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Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label.

Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion as digital services such as Spotify and iTunes gain momentum, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Global online music revenues are expected to rise by about 7 percent this year to $6.3 billion as digital services such as Spotify and Apple Inc's iTunes gain momentum, technology research firm Gartner said on Tuesday.

Research in Motion (RIM) launched BBM Music this week, a music-sharing app a spokesman for the company has said evolves the mixtape. Seeking to capitalize upon - and perhaps revive - its BlackBerry Messenger network of 45 million users, RIM's newest app allows users to choose 50 songs from an extensive cloud-based library of content licensed from music giants Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI, as well as from smaller independent labels.

Google Inc. is reportedly gearing up to launch a music downloading service sometime in the next two weeks that it will link to its Google+ social network. The application - currently referred to as Google Music - will be an extension of Google Music Beta, a free service that allows users to store their existing music collection in the cloud.

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French on-line music streaming service Deezer will launch in more than 100 countries in the coming weeks, and the start-up is negotiating with roughly a dozen telecom operators on partnerships in a bid to expand its global reach.

Spotify, the European music streaming service backed by digital entrepreneur Sean Parker, has more than 250,000 paying users in the United States since it opened up shop in July, according to three people familiar with its data.

Spotify, the European music streaming service backed by digital entrepreneur Sean Parker, has more than 250,000 paying users in the United States since it opened up shop in July, according to three people familiar with its data.

The popular digital music service Spotify made an operating loss of 26.5 million pounds ($41.5 million) in 2010, despite growing revenue more than five-fold due to increased advertising and attracting more subscribers in Europe.

Rdio, pronounced Ar-dee-o, is offering free, on-demand streaming music in the hopes of winning customers.

Rdio, pronounced Ar-dee-o, is offering free, on-demand streaming music.

Relativity Media has become the first studio to partner with the digital music service Spotify for film promotion, announcing on Monday that it will run promotional media on the service to boost the November 11 launch of the action-adventure film Immortals.

Two of the longest-running names in digital music, Rhapsody and Napster, are combining in a bid to grow market share and stay ahead of newer rivals like Spotify, Rdio and MOG.

A day after rumors surfaced that Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were on the rocks, primarily due to allegations of his philandering with Sara Leal on his sixth wedding anniversary, the 33-year-old Two and a Half Men star broke his silence. In a way.

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Facebook Music went live on Friday, as the social networking giant seeks a deeper integration of music, movies and other media into its service. The move could allow users to spend more time on its site, thereby enabling it to generate more advertising dollars.

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When Engineer Adam Reiss was confronted with a login message on his Spotify account asking him if he wanted to connect with Facebook music, he thought why not? After all he thought that would only entail having access to friend's playlists who had consented to share.

With Mark Zuckerberg announcing new features at the Facebook Developer conference, there will be the need for businesses to seize the opportunity to maintain a definite competitive advantage.

Spotify announced its partnership with Facebook at f8, and one day later, announced it would remove its invite-only process and open registration up to the public. Users get six free months of the service when they sign up.

Facebook unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV, offering tie-ups with the likes of Spotify and Hulu, as it attempts to make media an integral part of its social networking service.

A Facebook employee took to Twitter on the eve of the f8 developers conference, announcing his love for Facebook's new music service, which allows users to join others when they listen to music.

New York-based Turntable.fm has launched its free iOS application as digital music competition is gaining momentum each day.

Social networking giant Facebook is now re-developing the Web site to make it more music-friendly.

Facebook is putting finishing touches to new features on users' home pages that deeply integrate music services from partners including Spotify, MOG, Rhapsody, Slacker and Rdio, according to people familiar with the plans.

A report denies Apple will enter the world of streaming music via the cloud.

Research In Motion (RIM) has finally announced the rumored and anticipated BBM Music service.

New rumors suggested that the mini subscription plan for the service could cost $5 a month for 50 songs.