Google’s big I/O reveal may be a streaming music service

Google may release its music streaming service at its major developer conference this week. It is reported that the company has signed licensing deals with music industry giants.

Spotify’s premium service is apparently not paying off

Spotify’s music service has gained a lot of popularity since it emerged in the U.S. market last summer. However, a new report says Spotify has fewer paid subscribers than expected.

According to unnamed sources associated with music labels that have …

Phorus peels back the curtain on its wireless music playback system of the future (exclusive)

Phorus, a stealthy 16-person, Los Angeles-based startup, has plans to make sharing music around the various speakers and devices in your home much easier.

“Phorus?” you say. That’s right. It’s a name you’ll want to remember come January.

The startup …

Zillow, Pandora only fresh IPOs to outlast market slip

Continued uncertainty about financial stability in Europe and a government deadlock in the United States struck publicly-traded equities on Thursday, sending the tech-heavy NASDAQ index down 3.3 percent and below a technical level of support that might indicate future weakness.…

Top 5 on-demand streaming music services feat. Spotify, MOG and Rdio

There’s a digital music revolution afoot. For the price of a single iTunes album, you can stream a month’s worth of songs from millions of choices while at home or on the go. But there’s so much movement and so …

MOG launches free on-demand streaming to better fight Spotify

Subscription music service MOG on Wednesday announced it will launch a free on-demand component to its service tomorrow, in a move that will help it better challenge players like Spotify and Grooveshark.

MOG has been making a name for itself …

Facebook to launch music service at f8

Social networking site Facebook will launch its long-rumored music service at its annual developer conference f8 this year, according to a report by CNBC.

Facebook will not actually host its own music but will partner with other services to stream …

Spotify hit with vague patent lawsuit by PacketVideo

European music service Spotify has only been available in the U.S. for a few weeks and it’s already being hit with a patent infringement lawsuit from little-known mobile media company PacketVideo.

The patent in question, No. 5,636,276, was filed in …

Spotify launches in U.S., users can wait for an invite or pay to get inside

The much-hyped European music service Spotify is launching today in the U.S. We covered the news yesterday, but a few of the more important details, such as pricing and levels or service, weren’t available until now.

Spotify will launch with …

Spotify launches in U.S. tomorrow (finally)

European music streaming service Spotify will launch in the United States on Thursday.

Individuals who signed up for an invitation on the site when the company announced it was coming to the U.S. last week will be able to access …

Spotify to launch this week with invite-only model?

Much-hyped European music service Spotify plans to launch this week with a slow, invite-only process to add members, according to a Mashable report.

A Spotify spokesperson declined to give any details about the U.S. launch when asked about the report …

Spotify to bring its online music service to the U.S.

European streaming music startup Spotify is finally about to open its service to people in the United States.

U.S. residents can now sign up on the company’s main website to receive an invitation to the online music service when it …

Show’s over: Pandora skids in second day of trading

Share prices of online radio service Pandora skidded in its second day of public trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), falling nearly 25 percent from its closing price on Wednesday. Shares are now trading at a price below …

Will Pandora’s mellow IPO put fears of a tech bubble to rest?

Pandora’s trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) went well, but it wasn’t met with the same fanfare that greeted LinkedIn, a business social network went public in May.

Pandora’s lackluster first day raises questions of whether the …