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Friday, April 30, 2010

Apple Shutting Down Lala

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple Software (OS X)" @ 01:00 PM

http://www.cultofmac.com/apple-acqu...w+(Cult+of+Mac)

"When Apple acquired music streaming service Lala year, almost everyone assumed that iTunes' tenth iteration would find Apple's music syncing software re-envisioned as a service which allowed users to stream their tunes from anywhere without actually having their musics locally stored."

He brings up an interesting point regarding timing. The shutdown is to occur on May 31st, shortly before WWDC, so is this a sign that iTunes will be incorporating some type of streaming? I'm not so sure on it based on the theme of WWDC and its orientation this year towards apps versus OS X software. But it does give one food for thought, what are yours?


Monday, December 7, 2009

Oooh LaLa

Posted by Jeff Campbell in "Apple News" @ 07:00 AM

http://www.boston.com/business/tech...'s+paper+A+to+Z

"Apple Inc., the biggest Internet-music seller in the United States, acquired Lala, adding a Web-music service to its iTunes song-downloading business."

Apple didn't disclose details, but did confirm they purchased LaLa, which is a web-based service that lets you listen to music (either album or son) once for free, then requires you to purchase it if you want to hear it again. If you just want to listen online, the cost is $0.10 USD, but if you want the MP3 it is $0.79 USD.

No word on Apple on what they intend to do either, in typical fashion spokesman Steve Dowling said "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not comment on our purpose or plans." What are your thoughts? Covering bases? Good move, bad move?


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