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Google's entered the streaming world with a bang back at its I/O conference in May 2013. Google Play Music All Access was launched as a music streaming service with a difference. The name might be a mouthful, but All Access offers a few extra features than you'd normally see in a search-and-stream service. It aims to marry the wealth of music you already have downloaded, with a world of on-demand, streamable music, creating a single product that can serve up tunes in any manner you fancy. With Napster, Deezer, Pandora and of course Spotify as direct competitors, Google Play Music All Access has its work cut out. Google has even matched its competitors for price and the service costs £9.99/$9.99 per month. But how does it stack up? Let's get playing. Google Play Music All Access review The catalogue Google hasn't released the official figure for the amount of tracks on Google Play Music All Access, which may lead the cynical among you to presume that it's lagging be...

Published by Ian Delaney on September 4, 2012 Today, we’re delighted to announce that the Nokia Music service has launched for US customers. American Lumia owners will be able to download the Nokia Music app from the Nokia Collection in the Marketplace. And it will come preloaded on Nokia Lumia 900 and 710 smartphones. Of its many virtues, the best part of Nokia Music is undoubtedly Nokia Mix Radio: we’re enormous fans of the service here on Conversations and have written about it several times before. If you missed those posts, the killer features of Mix Radio are the ability to create playlists from your own tastes, or select from hundreds of specially curated mixes drawn from the Nokia Music collection of over 17 million tracks. What’s more, you can download these playlists over WiFi to listen to anywhere, without needing any further data connection. You can catch all the action around Nokia Music on the @Music_Nokia Twitter channel. View the original article here

Most amazing movies have amazing music. But which scores are the best of the bunch? Music has always been at the heart of the movie industry. Even at the Lumiere brothers’ first film screening in 1895, there was a pianist tinkling the ivories. Twenty years later, Fritz Lang’s classic silent film, Metropolis, was accompanied by an original full scale orchestral score. Now, thanks to the wonders of modern mobile tech, we can enjoy movies and their music, wherever and whenever we want. But if you had to choose a play list, which would you go for? The composer’s criteria We asked composer Douglas Black Heaton which scores he thought deserved the title of greatest ever. His criteria: They had to be popular, influential and a damn good listen. They had to be composed scores, rather than soundtracks of songs, and each composer had to be different. So without further ado, here’s his magnificent seven. Psycho 1960 Bernard Hermann’s unsettling string score for Hitchcock’s masterpiece is never ...

It is one of the greatest debates in popular music: Would The Beatles’ White Album be better as a single LP? Plus, when did you last listen to Revolution 9 in its entirety, anyway? I love Liverpool’s Fab Four as much as the next man, but even they are not immune from the mighty power of the playlist phenomenon. Digital music has made it possible for us to select our favourite songs from our favourite artists, programme a collection of songs to suit a particular mood and, yes, even to remove tracks and play with the running order of classic albums. It is possible to create playlists on your Lumia handset, without your PC but I would advise against this. Doing it with Zune on your PC is much more flexible. This is especially true if you have a large collection of music – it will just be easier to pick out the songs you want. First you will need to create the playlist on Zune before synchronising it to your Lumia. Open Zune on your PCGo to your Collection , where all your music, videos, ...

Northridge, California – SmartSound, the world’s leading provider of royalty free music and soundtrack solutions announced their new iOS app, called Smart Soundtracker, which allows consumers to automatically add perfectly edited soundtracks to the videos they shoot on their iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. The app automatically edits the included and available soundtracks to fit the exact video length while allowing the user to adjust the volume levels of their original video and the new soundtrack. The resulting video can be shared from the app via Facebook, YouTube and E-mail. When using Smart Soundtracker, customers simply select a video from their Camera Roll and instantly watch their video with a soundtrack. The soundtrack is edited automatically, ending the music exactly when the video ends and can easily change to a different soundtrack with a swipe on the screen. An optional fade-out ending is automatically added to the video to enhance the viewer experience by ending the video an...

We made the Lumia 900 for media. With lots of built-in storage, superfast connectivity and music choices to boot, Lumia owners are constantly rocking out. With a ton of summer festivals going on, we thought we’d share our picks for the best music apps for your Nokia Lumia phone. iHeartRadio iHeartRadio is a favorite amongst streaming music fans because it brings some of the  best traditional radio stations to your Lumia phone. iHeartRadio is published by ClearChannel communications and can deliver any ClearChannel station to you. Also, the app also gives you the ability to create your own custom Stations based on your musical tastes. iHeartRadio also has a nice Facebook function that lets you build your own custom station and publish your listening activity into Facebook, so all your friends can see your musical tastes. The iHeartRadio application is great for anyone who has moved away from a city and their favorite radio station, as the app enables you to listen in from wherever you...

Posted in: Android, Mobile computers, Mobile phones, Mobile Services, Mobile software July 31st, 2012, 20:59 by Stefan Samsung launched its own mobile music service in the United States. The Samsung Music Hub will be initially available on the Galaxy S III smartphones offered by AT&T and US Cellular. Availability for the rest of the flagship’s carrier versions is yet to be announced. The service will be offered in free and premium variations with the latter set to cost $9.99 a month. New users will get a free 30-day trial of the Premium suite as well as a free album of their choice. Powered by technology from the recently acquired by Samsung company mSpot, the Music Hub features a streaming catalog with integrated access to a music store, as well as the ability to upload your own collection of tunes to the cloud for streaming from compatible devices, including a web-based player. Personal radio streaming service is also available in the premium version of the Music Hub. View the ...

The Google Music application has just received a major update bringing its user interface in line with the one shipping on the Nexus 7. The updated application follows the Holo UI principles similar to the Google+ app and there is a lot of focus on visuals with large images.  In addition some useful additions like adding new tracks to a playlist queue have been included.  The update is available for all phones with Google Music on Android 2.2 and above via Google Play. The official changelog is listed below.  Now Playing queue that allows for queuing and reordering of currently playing music.New UI for navigation with transport controls on the action bar.New large album art view on Recent.Playlist art is now constructed from album art of songs in the playlist.Now Playing widget has album art and support for thumbs up.Harder, better, faster, stronger. [Via - Android Central | Download - Google Play] Dhruv Bhutani is a tech enthusiast who tries to keep a tab on the latest and greatest ...