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    Vdio, The TV & Movie Streaming Service From Rdio, Launches To Public

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    Vdio, the video streaming service which launched into public beta this April as a complement to Rdio’s subscription music service, is today becoming available to all. Earlier, the service was available for preview in the U.S. and U.K., but only to those who were already paying Rdio Premium or Unlimited customers. → Read More

    May 9th, 2013

    Rdio And Shazam Expand Full Music Track Streaming Partnership To UK, Canada, Australia, Brazil And Mexico

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    Shazam and Rdio have offered something wonderful for U.S. users as of fall 2012, providing full track streaming for tagged music via Rdio, thanks to a “Listen Free on Rdio” link within the Shazam app. That means that once you use either the free or paid version of Shazam to identify a song from your device, you can then listen to the entire track, so long as you’re either an Rdio subscriber or… → Read More

    April 21st, 2013

    Rhapsody Wasn’t Happy, So Open Source Music Service Napster.fm Changes Its Name To Peer.fm

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    Last week, we told you about an open source alternative to music services such as Rdio and Spotify, called Napster.fm. The name alone got our attention, and after using it, there were a few features that were reminiscent of its predecessor, which made it even cooler. Today, the service is changing its name to Peer.fm to steer clear of legal issues, since Best Buy acquired the service and brand and… → Read More

    April 12th, 2013

    Code In Twitter Music’s Placeholder Page Shows Web Interface, Track Purchasing, Charts And Service Integrations

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    Since we have nothing much to go on other than a static landing page for Twitter #music, some folks didfurther inspection within the CSS on the login page, and certain features and integrations became apparent. We’ve reached out to Twitter to confirm what we’ve seen, and we’ll update our story once we hear back. Until then, here’s what can be taken from the styling code… → Read More

    April 3rd, 2013

    Vdio Opens In The U.S. And UK With No Subs Model For Movies And TV, Rdio Users Targeted First

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    Vdio, a video streaming service created to complement the Rdio music service, is today making its first public, live appearance. The site — offering not all-you-can consume subscriptions but pay-per-view films and TV shows, with an emphasis on new releases — is opening for previews in the U.S. and UK, with $25/£20 gift certificates going out to people who are already subscribers to Rdio’s… → Read More

    March 12th, 2013

    To Boost Music Subs, Deezer Turns On Affiliate Deals, Gaming APIs, And (Ahead Of Spotify) 3rd Party Apps On Mobile

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    Music streaming may not be making much money right now, but that’s not stopping music streaming hopefuls from trying. The latest development comes from Deezer, which is announcing a series of new services based around its APIs to drive more users to its service. They include an affiliate marketing program; more social and gaming integration; and the ability to port apps made for the Deezer App… → Read More

    March 11th, 2013

    With Spotify On The Web Horizon, Rdio Takes Its Browser-Based Music Service To 7 New Markets; Now Reaching 24

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    The land grab for online music streaming services continues. On the heels of reports that Spotify is planning to take its web-based music player global to complement its desktop and mobile apps, competitor Rdio is extending its own browser-based music-streaming service to seven more markets. Today, the company — founded and backed in 2010 by Skype/Kazaa/Joost co-founder Janus Friis — announced… → Read More

    February 27th, 2013

    Spotify Updates iOS App With Revamped Interface, New Navigation Tools

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    Fresh on the heels of a Windows Phone 8 launch, Spotify has just released a major update to its iOS app, which revamps the interface quite a bit.

    The latest version is dubbed Spotify 0.6.0, and it cleans up the interface while adding easier navigation for users. There’s a new sidebar which lets users swipe left and right to access further information and an all-inclusive menu for What’s New… → Read More

    January 28th, 2013

    Rdio Needs More Users, Hopes Going Free On Web & Desktop Will Help

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    The battle for international users continues to heat up for streaming music services. Just this morning, Deezer announced expansions into developing markets in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Brazil, and now Rdio follows with news of its own – it’s going free. The company says it’s rolling out free web access internationally to all territories where it operates, except for Germany and Brazil. → Read More

    November 27th, 2012

    Rdio Revamps Its iOS And Android Apps Bringing Improved Looks, Navigation, New Playback Controls & More

