Mar 31
Google’s Chromecast has gained two new streaming services, with Rdio’s digital radio and Crackle’s movie rentals both now squirting content to the HDMI dongle. The new additions bring 20 million … Continue reading
Mar 17
When it come to music streaming services, these services tend to be typically available in regions like the US and Europe. This isn’t because the companies providing the service don’t want to expand, but sometimes it might be due to copyright issues and getting local record labels and publishers to come on board.
Well it looks like Rdio is making some inroads when it comes to expanding their music offerings as the company has recently acquired a streaming service from India called Dhingana for an undisclosed sum of money. In a way their timing could not have been better as Dhingana recently shut down in February as the company’s music label partner, T-Series, did not renew their licensing agreement with them. (more…)
Rdio Breaks Into Indian Market With Local Acquisition original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Mar 14
Rdio has acquired the Indian music service Dhingana, the latter company announced on its website today. With the acquisition will come a transition of Dhingana’s talent to Rdio, working to … Continue reading
Mar 11
Last week, Spotify revealed that it will be acquiring The Echo Nest, a music-centric service that offers content curation and more. While Spotify has big plans for the new purchase, … Continue reading
Mar 04
Janus Friis’ Next Act Is A Hardware Startup Called Aether, And A “Thinking” Music Player Called Cone
Posted in: Today's ChiliJanus Friis made his name founding a series of disruptive software startups such as Skype, Rdio, Joost and (much earlier) KaZaA. Now the Danish entrepreneur is moving into new territory: a hardware startup called Aether, which today is debuting its first product, wireless music player called Cone. Read More
Feb 06
Today at a town-hall meeting in Amsterdam, Tesla Motors’ CEO Elon Muck announced Rdio will be integrated into its cars in Europe as the default dashboard audio service. Such follows … Continue reading
Jan 16
Early this morning, Spotify threw the doors wide open for desktop users, stripping away restrictions and allowing unlimited free streaming, no caps or limitations to be seen. Rdio has followed … Continue reading
Jan 16
Instead of simply offering more music, Beats new streaming service will woo new listeners with a potent mix of smarter algorithms and human curation.
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Dec 27
Back in April, popular Internet radio service Rdio decided to jump feet-first into the movie streaming business, launching the comparably named Vdio digital movie service as a beta offering. The … Continue reading
Dec 11
On the same day that Spotify announced ad-supported mobile device streaming, the expansion into 20 new markets, and the addition of Led Zeppelin to its growing catalog, rival Rdio has made an announcement of its own. It too is expanding into 20 new markets. Some of Radio’s new markets overlap with Spotify’s. TechCrunch surmises that […]
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