Google: launched Google Music service Music

Google has launched a music store with 8 million songs, including Israeli songs. Not available in store, at least informally

Google competes in iTunes. Implicit invitation sent later, the technology giant unveiled tonight (Thursday) the "Google Music" - an online music store, which already has some 8 million songs, and this number is projected to grow to 13 million in the near future. Among the songs - the result of agreements with two of the three major record companies (Warner out, right now) you will also find a rich catalog of Hebrew, with artists such as Shlomo Artzi and Barry Sakharov. At the same time, it should be noted that officially at least, the store is currently available only in the United States - but its bolts rusted. On that later.
Open a music store of Google joins the official launch of the "locker digital" Google Music - a service launched in beta back in May last, which allows you to upload 20 gigabytes of your music - no matter where you got it - the company's servers and listen to it from any computer through the browser or Android phone using an application. Registration is now open to service all users that connect from the United States.

David Bowie for free

There is integration with Google Plus
Prices of the same music store iTunes - 69 cents, 99 cents or 1.29 dollars to sing. However, unlike Apple, Google also offers free songs. More than one hundred free songs available today, including quite a few hits.So, will not be asked to pay even one cent on the Sound and Vision of David Bowie, Chop Suey by System of a Down and Wonderwall by Oasis. Beyond that, Google promises exclusive content, such as six albums of the Rolling Stones concerts.
The songs you've purchased, Google automatically transfers closeted "in your Google Music. From there you can, as stated, to listen to them anywhere, and download them to your computer. Songs that get the quality of 320kbps, do not include mechanisms Nz"k (property rights management), and can be copied freely from place to place completely. Android Music app can not download songs freely, but you can apply for a plan to save specific songs encoded form, to hear them When there is no network connection.
To leverage the fact that Google has its own social network trying to sell songs, Google Music also includes integration with Google plus. After you purchase a song, you get the option to share it on your social networking wall, and your friends can hear it once for free.


Where's the innovation?

Available in any browser
In a world where Apple and its iTunes so dominant - and store that dominates more than 80 percent of U.S. online music market - could be expected from Google to offer something innovative to try and break the market. But innovation is not a game in Google Music - both the service itself and the store are fairly standard, and very similar to what competitors offer like Amazon.
Actually Apple is showing innovation - Music Match, a service that allows you to "launder" music pirate (or such coded message) for 25 dollars a year, and have it on any device (Apple) when the company also gives you variations better quality of songs If these are already in her shop.
At the same time, it is important to understand that Google's product includes a much higher availability.Music's network interface is available in any browser, even a mobile browser on Apple devices, and Android application includes a more convenient interface for those 200 million Android phones activated yet.

Does not work in Israel - except that when it

"Cabinet" of Google Music is not available Israel. Oh, wait, let's Nsiig: Application to a Web connection is not currently identified as an Israeli. Sign up when you're in the U.S.? Service will also act in the country. Sign up when you use a VPN service that directs your Internet communications through the U.S.? No problem, when disconnect from the service will still work - both application and browser version. You can upload your songs and listen to them from anywhere.
What's not available in the country, at least without a VPN connection, is the store. This is because the music industry is still working with geographic agreements - Google has a license to sell her music only in the U.S.. So, if you log in from the U.S., you will get an American credit card and also an American address to get the songs free tournaments.