online music

Google is about to announce a new online music service at its annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco, according to the Wall Street Journal report.

The Journal cited the sources familiar with the situation saying the service will operate in a testing mode initially and not be available to the public at large.

The Journal said Google has not sought licenses from the four major recorded-music companies and the new feature is likely to include a system that functions much like a remote hard drive.

Amazon has unveiled a new online service to allow users to securely store and access their music via smartphones or PCs.

The move is a part of a broader trend seen today in the technology sector where all companies try to deliver better entertainment features online.

With Amazon Cloud Service users can securely store music on the company’s servers instead of local hard drives.

Amazon said early on Tuesday the new service would allow customers to play music on any Android, Windows and Apple devices.

 Song streaming site imeem was at last purchased by MySpace on Tuesday for less than $1 million. According to MySpace Chief Executive Owen Van Natta in a blog posting the deal will enable MySpace Music venture to integrate imeem's offerings over time.

The acquisition comes as MySpace has launched its own online music service that lacks a mobile phone application that streams songs on Apple's iPhones and devices using Google's Android operating system, such as the new Droid phone.