Tuesday, August 24, 2010
[Google Fast Flip] Um, Did Google Just Quietly Launch A Web-Based iTunes Competitor? Yep.
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Um, Did Google Just Quietly Launch A Web-Based iTunes Competitor? Yep.
Um, Did Google Just Quietly Launch A Web-Based iTunes Competitor? Yep. Today at Google I/O, Vic Gundotra introduced Froyo, aka Android 2.2. But he also went a bit beyond Froyo. Coming soon, is a way to download an app through the Android Market over the web — and have it automatically download on your Android devices too. But that's not all. Gundotra also showed off a new section of the Market — Music. Yes, an iTunes competitor on the web from Google. Details are sparse at the moment, but here's how this basically works. You go to the Market on the web, find a song you like, click the download button, and just like with apps, the song starts to download on your Android devices. So it's iTunes, over the web, with auto-syncing. No word on who the partners are for this, what the prices will be, etc. Undoubtedly, we'll hear more about that soon. Gundotra also announced that Google recently : Simplify Media. Using this technology, Google will soon offer a desktop app that will give you access to all of your (DRM-free) media on your Android devices remotely....
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This is going to be an interest move, Apple your move
Um, Did Google Just Quietly Launch A Web-Based iTunes Competitor? Yep.
Um, Did Google Just Quietly Launch A Web-Based iTunes Competitor? Yep. Today at Google I/O, Vic Gundotra introduced Froyo, aka Android 2.2. But he also went a bit beyond Froyo. Coming soon, is a way to download an app through the Android Market over the web — and have it automatically download on your Android devices too. But that's not all. Gundotra also showed off a new section of the Market — Music. Yes, an iTunes competitor on the web from Google. Details are sparse at the moment, but here's how this basically works. You go to the Market on the web, find a song you like, click the download button, and just like with apps, the song starts to download on your Android devices. So it's iTunes, over the web, with auto-syncing. No word on who the partners are for this, what the prices will be, etc. Undoubtedly, we'll hear more about that soon. Gundotra also announced that Google recently : Simplify Media. Using this technology, Google will soon offer a desktop app that will give you access to all of your (DRM-free) media on your Android devices remotely....
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Labels: android, google, webservices
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