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  Spotify's latest personalized playlist wants to put new releases on your radar

  Spotify's Release Radar is the company's latest personalized music playlist designed to deliver fresh tunes every Friday.

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  Apple Music for Android is exiting beta and adding in equalizer settings

  The leap to version 1.0 is also bringing several performance and playback improvements to Apple's streaming service.

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  Apple's new streaming music service reportedly coming in June

  Rumors of Apple launching an all-you-can-stream music service are nothing new. Ever since the company acquired Beats Music in May 2014, speculation has been rife that it could use some of the underlying technology for a new service under its own bran...

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  Winamp escapes death sentence thanks to Radionomy

  It's not dead! Winamp will continue to whip the llama's ass for the foreseeable future, but under new management.

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  Vodafone Music app launches in New Zealand

  On the day of the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards, Vodafone has launched its music download service for iOS and Android to New Zealand customers. A free four-week trial is available to Vodafone customers, or a two-week trial on other carriers.

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  In Pictures: Vinyl records fight digital death

  Vinyl record sales are actually up but heyday is obviously past

• iWatch Sighting in Latest Apple Ad?

  Apple's newest TV ad might be revealing a glimpse of the rumored iWatch, best that's the only good thing about it, writes CIO.com's Tom Kaneshige.

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  Kiwi developer launches music management game

  Auckland-based game studio InGame has launched a game that allows you to manage Kiwi musicians such as Tiki Taane and I Am Giant.

• Hands on: Twitter Music finds fresh tunes, but lacks crucial features

  After getting heaps of hype last week from the likes of Ryan Seacrest and Jason Mraz, Twitter Music is finally launching for the common folk.

• Twitter's new music service: What we know so far

  As if Grooveshark, Nokia Music+, Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify, MOG, Slacker, and Xbox Music weren't enough, Twitter looks set to get into the music streaming game as soon as this weekend. Yep, you read that right--Twitter.

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  Yeah Yeah Yeahs say no, no, no to smartphones during their live concert

  The war on smartphones at concerts and other live events seems unending.

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  Google Play Music launches in NZ

  Google's Android music service, Google Play music, has launched in New Zealand today.

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  Pandora ANZ launches, based in Auckland

  Pandora Internet Radio will be launching in New Zealand “within the next 24 hours” according to its founder, Tim Westergren.

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  Spotify adds 'Follow' tab to connect fans and artists

  Spotify today announced the new 'Follow' tab so that users can get recommendations from particular artists, celebrities or friends.

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  Pandora to launch in NZ next week

  Over the weekend, I received an email from Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora Internet Radio. I’m a Pandora listener.