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Service won't directly compete with Apple's offerings, but may threaten them via Android tie-in or piracy
Many have tried and failed. Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) iTunes, which recently celebrated its tenth birthday remains the most powerful force in the digital music business, having stomped out some would-be rivals and held others -- like Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) -- off.
But Apple may finally have met its match -- music beta by Google (better known as "Google Music").
I. A True Competitor?
Perhaps no market player has figured out how to beat Apple quite as well as Google Inc. (GOOG). The younger firm has left its Cupertino foe far behind in the smart phone market, succeeding where others like Palm and Microsoft failed.
In the tablet sector, Android appears the only true challenge, at present, to Apple's dominance.
Many had long believed that Google would jump at the opportunity to throw down its gauntlet and challenge Apple's thriving iTunes music business. But even as Google diversified its content delivery, buying YouTube and launching special music video channels, a discrete music delivery service remained unrealized.
But sometimes an idea is too attractive to forever go unfulfilled, and Google has at last announced a music service.
II. Something Old, Something New
Google's music beta is here, announced by Google at its annual I/O Conference for developers (similar to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference). But the service isn't quite what some had imagined...................................................................
Read full article@ DailyTech - Google Delivers Surprising Music Service
Many have tried and failed. Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) iTunes, which recently celebrated its tenth birthday remains the most powerful force in the digital music business, having stomped out some would-be rivals and held others -- like Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (WMT) -- off.
But Apple may finally have met its match -- music beta by Google (better known as "Google Music").
I. A True Competitor?
Perhaps no market player has figured out how to beat Apple quite as well as Google Inc. (GOOG). The younger firm has left its Cupertino foe far behind in the smart phone market, succeeding where others like Palm and Microsoft failed.
In the tablet sector, Android appears the only true challenge, at present, to Apple's dominance.
Many had long believed that Google would jump at the opportunity to throw down its gauntlet and challenge Apple's thriving iTunes music business. But even as Google diversified its content delivery, buying YouTube and launching special music video channels, a discrete music delivery service remained unrealized.
But sometimes an idea is too attractive to forever go unfulfilled, and Google has at last announced a music service.
II. Something Old, Something New
Google's music beta is here, announced by Google at its annual I/O Conference for developers (similar to Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference). But the service isn't quite what some had imagined...................................................................
Read full article@ DailyTech - Google Delivers Surprising Music Service