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    Streaming music startup Rdio continues its battle with Spotify, today updating its two flagship mobile applications for iOS and Android. The new apps have been redesigned with a cleaner layout, introduce new navigational elements, and add other clever features to enhance the user experience – like the ability to pick up playing a track from where you left off on another platform, for example. → Read More

    October 2nd, 2012

    Rdio Launches Program For Artists To Earn Cash By Attracting New Users, But Stops Short Of YouTube’s Model

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    Streaming music service Rdio, currently being trumped in North America by Spotify, probably needs to incentive its partners more, especially given the complains from labels and artists about the low monetization available on Spotify. Thus today it’s introducing the ‘Rdio Artist Program’ which they say is the first of a kind program offering a new way for artists to directly earn money from… → Read More

    September 8th, 2012

    Spotify Will Launch A Browser-Based Version

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    If you’re wondering why the Spotify desktop software has hardly been updated in a year, it’s because the company is preparing to launch a completely overhauled browser-based version of its streaming music service, multiple sources confirm. Along with moving to the web, the redesign will focus more on discovery, including following the listening habits and playlists of influencers in addition to… → Read More

    August 16th, 2012

    Rdio Amps Up To 18M Tracks With New CD Baby And TuneCore Deals. More Tracks Than Spotify?

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    If part of the game in streaming music is to have the biggest catalog of tracks, then today Rdio made a significant move to turn its volume up to Spotify levels, and gain some street cred with indie fans in the process: it announced two key deals with CD Baby and TuneCore, both independent music aggregators, that ramps up its total track number to 18 million songs, and adds some 250,000 new… → Read More

    May 14th, 2012

    Rdio’s Major Redesign Gives Listeners A Unified View, Enhanced Sharing, Private Playlists & More

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    There’s currently a heated battle being waged between three of the biggest on-demand music streaming services — MOG, Spotify, and Rdio — each of which is trying to capture our hearts and ears by offering the best mobile experience for tunes on-the-go. You can check out Josh’s in-depth comparison of the battle for mobile supremacy here.

    While it wasn’t Josh’s top pick for music streaming on… → Read More

    March 26th, 2012

    What’s The Best iPad Streaming Music App? MOG’s New iPad App vs Rdio vs Spotify

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    Don’t stop the music. It seems obvious, but MOG is the first of the big on-demand music streaming services to get this right on a tablet. Today MOG officially releases its iPad app, and it includes MOG Radio which when enabled will continue to play songs after your currently queued tracks finish. No more hours of accidental silence. It’s also retina-ready to crisply display artwork, bios, editor’s… → Read More

    February 22nd, 2012

    Hot On The Heels Of Spotify, Rdio Expands Music Streaming To Spain, Portugal

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    The landgrab for music streaming customers is on, and Rdio — the U.S.-based startup from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis — is joining that race in earnest.

    The company today announced that it is now live in Spain and Portugal, just one month after it launched in its first European service, in Germany. The total number of countries where Rdio now works is up to eight… → Read More

    February 6th, 2012

    Rdio Releases New Android App, Ought To Be Ashamed Of Its Windows Phone App

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    Today, Rdio is releasing a brand new application for Android phones chock-full of fresh features, which is awesome. Mainly because it gives me an excuse to write up a rant I would have published at some point anyway. → Read More

    January 12th, 2012

    Rdio Expands To Germany

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    Rdio, the streaming music service started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, is arriving in its fourth market today: Germany. Already available in the U.S., Canada and Brazil, the company says it will be offering a 7-day free trial to the 82+ million German residents who want to give it a shot. → Read More

    November 15th, 2011

    Enjoy Music While You Read: Rdio To Come Pre-Loaded On Kobo Vox eReader

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    Kobo has partnered with social music discovery and streaming service Rdio to let users of its just-released Android-powered Vox eReader access more than 12 million tracks while they’re reading.

    Kobo, which was just acquired by Rakuten for $315 million in cash, says it boasts over five million users worldwide. → Read More

    November 1st, 2011

    Rdio To Bring On-Demand Digital Music Service To Brazil, Germany And Australia

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    Rdio, the digital music service created by Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, is making a big push to international markets. The startup is launching its service in Brazil later this week, and will expand to Germany and Australia in early 2012. The music streaming service is already available in the U.S. and Canada.

