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Metallica arrives on Spotify

By Eric Abent
on 6 Dec, 2012

We already heard today that Spotify has hit 5 million paid subscribers worldwide, but this next bit of news might just be bigger, depending on your music tastes. It turns out that today is the day Metallica's full music library goes live on Spotify. That means you can now listen each and every one of the legendary band's songs for free.

Spotify hits 1 million paid subscribers in US

By Eric Abent
on 6 Dec, 2012

We have a feeling that some of you like Spotify just as much as we do, because today the company announced a rather big milestone for the music streaming service. Today Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced that the service has 1 million paid subscribers in the US, which is a pretty big achievement. It gets even better though, as Ek also said that there are 5 million paid subscribers worldwide.

Rhapsody takes on Shazam with their new app ‘SongMatch’

By Cory Gunther
on 5 Dec, 2012

For all the music lovers out there we have a brand new song identifying or song matching app for Android available today, absolutely free. If Soundhound, Shazam, Google Ears and more weren't what you're looking for then give the all new app from Rhapsody a try. They've just introduced a new app neatly called SongMatch and it's available right now.

Rdio launches new beta app for Android

By Dave LeClair
on 16 Oct, 2012

Rdio, one of the more popular competitors to Spotify and Microsoft's new Xbox Music, has just launched a new beta version of its Android application. This new app is not available on Google Play yet, so if you are interested in being a beta tester, you will have to join Rdio's Google Group and download the application for yourself. Rdio has not announced when the final version of its new app will hit Google Play with a final version.

Microsoft’s Xbox Music service launching Tuesday and coming soon to Android

By Dave LeClair
on 15 Oct, 2012

Microsoft has announced that its new music service is launching on Tuesday for a slew of devices. Sadly, Android is not among the initial device offerings, but Microsoft has confirmed that the Spotify competitor is coming to Android (and iOS) shortly after the initial launch. This means that Android owners can take advantage of the cool stuff Microsoft's Xbox music service offers very soon.

Samsung launches Music Hub – rivals Google Play Music

By Cory Gunther
on 31 Jul, 2012

We've talked about Samsung's new Music Hub more than a few times already, but today is the official day. Samsung has now launched their Music Hub “3-in-1 mobile music solution” for the U.S. and it's available for most Galaxy S III phones. It was announced back in May, and has been available in the UK for a while but today we all can enjoy it.

Spotify for Android gets mobile radio

By Shane McGlaun
on 31 Jul, 2012

One of the most common things smartphone users do with their mobile phone is listening to music. There are a bunch of different apps and ways that users can listen to music on their Android smartphones, be it directly purchasing tunes from Google Play or using streaming apps. One of the apps that many Android users wanted for a long time was Spotify.

Samsung Music Hub beta hands-on

By Cory Gunther
on 19 Jul, 2012

Samsung's getting close to launching their new music service to rival the folks at Spotify, and even Google Play Music here in the US. This week they've let a few lucky users enjoy an early beta preview of their new Music Hub. We first mentioned this back in May, but now we've received our own hands-on time with the music app for Android.

New Spotify for Android hits Google Play

By Shane McGlaun
on 12 Jun, 2012

Spotify has announced that it is pulling the covers off of its new app Spotify for Android. The new app is on Google Play right now and can be downloaded to your device. The new app has full support for Android 4.0 and a new slide out navigation pane. The app also offers cross fade/gapless playback settings for when you want to listen to lots of music with no interruption.

SoundHound 5.0 brings HD album artwork and free song of the day

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Jun, 2012

Forget Shazam. Have you tried SoundHound yet? I've been using it instead of Shazam for well over a year for its top notch user interface, options, lyrics, and outright faster music recognition. Today however they just made their app even better by updating to their all new version 5.0 that brings tons of changes. Below are a few screenshots showing their improved user interface and brand new features.