As expected, internet music service Spotify opened its doors to US residents today. And as expected the free service is currently only open to a limited number of people that have received invitations. If you want to sign up for a paid account though, you can do that right now. Spotify is working with a number of launch partners including Motorola, Sonos, and Chevrolet to… Read more »

TuneIn Radio is a mobile app that lets you find and listen to internet radio stations from around the world. It’s probably one of the best organized directories of internet radio available — but it can still take a bit of work to find stations that match your tastes. The developers have tackled that problem with TuneIn Radio 1.9 for iOS which adds recommended stations…. Read more »

Most internet radio apps either let you choose from a list of curated music streams with songs selected by a DJ (or a machine), or create a new mix on-the-fly based on your musical tastes. TuneIn Radio is a good example of the former while Pandora is probably the most popular of the latter. Mixcloud is a new app which takes a different approach. Mixcloud… Read more »

A company called mSpot beat Google and Amazon to the punch a few years ago by offering an online music storage locker that allows users to upload songs to the cloud and stream them to any desktop web browser or to mobile devices for Android or iOS. Now mSpot is stepping up its game by combining its music locker service with an internet radio service…. Read more »

RadioTime has launched a new Pro version of the popular TuneIn Radio app for Android. Basically it’s identical to the free app in all respects but one: TuneIn Radio Pro lets you record live radio streams. It’s available for $0.99 from the Amazon Appstore, and should be available from the Android Market soon as well. TuneIn lets you listen to internet radio streams from 50,000… Read more »

Sure, one of the key selling points of Windows Phone 7 is the Zune Pass subscription service which lets you steam unlimited music to your device for about $10 per month. But if you’d rather use the popular Rhapsody service… well, now you can. Rhapsody launched an official app for Windows Phone 7 this week. It’s available as a free download from the Zune Marketplace…. Read more »

Virgin Mobile has launched a music app called Virgin Mobile Live. You don’t need to be a Virgin Mobile wireless subscriber to use the free app, which provides streaming radio stations, music videos, and content from music blogs as well as concert listings. On paper, the app sounds pretty cool. In practice, I found everything aside from the internet radio station to be kind of… Read more »

TuneIn Radio is currently my favorite internet radio app for Android. You can use the app to find local stations that stream audio online based on your location, or browse or search for stations around the world by genre or keyword. You can also save presets. And since the app is from the folks behind the RadioTime internet radio service, if you already have a… Read more »

Online music service GrooveShark offers mobile apps for Android and jailbroken iOS devices. But there’s no official app for Windows Phone 7 yet. There is, however an unofficial app called MusicShark. MusicShark taps into the GrooveShark service and lets you search for artists or songs to stream to your phone. You can also create playlists by queuing up songs you want to play. There’s currently… Read more »

Thumbplay is getting out of the music streaming service. The company offers mobile apps for Android, iOS, BlackBerry, and desktop computers that lets you stream music on demand for $10 per month. But faced with competition from MOG, Rdio, Rhapsody, Spotify and others, All Things D reports ThumbPlay only managed to sign up about 20,000 subscribers in the past year. Radio giant Clear Channel is… Read more »