Cricket Wireless doesn’t have the largest network, fastest data network, or latest phones. What they do have, however, is a new $55/month unlimited voice/text/data plan that comes complete with music — music subscription service that is. Somehow, this little carrier that could wooed the big four American music labels (EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner) into giving Cricket Wireless users full access to millions of songs on the cheap. Debuting this new service...
Hulu Plus was a valiant effort by the big TV networks to jump into this whole web streaming revolution. But a high price, usage of ads in a paid product, and a selection that wasn’t exactly spectacular marred the service from the start. Since then, we’ve heard Hulu execs claim that it is doing amazingly well (summarized quote of course). Though it can’t be doing all that well if we’re looking at a new, lower price this morning… While the...
I remember back in the day a there was a little service called Napster. It was a great service — for end users. Big name labels and many artists alike hated it. Fast forward many years and the tables are changing on this whole P2P/file sharing thing. While big name labels are still playing stupid, denying file-sharing’s importance, many smaller (and even some larger artists) are finding that it [file sharing] isn’t actually all that bad, and in many...
KaZaa’s old model may be down and out for the count, but the men behind the old green giant are trying at this whole digital music thing once again with a new subscription/social service called “Rdio”. The social aspect of Rdio will apparently focus around the ability to friend other Ridio users, see what other users are listening to, and comment accordingly. Hmmm, sounds a lot like, Last.fm and several other lesser known music streaming services. Oh,...
After Nokia’s less than steller Q3 results, the last thing the company needs on their hands and blood filled record books is another failure in the wings. Because that is what their “Comes With Music” service is — an epic failure. Don’t just take my rantings for it. The numbers which were leaked to Music Ally show that as of July, they have a paltry 107,00 active Comes With Music users in 9 markets worldwide. If you’re looking for...
