Google launches 'scan and match' music service Los Angeles: Google is turning on a "scan and match" service for Google Music users to store copies of their songs online, offering for free what Apple charges $25 a year for.

The service, which launched Tuesday, cuts uploading time for those who want to save their music libraries online. It scans a user's computer and gives them online access to the songs it finds, as long as they match the songs on its servers. Otherwise, it will upload songs to a user's online locker.

The service is similar to Apple Inc.'s iTunes Match, which includes online storage for 25,000 songs. Google Inc. allows storage for 20,000 songs and allows users to re-download the songs only at the same quality as they were at previously. Apple upgrades songs to iTunes quality.

Amazon runs a similar matching and uploading service called Cloud Player. It costs $25 a year for 250,000 songs. A free version is limited to 250 songs....more    
10:35 AM, Dec 20, 2012

Nokia launches free music service Jaipur: Mobile handset company Nokia today introduced its free music service Nokia Music Unlimited, which comes free on its latest range of feature phones, here. "We are offering the service on our latest affordable feature phones Nokia Asha 200, Nokia Asha 300 and Nokia X2-02, which will offers consumers an opportunity to discover, enjoy and share the latest, high quality legal digital music in a fast, easy and safe way...  
02:33 PM, Jan 18, 2012