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Microsoft planning Xbox music service to rival iTunes?

article published on 28 June, 2012

According to Bloomberg, Microsoft is looking to unveil a large Xbox music service that will include Spotify-esque streaming and a la carte downloads. Additionally, the service will have cloud storage functionality similar to that of iTunes and Google Music. The streaming service will cost a certain price per month, or per year, that remains unclear. Microsoft is in negotiations with ... [ read the full article ]

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jaydubva
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_ 		28. June 2012 @ 20:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They should have been doing this years ago. I'm sure the zune would still be a contender on the market if they would have put the same effort into supporting it along with the zune music service.
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ZippyDSM
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_ 		28. June 2012 @ 23:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Oh Microsoft what will abandon next?
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plutonash
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_ 		29. June 2012 @ 01:03 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I wonder if theyll throw money at the music companies to entertain this idea.
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Bozobub
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_ 		29. June 2012 @ 09:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
From what the article is saying, it appears they already are =p .
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hearme0
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_ 		30. June 2012 @ 02:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And how many attempts is this where MS tries to knock ITunes off it's 1st place pedestal??????

Just give up MS. Too many sheeple already have that lousy, invasive program for you to dethrone.

Me.....?.........www.torrentz.com and voila! Any song I want. Won't pay. Artists don't make significant money on album sales. It's made on touring and charging 35 bucks for t-shirts that they got for .75 cents. Plain and simple.
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salsa36
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_ 		9. July 2012 @ 09:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Microsoft doesn't have any original ideas. This will die like the Zune.
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salsa36
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_ 		9. July 2012 @ 09:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Microsoft doesn't have any original ideas. This will die like the Zune.
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JST1946
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_ 		9. July 2012 @ 09:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It must be nice to have money to waste and just throw around.
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