Apple Reportedly Planning Streaming Music Service

Nerval's Lobster writes "Apple plans on taking a big bite of the streaming-music market, according to unnamed sources speaking to The New York Times. Those sources suggested that an Apple streaming-music service would 'probably' center on an app of some kind, and link to iTunes in order to better evaluate the listener's musical interests. In broad strokes, that would make it similar to Spotify, a streaming-music service that also requires an app. Other popular cloud-music hubs, including Pandora and Last.fm, operate primarily as browser-based services. The Wall Street Journal, citing its own unnamed sources, indicated that any Apple streaming service would work on iOS devices such as the iPad, Macs, and 'possibly on PCs running Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.' In keeping with Apple's intense rivalry with Google, one source added, the service would not appear on Android devices."

Comments

Innovative

[Anonymous Coward]

Great, Apple have invented streaming music services!

Re:Innovative

[Anonymous Coward]

Now they just need to sue Spotify so they stop copying them.

Re:Innovative

[oobayly]

That's funny, neither do I. That's why I never linked Spotify to Facebook. Same with my Netflix account, I didn't fancy everyone being told I watched Nude Nuns with Big Guns, it's rubbish by the way. In fact I've linked nothing to my Facebook account.

Of course...

[Syphonius]

They can't launch until they figure out who they will sue for patent infringement once they create the product.

I hope it uses the Genius Mix algorithms.

[xerxesVII]

That way even when I'm not at home I can have The Pixies thrown in with every kind of music that exists.

I swear it feels like that damned thing says, "Oh, you like having a sound in your ear? Have some Pixies!"