One of the companies leading in the retrieval of our personal information, Google is soon releasing another way to gather personal information. This time it’s being done through music. Google plans on releasing a new application subscription which streams music. I feel Google is taking it to the extreme by implementing a way of streaming music. They first started off as only a search engine, then an email service and are now being known for streaming music, similar to Spotify. Google will only gain a greater understanding of who we are personally. They already signed deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment and are catching the eyes of other record labels. Our personal information may be handed out to these record labels as well and used for reasons unknown. How do you guys feel about this?
Check out the article yourself: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57584490-93/google-close-to-launching-streaming-music-service/
At this rate Google is going to take over the world! As an avid music fan of all genres, I found this article pretty interesting, especially the one tied to YouTube. It’s nice to see something big being created to stand against iTunes, which in my opinion is not that great. Yes their music library is extensive but is not that extensive. Since this new “Google Play” is linked with YouTube, that means that they will have a wider range of genres and songs that you wouldn’t have found on iTunes. The only thing I would be iffy about is the privacy part, from taking this class Ive become more cautious about what I put on the net, so I might be a little hesitant to try this one out.