Google launches new ‘Google Music’ service in Los Angeles
by Darpana Kutty on Fri, 11/25/2011
Technology Sector, Featured, TNM, Google, United States, digital music market,Google event, Los Angeles
Internet giant, Google has entered the online digital music market with the launch of its ‘Google Music’ service.
The new service was unveiled at a Google event in Los Angeles. It allows users to store and stream as many as 20,000 songs online and also access the stored songs on various devices.
The company has entered into partnerships with 1,000 record labels, including Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group to offer more than 13 million songs to ties users. Some of the songs will be offered for free while others will cost 99 cents to $1.29.
The new service will directly compete with Apple’s iTunes store, which was launched in 2003. The entry of Google in the segment will intensify the competition between the two firms that are already fighting in different areas including smartphones and online marketing.
Google will also face competition for the new service from Amazon. com, which offers its music-download and storage service and with Spotify, which partners Facebook. Google has expanded into various fields including music, television and movies to bolster sales of devices running its Android mobile software. It has also revealed a new social platform called, Google Plus to compete with Facebook, which is approaching the one billion user mark.
by Darpana Kutty on Fri, 11/25/2011
Technology Sector, Featured, TNM, Google, United States, digital music market,Google event, Los Angeles
Internet giant, Google has entered the online digital music market with the launch of its ‘Google Music’ service.
The new service was unveiled at a Google event in Los Angeles. It allows users to store and stream as many as 20,000 songs online and also access the stored songs on various devices.
The company has entered into partnerships with 1,000 record labels, including Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group to offer more than 13 million songs to ties users. Some of the songs will be offered for free while others will cost 99 cents to $1.29.
The new service will directly compete with Apple’s iTunes store, which was launched in 2003. The entry of Google in the segment will intensify the competition between the two firms that are already fighting in different areas including smartphones and online marketing.
Google will also face competition for the new service from Amazon. com, which offers its music-download and storage service and with Spotify, which partners Facebook. Google has expanded into various fields including music, television and movies to bolster sales of devices running its Android mobile software. It has also revealed a new social platform called, Google Plus to compete with Facebook, which is approaching the one billion user mark.
