31:50 +0000

In a country like Canada, the adoption of cloud based music services I think is also largely contingent on ISPs and what they charge for either an unlimited or a very high capacity internet connection. If the cost of internet subscription exceeds the benefits of cloud music streaming, adoption may suffer. Thoughts?

By: SolidNode » Blog Archive » Is iTunes ‘Reboot’ Driving iDataCenter Project?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:56:09 +0000

[...] to cloud-based music won’t be instant, and may never be total,” notes an analysis at GigaOm. “But a smartly integrated way of giving consumers access to their existing MP3 libraries [...]

By: Cintra

Cintra — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:28:05 +0000

I have recently become a fan of Rogue Amoeba's Radioshift app for Mac, coupled with Airfoil. It is internet radio streaming with scheduled recording capability for favorite programmes, but what surprises me most is the sound quality!

By: How Hot is Spotify? – GigaOM

How Hot is Spotify? – GigaOM — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:47:03 +0000

[...] early popularity of Spotify shows that the service might have come to market at the right time. As Paul Bonanos explained in his post earlier today, that cloud-based music services are being egged on by the [...]