Tag: LALA

Last week, some little anonymous birdies told CNET News that Google was planning to launch a music download service and iTunes competitor by this fall. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports, according to "people familiar with" the situation, that Google has been talking with music industry insiders about launching a search-powered music download store by the end of the year, with a cloud-based, ...

Streaming music service Lala finally shut down some time around 2 a.m. EST this morning, and visitors are now met with information on refunds and credits for current members. Since Apple announced its purchase of Lala in December, we're not surprised to see the site shut down, but Apple still hasn't confirmed how or if it will replace Lala, or whether or not it will use the existing technology. ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... Despite promising prospects, music streaming site Lala failed to carve a successful niche in its highly competitive market. Apple recently absorbed the struggling site and will officially, and permanently, close Lala's doors May 31st. The news isn't all bad, though, as subscribers will be still able to listen to tunes until that ...

The Web has been part of the public consciousness for roughly 20 years now. But it was only in the last decade that we saw the Internet start to realize its full potential. Services offering music, social networking, online storage, collaborative document editing, and all else sprung up by the thousands. Of course, this period of experimentation, exploration, and growth was bound to leave a few ...

By now you've likely heard the news that Apple has snatched up the music streaming service Lala. The service is just the latest online music portal to find itself bought out by a major corporation, with imeem and iLike recently being purchased by MySpace, and with CBS grabbing Last.FM . Lala has never enjoyed the financial or critical success of competitors like Pandora or Rhapsody -- in part ...

There are basically two business models when it comes to online music sales: Charge a set fee to download a track or album to own, or charge a monthly fee and let subscribers stream or download "rented" tracks as much music as they want. Upstart CD trading site Lala.com has just completed a bit of a rebirth and is now offering both models, but is also offering unlimited streaming of the entire ...