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    Google Music Beta (Cloud) now taking invites!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Cin', May 10, 2011.

  1. Cin'

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    Music Beta by Google... now taking Invite Requests:

    Here is the link to sign up for the invite:
    https://www.google.com/accounts/Ser...followup=http://music.google.com/music/listen

    Google has announced that the service will be invite-only for U.S. users and will be free while

    Info:
    Listen anywhere, even offline.

    You can get to your personal music collection at home or on the go. Listen from the web or any enabled device with the Music app available from Android Market. Not online? No problem. The songs you've recently played will automatically be available offline. You can also select the specific albums, artists and playlists you want to have available when you're not connected.

    Stay in sync, without the hassle.

    Spend more time listening to your music and less time managing it. Once your music is online, it's always available. Playlists are automatically kept in sync, and you don't have to worry about cables, file transfers, or running out of storage space.

    Your collection, now in one place.

    Upload your personal music collection to a single library, even if it's scattered across multiple computers. You can upload music files from any folder or add your iTunes® library and all of your playlists. And when you add new music to your computer, it can be automatically added to your music collection online.

    Mix it up.

    Create your own custom playlists with just a few clicks. Or use Instant Mix to automatically build new playlists of songs from your collection that go great together. All the playlists you create and all the changes you make to them are automatically available everywhere your music is.

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    Nice, going to try this out.
     
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    Signed up for my invite a bit ago. Looks like some competition for Amazon's Cloud Drive?
     
    Cin', May 10, 2011
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    Definitely a competitor to Cloud Player. I guess Google didn't want Amazon to have an edge on Android.
     
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    Cin', May 10, 2011
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    That's a lot of songs. I don't think I could ever listen to all of them. XD
     
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    Yeah, and Amazon Clouds storage has the different tiers, but the one I have with that is 20GB. Extra storage is always a good thing.

    They rolled this out today at their I/O Developer conference in San Francisco.
     
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    Jayayess1190 Waiting on Intel Cannonlake

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    It says free for a limited time only? So no free option in the future like with Amazon? I still miss Lala.com. :(
     
    Jayayess1190, May 10, 2011
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    I think it's a free version whilst it's in Beta...I hope it would end up being free in the end for everyone. Right now, if it's "free" that's good enough.
     
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    us user only again screw this
     
    granyte, May 10, 2011
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    davepermen Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    oh great, it's like my home server. just only for music, much less storage, and in their companies hands than in my own ones.

    i'd prefer to get the zune service in europe. this is just webhosting, nothing special yet.
     
    davepermen, May 11, 2011
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