Microsoft unveils comprehensive Xbox Music service, including free streaming on Windows 8

With Xbox Music, you can subscribe to an ad-free service, buy tracks a la carte, listen to radio, or get songs streamed to you for no charge.

Xbox Music pricing leaks online, mimics Spotify model

It looks like Microsoft accidentally revealed pricing for its new Xbox Music streaming service today, weeks before full details are rumored to be announced.

Spotify chases mass market exposure with gift cards at Target

Streaming music startup Spotify has started offering physical gift cards at Target, a sign the service is serious about obtaining mass market exposure in the vein of iTunes.

Spotify adds heat to Amazon’s Kindle Fire

Popular music streaming service Spotify has landed on the Kindle Fire, giving it yet another platform to attract users.

Spotify is a beast: 4M paying subscribers and growing

Streaming music service Spotify has once again achieved a new milestone by reaching over 4 million paying subscribers, according to Chief Content Officer Ken Parks.

Parks talked about the premium subscription increase, as well as achieving more than 15 million …

Rock on: Spotify brings Pandora-like free radio to Android

Popular music streaming startup Spotify has brought free Pandora-like radio streaming to its Android app, the company announced today.

Spotify just celebrated its one-year anniversary of launching in the U.S., with Americans listening to more than 13 billion songs so …

MicroVentures Investment Challenge is like fantasy football for venture capitalists

MicroVentures Investment Challenge is a Facebook game pitting notable Internet startups against each other in a fantasy sports-like competition aimed at venture capitalists.

A year after launch, U.S. Spotify users have listened to 13B songs, shared 27.8M

Streaming music service Spotify has plenty of nifty stats to share on its first year in the U.S., including the fact that U.S. listeners have jammed to more than 13 billion songs.

Spotify launched in the U.S. on July 14, …

Get money, get paid? Yahoo signs distribution deal with Spotify

Yahoo has reached an agreement with Spotify that will put the streaming music service in front of its 700 million global users, the web portal announced today.

Spotify is the ultra-popular music service that lets people share their song library …

Five Spotify apps that will change how you listen to music

Since Spotify‘s U.S. launch a year ago, the startup has turned into one of the best streaming music services available today. And with the company’s transformation into a platform for music-focused apps, the service has gotten even better.

Spotify’s desktop …

Look out Pandora: Spotify brings free radio to iPhone & iPad

Streaming music startup Spotify has added a Pandora-like radio service to its iOS applications, finally giving free Spotify users in the U.S. a reason to download the Spotify app for their iPhones and iPads.

Spotify has offered its own radio …

Even Spotify apps are getting funded: Soundrop raises $3M to turn music social

Soundrop, a social app for streaming service Spotify’s music platform, has raised $3 million in its first round of funding, the company announced today.

Soundrop was among the first batch of apps that launched with Spotify’s new open-platform, which invites …

Spotify for Android cranks it to 11 with ICS support, revamped design, & more

Streaming music service Spotify has massively updated its Android application with support for Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), a new navigation bar, an Android widget, and an option for higher sound quality, the company announced Tuesday.

Spotify is now available …

Spotify back for all users after widespread outage

Update: Spotify’s service has been restored for all users, according to the Spotify Status Twitter account. Original post below.

Many users of the popular music streaming service Spotify are unable to log in to their accounts this morning in a …

Matt Pinfield explains how Skype, Spotify & Kickstarter are changing the music industry

One of the good things to come out of MTV before devolving into a cable network of crappy reality TV shows is 120 Minutes host Matt Pinfield — a man who knows his music as well as he knows the …

Funding daily: Pin a few millions to your Pinterest board

Happy Facebook IPO eve! Check out the companies getting funded today below. Click the links in each paragraph to learn more about the day’s funding news.

If you’re hankering for more funding news throughout the day, you can subscribe to …

Spotify is pressing play on a new $220M round at a $4B valuation

Streaming music service Spotify is currently seeking a new mega-round of funding that could more than triple the startup’s current valuation, according to a New York Times report.

Spotify was previously estimated to hold a $1 billion valuation after closing …