Roku Channel Store Opens, Hulu Is a No-Show

When Roku released their new HD-XR box, they mentioned that big new features would be launched in the coming weeks via software update. Now the Roku Channel Store is finally here, but it's awfully short on excitement. More »

Google Music Search Turns Your Results Pages Into Personal Radios

As rumored, Google Music Search (aka Onebox) is a music search feature that appears inside Google search that will give you not a little 30-second clip, but a full song play. More »

HP DreamScreen Brings Pandora, Media Streaming to the Digital Picture Frame

HP's new DreamScreen 100 and 130 aren't exactly digital picture frames, though they do have that function and a similar form factor. More like a mini-computer, they stream photos and music, play videos, connect to Pandora, and do social networking. More »

Rhapsody Approved for iPhone and iPod Touch, Now Streaming 8 Million Tracks

Though it can't cache songs like the recently-approved Spotify, Rhapsody's app is available in the U.S., and lets $15-a-month Rhapsody To Go subscribers stream unlimited tracks over Wi-Fi, 3G or Edge. It's also free to try for a week. More »

Pandora App Now Available in Android Market

It isn't even up on Android's site yet, but a tipster just informed us that Pandora for Android is available in the Android Market. Apparently it works great, "even on an EDGE network,."[Thanks, Matthew!, image from Androinica]

Rhapsody Music Streaming Headed to iPhone and iPod Touch, But Will It Be Approved?

Good news Rhapsody fans; an app has finally been submitted to Apple. If approved, it will give iPhone/iPod Touch owners with a $15-a-month Rhapsody To Go account unlimited-streaming over Wi-Fi, 3G and Edge. Here's what it looks like in action: More »

Pandora Agreement Saves Internet Radio

Fans of internet radio can breathe a little easier today now that Pandora has reached an agreement with the music industry that puts it on secure ground for the foreseeable future. More »

Android Finally Opening Up Some Pandora Action

Months after he explained to us why Pandora wasn't immediately jumping onto Android, CTO Tom Conrad reveals that Pandora is indeed coming to Android now that "the Android universe has developed nicely." [Tom Conrad via Phandroid]

Pandora's New Subscription Service: Desktop App, HQ Streaming, and NO ADS

Pandora's old pay service was nothing to write home about; or more accurately, it was nothing to pay for. Pandora One, their new, $36/y premium option, at least tries to give you your money's worth. More »

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order qty-infinity songs variations from free blackberry pandora app from Tim. crazy for man who releases real news on apr1!1! suits can dance time! [Pandora]

Near-Final Pandora Linux Gaming Handheld Shown Actually Playing Something

"We will make a more professional video in a few days," says the title card, conveniently summing up the ethos of this homebrew gaming project. It may be past Christmas, but Pandora is alive. More »

Pandora Released for BlackBerries

We've heard that BlackBerry users aren't supposed to care about music, only typing on full QWERTY keyboards during marathon power lunches. In case we've been lied to, you should know that Pandora v1 is out for BlackBerry—so long as you aren't on T-Mobile. [Pandora via BGR]

Vudu Players Can Now Stream Pandora Internet Radio

Vudu expanded upon its Rich Internet Application (RIA) platform today with a little music, as the popular, personalized Pandora Internet radio service is now immediately available to customers. More »

Pandora Handheld Gaming Computer Prototype Revealed

I'm sure Pandora, the DS and netbook frankenstein, will eventually reach the market. Seriously, it will. One day. At least here's a real-world prototype. Turned off. Like everyone who has been following it. [DCEMU]

We Now Interrupt Pandora Radio For This Brief Message, Every So Often

Everybody's favorite web- and iPhone-streaming internet radio service Pandora is now getting brief 15-second audio commercials sprinkled into its free playlists. More »

Pandora iPhone App Hits 2.0, Gets Even Snazzier

Pandora's personalized internet radio player is one of our favorite iPhone apps—and tonight it got better, adding a snazzy Coverflow-like song history, bookmark previewing, in-line artist bios and a playback progress bar (finally). More »

Pandora Radio Now Available on Select WinMo Phones

Pandora's free internet radio service is now streaming personalized music to WinMo devices—well, the Motorola Q9c and HTC XV6900 on Verizon and the Motorola Q9c and HTC Touch on Sprint anyway. More »

New Net Radio Royalty Compromise Sorta Finished, Sorta Sucks

After being saved by a near-miraculous act of Congress, net radio operators are busy negotiating new rates with royalty-collection mobsters SoundExchange that hopefully won't put them out of business. Pandora CEO Tim Westergren says that while the final deal isn't expected until next year, “the hard stuff has been done.” He won't say what the new rates are, just that they're still “tremendously unfair." Good to know some things are still the same. [All Things D]

Lala Unveils iPhone App, Unusual 10-Cent Song Sales

When we last checked in with Lala, the music service promised us access to our local collections from anywhere over the web. Using a unique combination of uploading and matching their collection to yours, you can sync your various libraries and listen to them any place where internet is available. Now they are back with some brand new features, including a vastly expanded catalog, an iPhone app and the unheard of 10-cent song. More »

Sprint Instinct Gets Pandora for $3 a Month

Another talking point for the throaty fake movie announcer in Sprint's occasionally amusing Instinct vs. iPhone schtick: The Instinct now has a Pandora app. However, it'll cost you three bucks a month (like on most phones with Pandora), even though it's free on the iPhone. You can grab it through your Digital Lounge. Comment competition: Somehow spin that into an "Instincts Win" blurb. [Sprint Users via Gear Diary]

