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Apple Acquires Streaming Music Website Lala

Apple Acquires Streaming Music Website Lala

News Consumer

Apple has purchased a little known digital music service provider, Lala, in a move that many are seeing as a bid by the consumer & entertainment giant to close in on the growing threat of online streaming music websites like Spotify. The Swedish startup has already shown some promising features with the addition in October 2009 of an Offline mode together with the unlimited tracks option for £10 per month. Lala provided its US-based audience with access to up...



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News@5: Google's Wi-Fi, Steve Jobs On The PC & Foxconn

News@5: Google's Wi-Fi, Steve Jobs On The PC & Foxconn

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Google wants European privacy regulators to compromise over the amount of Wi-Fi data it has to submit, claiming that to hand over the data would further compromise the privacy of the people concerned.The Office of the Privacy...


Apple Closes Music Service Lala

Apple Closes Music Service Lala

News Consumer

Apple has finally shut down Lala, the online music streaming service it acquired late last year, according to a message posted on the music service's website.The LA Times reports that the closure has come nearly six months after...


Google Acquired Simplify Media To Launch Android Music Service?

Google Acquired Simplify Media To Launch Android Music Service?

News Business & Government

Google acquired online music startup Simplify Media without much fanfare, so much so that we did not see any press releases from the search giant other than a succinct announcement from Google's man of the moment, VP of...


News@5: Apple, Orange and McDonalds

News@5: Apple, Orange and McDonalds

News Consumer

Following the announcement to close Lala at the end of the month, Apple has filed an application for the trademark 'iTunes Live' under classes 035 and 041, hinting at the release of an online streaming music service. The Apple...


Apple files iTunes Live trademark

Apple files iTunes Live trademark

Hints at streaming service to come

News Mobile & Telco

Apple has filed an application for the trademark 'iTunes Live', fuelling speculation that the IT giant will soon launch a streaming music service. The application, revealed by apple pundits PatentlyApple.com, follows the...


iTunes Live Trademark Means Apple Planning Online Music Offering

iTunes Live Trademark Means Apple Planning Online Music Offering

News Hardware

A patent filing made by Apple hints at plans to release iTunes Live service.This patent application, discovered by PatentlyApple.com, is set to trademark the stylized phrase 'iTunes Live' and follows the announcement that online...


Apple To Close Online Music Service Lala

Apple To Close Online Music Service Lala

News Consumer

Apple has announced that the company will be closing down the online music streaming service, Lala, by the end of this month, hinting at the unveiling of the iTunes streaming service in the near future. Lala was acquired by Apple...


Apple Likely To Launch Cloud-based iTunes Says Ex-CEO Of MP3.com

Apple Likely To Launch Cloud-based iTunes Says Ex-CEO Of MP3.com

News Consumer

Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes and former CEO of MP3.com, has written on the popular tech blog, TechCrunch, that Apple Inc., plans to roll out its cloud computing service in the form of a web-based version of iTunes which...


Apple Gets Audio Clips In iTunes Preview Pages

Apple Gets Audio Clips In iTunes Preview Pages

News Hardware

Apple Inc, the company behind the popular iPhone smartphone, had purchased Lala music service in December 2009 and now it looks as if the company has finally put to use the music service’s technology. It recently launched...


Apple Set To Debut Web-based iTunes After Lala Acquisition

Apple Set To Debut Web-based iTunes After Lala Acquisition

News Consumer

Apple Inc has firmed up its plans to develop a browser-based version of iTunes which will allow users to store their media purchases online rather than store them on their computer, the Wall Street Journal has reported....


Apple Officially Confirms Lala Acquisition

Apple Officially Confirms Lala Acquisition

News Business & Government

Consumer giant Apple has officially confirmed to a number of technology news outlets that it has acquired struggling online music streaming startup, Lala for an undisclosed amount. Lala's website has not been updated yet to...


Apple Buying Lala : What It Means For The Rest Of Us?

Apple Buying Lala : What It Means For The Rest Of Us?

News Business & Government

The acquisition of music startup Lala by Apple, the company that gave us the iPod, iPhone and the iTunes, is big news for those in the business of online music; the impact of the purchase though is likely to be felt by tens of...


Amazon, Rhapsody Follow iTunes, Adopt Variable Pricing

Amazon, Rhapsody Follow iTunes, Adopt Variable Pricing

News Software

The whole online music industry across the pond seems to have diligently followed the footsteps of iTunes, the industry leader, as they all seems to have adopted variable pricing. Wal-mart, Amazon and Rhapsody have, according to...

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