    Co-branded as “Oi Rdio,” Rdio is partnering with Brazil’s… → Read More

    September 17th, 2011

    SoundCloud, Deezer And Rhapsody Revealed As Facebook Music Launch Partners?

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    I love Yvo Schaap, even though I’ve never met him in person.

    Wanna know why? Because the man keeps on digging up interesting stuff by simply perusing code, and then alerting us.

    Schaap found the embeddable +1 button and a a link to the Google Games logo before either of them was publicly released, and now he may have identified several companies that will be partnering with Facebook for the… → Read More

    September 10th, 2011

    Two Key Features Of Facebook Music: Scrobbling And Track Unification

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    Yesterday, we outlined a bit of what we’ve heard about Facebook’s upcoming f8 conference. One big launch will be their official foray into music. Today, we’ve heard more about that launch.

    One thing we’ve heard from a very good source is that a key aspect of the service will be “scrobbling”. The term, made popular by Last.fm, means that when you listen to a song, it gets sent to your profile… → Read More

    August 29th, 2011

    iTunes Rival Rdio Launches Gift Cards, Available Online And At Target

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    Streaming music service Rdio from Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, is today launching two new music gifting options – physical gift cards and online credits. Consumers will be able to purchase the virtual gift card options in $10, $25, $50 and $100 values or in user-selected amounts. Meanwhile, physical cards in the $10 and $25 values will be sold in over 600 Target retail stores… → Read More

    August 22nd, 2011

    Rdio Introduces Family Plan

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    As we mentioned a few weeks ago, Rdio family plans are now available for, as Bob Dylan would say, “the wife and family” and “the whole kids.”

    The plan costs $17.99 for two accounts and three accounts costs $22.99 a month. Unlimited web and mobile plans still cost $9.99 a month (as do additional accounts added to the family plan. → Read More

    August 4th, 2011

    Rdio’s iPad App Now Available In The App Store

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    It took a bit longer than I’d have guessed, but the Rdio iPad app that we previewed a few weeks back is now available in the App Store.

    As predicted, it’s the first of the big three on-demand, all-you-can-eat music streaming services (those being Rdio, Spotify, and MOG) to get an iPad app into the store. → Read More

    July 27th, 2011

    Rdio To Offer Family Unlimited Plan, Broke Music Fans Rejoice

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    It was just last week that Greg brought us a first look at Rdio’s forthcoming iPad app, and now the streaming music contender has dropped another bombshell on us.

    Last night, Rdio CEO Drew Lerner let slip that in addition to their current line up of plans, they will launch an “Unlimited Family” plan that lets users “share an account with multiple people at a discounted rate”. With… → Read More

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    July 19th, 2011

    FirstLook:Rdio’siPadAppNowAwaitingApple’sApproval,WeGoHands-On

    In the all-you-can-eat music streaming battle between Spotify, Rdio, and MOG, the iPad is more or less untouched territory. Sure, they’ve all got iPhone apps which can be stretched to run at near-full screen on the iPad — but if you’re wanting for something that doesn’t look like hot pixelated garbage, you’re pretty much out of luck.

    It’s starting to look like Rdio might be the first of the… → Read More

    July 14th, 2011

    Can Rdio Withstand The Spotify Assault? A Feature-By-Feature Look

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    Spotify is finally here in the US. It offers on-demand music for a relatively low price — just like Rdio. There’s several service levels including mobile listening and offline support — just like Rdio. There’s even support for third-party hardware and platforms — just like Rdio.

    Rdio has a head start in this race but it might not matter. Rdio left private beta last August and has since… → Read More

    July 14th, 2011

    Spotify Now On Sonos

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    Not to flog a spotted horse, Spotify is now available on your Sonos devices. To add the service to your devices follow these instructions. → Read More

    July 7th, 2011

    Signup Flow Shows Spotify Costing $4.99 And $9.99 A Month In The US

    One day after it announced an imminent US launch with no other details, an American Spotify user has sent us these screencaps showing pricing in US dollars. Only going by these screencaps, the Unlimited US Spotify plan will cost $4.99 a month without mobile streaming capability and the Premium Spotify plan with mobile access will cost $9.99 a month. According to the same source, a free version… → Read More