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Google launches web-based music service, buys iTunes-syncing company Simplify Media
A cloud-based iTunes competitor from Google?! Who would have expected such a thing? (Well, other than DLS editor Lee Mathews, back in October of last year ...)
It looks like the basic idea is that Google bought Simplify Media as a way to give Android customers access to DRM-free media -- including songs from the Android Market music service -- on their computers and mobile devices. The first step will be a desktop app based on Simplify's technology. That means you can buy songs from your computer, and they'll auto-sync over the web to your Android device. God, I wish my iPhone did that ...
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Subscribe to commentsShimi GelmanMay 20th 2010 3:29PM
haha!
Let the browser\music wars begin - its gonna be a HOT summer!
Its good that only consumers will profit the bullets and nuts that will fly in the air.
MikeMay 20th 2010 4:59PM
iPhones used to be able to do that (sans the store integration), with the Simplify Media app.
I didn't realize they'd been purchased, they just mystically pulled all their software from the web and the app store and disabled account creation. Should be nice to have Google behind them I guess.
DagMXJul 2nd 2010 2:37PM
You could always try using ooTunes...requires a little bit of tweaking and isn't as friendly, but it does the job.