Last week, Google announced its much-anticipated music service, Music Beta by Google, which allows users to upload their personal music collections to the cloud and listen to them on any computer or enabled Android device. Because the songs are stored online, they don’t take up space on a device or hard drive; when users are offline, they still can access their most recently-played songs. But Music Beta by Google doesn’t offer song-sharing between users, or the ability to purchase new songs. “The announcement of Google’s impending Music Beta cloud service is a clear indication that selling functionality will take precedence over selling music,” says Sasha Frere-Jones. Read more at newyorker.com…
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