Tag archive: lala

Brand new public photo-sharing app Color has the potential to be the coolest — or the most frightening — social media platform yet. Launched Wednesday night for iPhone and Android, Color is the brainchild of Bill Nguyen, who sold his music-streaming company Lala to Apple in 2009 for $80 million. At first glance, Color might seem like a copycat of mobile apps like Instagram or PicPlz. But with a proximity-based sharing functionality, it holds… Read More

The long-running “iPhone Nano” rumor machine has finally reached full steam. Sunday, none other than the Wall Street Journal confirmed earlier rumors that Apple is currently working on a smaller, less-expensive iPhone to sell alongside its current line of high-priced iPhones. And now, CultOfMac has news that they say will “blow your mind.” According to an unnamed source, Apple has decided to strip the new iPhone Nano (or… Read More

Apple will be shutting down streaming music service Lala effective May 31, fueling speculation that the Cupertino company is getting ready to launch its own streaming music service under its iTunes brand. Apple bought Lala back in December 2009 for an undisclosed amount, but has never publicly stated why it wanted the company or what it planned to do with it. The odds are good Apple's master plan wasn't merely to shut Lala down… Read More

Subscription music service Rhapsody has finally completed the process of spinning loose of its dual corporate parents, RealNetworks and Viacom. As part of the celebration, Rhapsody has rolled out a new logo…but potential customers are probably more interested in Rhapsody's new pricing: $10 per month for Rhapsody Premiere, an all-you-can-handle music streaming to PCs, home audio systems, or (single) mobile device that can handle… Read More

So Apple acquired music streaming service Lala and everyone was like “okay, cool.” Then MP3.com founder Michael Robertson writes a guest post on TechCrunch proposing that Apple will use Lala to create a cloud-based iTunes service and everyone slaps their foreheads in a brief, yet simultaneous, moment of epiphany. We’re not saying Robertson’s claims are true or have been confirmed in any way by Apple, but it does make sense.

Apple Inc. has purchased online music retailer Lala.com, a Silicon Valley startup that has threatened “the end of the MP3″ with its fast song-streaming application. Apple spokesman Steve Dowling confirmed the purchase Sunday, but would not provide any further information, including how much the deal was worth. “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time and we generally do not comment on our purpose or… Read More

Internet giant Google is getting into the music business, integrating a new music search feature directly into its primary Web search capabilities. Now, searching for song titles, artists, albums, and even bits of lyrics will turn up audio previews of matching songs—along with links to purchase the song. And for folks who don't quite know exactly what they're looking for, Google will also display links that can help users… Read More

Music service Lala.com started out in 2006 as a CD-swapping service, and later expanded into online music storage and streaming. Now, the company is taking that storage and streaming idea one steop further, eliminating the “outdated” need for users to carry around their MP3 and music collections with them on portable players, and instead offering ad-free, streaming access to tunes they own in Lala.com's… Read More

Lala.com started out as a CD-swapping service, acting as an exchange point by which music fans could swap CDs via regular mail for $1 apiece. Now, Lala is re-inventing its music model, offering to let users upload their entire music libraries to Lala, then stream those songs anywhere once a user logs into their Lala account—and users can even fill up their iPods directly from the site without having their iTunes library on hand. The… Read More

Newborn CD-swapping service lala.com has opened its doors to the public, inviting Internet users to sign up (for free) and begin exchanging audio CDs amongst themselves for $1 per trade (plus $0.49 shipping). Unlike peer-to-peer file sharing networks, lala.com isn't dealing with digital song files