Pandora's Nintendo DS On Steroids Will Be Out for the Holidays

Pandora, the muscled-up Nintendo DS frankenmonster with Linux OS, will be finally available for the holidays shopping season. With only 3,000 units planned, the $350 game console has no commercial games and is aimed at the homebrew market. Obviously, it's not going to be a hit but its final feature list looks impressive nonetheless. More »

Pandora Internet Radio Can't Take Royalty Rates, Will Likely Close the Box

Pandora, the internet radio station built around your tastes, will probably be going out of business soon. After getting slapped by the CRB with exorbitantly high royalty rates to continue playing music, founder Tim Westergren says the company is facing a "pull-the-plug" situation. There's one congressman trying to help Pandora and it's million plus users, but the service is bleeding money in the meantime and its future looks grim. I'll be very sad to see it go, since being reintroduced to it recently through their excellent iPhone app. What great idea do you have for us next, CRB? [ReadWriteWeb]

Pandora For iPhone Updated With Stereo

The Pandora app for iPhone got an upgrade today and now streams music to your earbuds in stereo over Wi-Fi. A few other things are updated as well, including auto-complete and station resume if you pause. If you're a user, you can download the 1.1 update now. [Pandora Blog, via iPhoneBuzz]

iPhone Apps We Like: Pandora

Pandora for the iPhone is as easy to use as the website. Just type an artist you want to hear, it will build a radio station of similar songs and broadcast them in FMish-quality. The picks are usually accurate, but the science behind picking them is hilarious: The app explained that I have a soft spot for "boastin' lyrics" and "headnodic beats". Pandora works well over Wi-Fi, 3G, and even EDGE. More »

CNet Gives Logitech Squeezebox Duet the Ol' Editor's Choice Stamp

Logitech has been dying to get into wireless whole-house audio like Sonos and not a whole lot of others. Now that CNet has favorably reviewed the $400 Squeezebox Duet we told you about at CES, it may well have a shot. In living video, our buddy John Falcone explains the Wi-Fi-powered system, and notes that, aside from DRM protected content, the Squeezebox Duet gets at "any music, anywhere" including stuff from Rhapsody, Slacker, and Pandora, plus internet radio and podcasts. More »

Logitech Makes Grab at Sonos' Audience with Squeezebox Duet

Logitech's Squeezebox Duet is a handheld receiver that uses 802.11g to wirelessly route music throughout your house, emanating from strategically placed little receivers—the first one included in the $400 starter kit. If this sounds familiar, it's because the most excellent but also more expensive Sonos Digital Music System does something very similar. More »

AT&T Throws Pandora Smart Radio Down Your Wireless Pipes

Pandora, the music station that takes one artist or song you like and feeds you—with pretty decent accuracy—other artists and songs you might like, has just gotten a content deal with AT&T. If you've got a Samsung SYNC, a717, a737, Moto V3xx, RAZR 2, LG trax, LG Cu400 or CU405, you can stream up to 100 Pandora stations over AT&T's 3G network. This program unfortunately costs you $8.99 a month on top of your 3G plan, which is $19.99 a month. With all the Pandora and Last.fm fans out there, getting custom radio stations on the go is pretty much only one step away from having a DJ follow you around for nine bucks a month playing only songs you like. [AT&T]

Sonos Launches ZoneBridge Plus Napster and Best Buy Music Stores

In a raft of announcements, Sonos today confirmed the existence of the $99 ZoneBridge 100, and launched two more PC-free music-store options on the system, including Napster and Best Buy's new Digital Music Store. More »

Sprint Debuts Muziq by LG (Fusic Killer, not iPhone Killer)

OK, so, it's a hell of a week for Sprint to launch a music phone but ta-daa, meet Muziq. Though it's certainly not billed as an iPhone Killer—Sprint says the timing was a coincidence. We introduced you to Muziq earlier as Fusic II, an underwhelming replacement to the original Fusic. We were wrong about the name, but we were right that the specs haven't changed a whole lot. The phone will cost $100 (with 2-year contract) when it starts selling in mid July. Until then, here are the details. More »

Every Song You Own, Available Online Wherever You Are For Free, Promises Lala.com

In its first incarnation, Lala.com focused on helping people trade and buy CDs cheaply, all the while building a community of music listeners and a catalog of preferences. Today, newly revamped Lala is launching a free service that scans your digital tracks—everything you own from ripped CDs, iTunes downloads or any other means—and then lets you log into the website anywhere to access that music. You can even sideload tracks to your iPod when you're far away from home. More »

Pandora's Zing-Powered Wi-Fi Prototype

In addition to all of the Sprint and Sonos goodies we broke before Pandora's press conference last night, we mentioned the company would show off a Zing-powered Wi-Fi prototype. TechCrunch managed to shoot a few pics of it, and we were right: it was built by SanDisk, so it naturally looks like the Sansa Connect, only "longer and thinner." Details are still scant: no word on storage, price, release date, or final name, but this could turn out to be a sweet little device, so stay tuned. – Matt Buchanan More »

Pandora Hits Sprint Phones and Sonos Remotes

Right at this moment, a bunch of music fans are sitting in rows at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's Wattis Theater, eagerly awaiting the fate of Pandora, the cult-hit semi-customizable Internet radio service. What are they about to hear? That Pandora is teaming up with Sprint and Sonos to get into mobile and household gadgets, and is also introducing a new online interface for the free service. Why should you care? Mobile Net radio has been in the non-existent to sucky range, and a lot of people enjoy Pandora in Web form. At least until Slacker's many promises are realized, this is the biggest step in mobilizing Net radio to date. More »