“Google Inc on Wednesday partnered with Web services Lala and MySpace’s iLike to give music fans an easier way to find, sample and buy songs on the Internet, expanding its music industry footprint,” Sue Zeidler reports for Reuters.
“The global Web search leader will provide users who want to sample a song with a pop-up box that will play at least a 30-second segment — in some cases the entire song — provided by iLike and Lala, which will then offer links to purchase the music,” Zeidler reports.
“Google has also teamed up with Pandora, iMeem and Rhapsody to incorporate links to those music sites, to help consumers discover music related to search queries,” Zeidler reports. “Google will begin rolling the feature out to users across the United States on Wednesday.”
Zeidler reports, “The new capability will help listeners find songs by entering a search by title, album, artist or even with a line or two of lyrics… The Lala-powered music service allows users to stream any song in its catalog of 8.5 million tunes once for free, and then sells unlimited [low-fidelity 64 kbps] streams for 10 cents per track and MP3 files [VBR average of 256 kbps], starting at 89 cents… Lala also soon plans to release an Apple iPhone application.”
Full article here.
I’ll pass, thanks.
this is like when you’re playing a video game, and the last boss is a combination of all the lame bosses you already killed in the earlier parts of the game….
woo…..
Rhapsody wants to get back at iTunes… watch out!
Obviously, 64kbps might be OK for spoken word, but it absolutely sucks for music. Even at 10 cents, no thanks.
iLike Lala!
@TowerTone
You bafoon! That link doesn’t have a place here. At least label it NSFW.
@Deus Ex Technica-
This one is safe for work: <http://bit.ly/1628nB>
While Google is releasing lots of interesting stuff, they seem to lack an overall strategy. They are like a genius with ADHD.
Bafoon? NSFW?
First off, she is fully clothed.
Second, get your ass back to work!
>>Obviously, 64kbps might be OK for spoken word, but it absolutely sucks for music. Even at 10 cents, no thanks.<<
The article is inaccurate. Lala streams tracks based on your connection speed. If you have high bandwidth, it pumps a higher quality version of the stream at you.
And you can listen to your entire music collection for free on Lala.com. Not just the music in their catalog. It’s a fantastic service.
@TowerTone,
You’re right, I am reading this article at work. I work in the IT department of a major university where it is well within my job description to read computer industry websites like MacDailyNews to stay up on what’s current. In other words, it’s part of my job, and I’m guessing I’m not the only regular reader of MDN who fits that description.
In my work, it’s OK and fully expected for me to read industry-related websites. It’s definitely NOT OK to have high-res images of sexy women (“fully clothed” or not) filling up my screen. In fact, it’s grounds for termination. And even though my (female) boss didn’t happen to be walking by when that picture loaded, it is now logged somewhere in my organization that I had browsed to that particular page.
I’ve been reading MDN for a long time, during which I’ve come to regard most of your comments as frequently insightful and often humorous. As a result of that track record, I’ve come to trust what you had to say, and my eyes would always stop on your username and read your comments, no matter how deep in the thread they were. That trust has now been broken, as it led me to click on your off-topic and un-labelled link to an image which, in my workplace at least, is definitely NSFW. Since clicking that link (however erroneously) has compromised my relationship with my employer and could lead to me having to explain my actions, my trust in your comments, and the MDN environment in general, has now been diminished.
The bottom line, TowerTone, is that your actions in a public forum have consequences for everyone who participates. It was immature and disrespectful to others to post that comment. Your actions have diminished your reputation with me on this site, and have diminsished the value and safety of MDN as a news source for me. So, instead of getting defensive, you might try to man-up and change your ways.
And so why not link also to iTunes? You know, the largest supplier of music in the World. I thought we were friends.
My God, do I need a lawyer?
Get over it, Deus.
My reply to you was in humor, too.
And if your boss is offended by a picture of a pretty girl, whether intentionally loaded or accidentally, then it is time for her to realize that too much PCism destroys a workplace.
Seriously, we have all had fun on this forum for years, and I have seen much, MUCH worse in the way of links posted.
I’m not sorry for the link, but I am sorry that people have to work in areas that a harmless picture can cause so much consternation. But then again, we pay for what we allow….
@TT,
First rule of holes: stop digging.
Deus
For that saying to apply, I would have had to post another photo that was actually NSFW and claim it was OK.
Second rule of holes: learn your ass from one.
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Deus Ex Technica,
You are right. TowerTone should not have posted this without fair warning about what he was linking us to.
TowerTone,
You are right. Deus Ex Technica is being uptight about the whole situation because he values his job to the point that political correctness is now ingrained into his way of life.
Seeing as you are both right, are you going to keep going at it like little kids?
He started it…
Oooh, it’s Lala from Tiki Bar Tv. The funny thing is that I first learned about Tiki Bar while watching Steve give a keynote; he wanted to demo a video podcast and said “I’m not gonna show THAT one,” as the audience roared in laughter
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@ TowerTone,
Well I don’t know about anyone else, but I sure enjoyed Lala. Three times, in fact.
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Well, Sir Bill, you may need some of this
Man, those guys rock…hard!
WARNING: THE PREVIOUS VIDEO LINK CONTAINS IMAGES, AUDIO, MUSIC AND SUGGESTIVE LYRICS. ANYONE WHO IS OFFENDED BY REAL LIFE, OR WHO IS NEAR SOMEONE WHO IS, OR IF YOUR MOTHER MIGHT FIND OUT, PLEASE DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!
Geez, TT, you unconscionable bastard.
On top of everything else, she’s both posing in a very unsafe way for the slippery shower, and is wearing white after Labor Day.
Pull yourself together, man.
@84 mac guy – TY
“While Google is releasing lots of interesting stuff, they seem to lack an overall strategy. They are like a genius with ADHD.”
Exactly – except for search they’re the Wanderers, putting out free apps that remain in ‘beta’ limbo for years – people simply associate Google with innovation illogically. When Google had the iphone app that duplicated basically 100% of the functionality, but using Google servers, you had to wonder if they really had a plan. Everybody I know who loves Google is a cheapass, so of course they like free. I pay for my mac, and mobile me because windows, and free apps offer me no warranty of service – I’m paying little because i’m getting little, not productive in my book.
@ TowerTone,
Way ahead of you TT. But thanks anyway.
TowerTone,
I am VERY offended by that picture… What in God’s name is that woman doing in the shower with clothes on?! Obviuosly she should remove them immediately.
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“Reading MDN is part my job!!” <– denial in action…