New ‘Freemium’ Cloud Music Service Works on All Devices

A new music service that allows members to store their music in the cloud and play it anywhere on any device was launched today by a company called TriPlay.

The divine service, MyMusicCloud, provides 2GB of online memory for free and 5GB of additional storage for $10 a twelvemonth. However, for a limited time, the service will follow offering promotional codes at partner sites (like hypebot.com and techchick.com) for 5GB of free storage for a year. Pentad gigs bottom also be earned away buying 10 songs through the service's music store or giving its Facebook paginate a "like." MyMusicCloud's music store has much 11 million songs, some selling for A little as 19 cents apiece.

What's more, non only is the service round—you can get wise anywhere on earthly concern—merely IT works with whatever figurer, smartphone, media role player, tablet, or Web-enabled TV. "MyMusicCloud provides a seamless solution that may follow used across multiple devices simultaneously," TriPlay Chief operating officer Tamir Koch said in a financial statement.

However, users of Apple devices will sustain to wait a couple of days before they rear end obtain an app for MyMusicCloud, as the service's app is still pending approving by Apple before IT can appear in the company's app store.

The service supports both medicine streaming and synchronism between devices. You fanny listen to your euphony some offline and online. And unlike most music services, it synchronizes your devices directly with the cloud, not with another computer. That means No cables, no side-loading, and zero file transfers.

Facebook integration is another feature of the service. A MyMusicCloud member can share their musical tastes with their Facebook friends. Those friends can sample recommended music and buy it if they similar it.

Other features of the overhaul include access to song lyrics and the power to create ringtones from songs.

Despite close to attractive features, MyMusicCloud is entering a same competitive market. Amazon, for example, has its own cloud music offering, with 5GB of free computer storage, plus an additional 20GB if you buy an MP3 from Amazon's music store. Apple has its iCloud for users of devices in its ecosystem. Google has Google Music, which is still an invitation-only service but has the potential drop to Be a big player in the market. Even Research In Motion, makers of the Blackberry smartphone, is dabbling with cloud music, although its tepid offering has been pronounced dead on arrival by some critics.

Nevertheless, MyMusiCloud whitethorn be able to hit a sweet spot that its gigantic-time competitors may be missing. "Cloud computer storage and access of music files will become increasingly important to music consumers, and they are going to expect to glucinium able to approach these libraries connected multiple devices," explained Microphone McGuire, a research vice president with Gartner's Media Industry Advisory services.

"Facultative consumers to share their taste in music across their sociable graphs, coupled with the ability to drive incremental transactions from their social-network friends, is the type of alignment between online stores, consumer devices, and online services that volition exist increasingly important for music-industry stakeholders and consumers," he added.

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