Samsung’s “Free and Ad-Free” Music Service Will Actually Cost $4 Monthly

Samsung's "Free and Ad-Free" Music Service Will Actually Cost $4 Monthly

Last month, Samsung introduced a Milk Music , a beautiful streaming radio service that it said would come free and ad-free with your new Samsung Galaxy phone. So it wasn’t just slick—it offered you a cheaper better option to competitors like Spotify and Pandora. Awesome! Except it’s not going to be free and ad-free at all.

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Spotify's Deep Black Redesign Makes Your Favorite Music Pop

Spotify's Deep Black Redesign Makes Your Favorite Music Pop

Today, Spotify starts rolling out a new darker redesign. It’s the biggest stylistic change we’ve seen since the service launched its web-based player in late 2012. The new look ditches the old app’s overcast grays for a sleek facade that’s blacker than hell—and it’s so much more beautiful and useful for it.

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Starting today, Spotify is offering US college students a killer 50 percent discount on its premium

Starting today, Spotify is offering US college students a killer 50 percent discount on its premium service: $5 per month for unfettered access to its on-demand catalog. That’s a great deal.

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Report: Apple Is Negotiating an On-Demand Music Service Like Spotify

Report: Apple Is Negotiating an On-Demand Music Service Like Spotify

Billboard reports that Apple has been talking to record labels about potentially launching an on-demand music service that would compete with Spotify and Beats Music.

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Help This Band Scam Spotify So They Can Go on Tour

Los Angeles funk band Vulfpeck wants to go on tour, but they’re going to need your help to raise the money. This isn’t some BS Kickstarter: They’ve made an entirely silent album designed specifically for this purpose of siphoning cash away from Spotify’s treasury. What a clever stunt, and it just might work.

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You Can Help This Band Scam Spotify So They Can Go on Tour

Los Angeles funk band Vulfpeck wants to go on tour, but they’re going to need your help to raise the money. This isn’t some Kickstarter: They’ve made an entirely silent album designed specifically for the purpose of siphoning cash away from Spotify’s treasury. Its a clever stunt, and it just might work.

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Samsung Debuts Milk Music, A New Free (For Now) Streaming Radio Service For Galaxy Smartphones

Samsung is doing something unusual for the company – focusing on mobile software design, with a new product out today called Milk Music. It’s a streaming radio app, with free (and ad-free) streaming of tracks in the U.S. that’s available via Google Play to owners of Galaxy smartphones, including the Galaxy S4, Galaxy SIII, Galaxy Note 3, Galaxy Note II, Galaxy Mega and Galaxy S4… Read More

Samsung Galaxy Devices Now Get a Rad Free Music Service Called Milk

Samsung Galaxy Devices Now Get a Rad Free Music Service Called Milk

Samsung’s got a new streaming music service called "Milk" that gives free—and importantly, ad-free—tunes to owners of Galaxy devices.

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Spotify Just Bought Huge Music Data Company The Echo Nest

Spotify Just Bought Huge Music Data Company The Echo Nest

Spotify just bought "music intelligence" company, The Echo Nest. In other words, it just bought the data machine that powers rival services like Rdio, iHeartRadio, Nokia MixRadio, Twitter Music and others.

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Report: Amazon Is Gearing Up to Add Free Streaming Music to Prime

Report: Amazon Is Gearing Up to Add Free Streaming Music to Prime

Re/code reports the claims of industry sources who say Amazon is in talks to create a streaming music service that it would bundle with Prime subscriptions. The report makes a lot of sense, and if true, it would make Amazon Prime and even better deal than it already is. Think how amazing that would be!

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