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Google Music users granted de-authentication reprieve as company retools activation system

Google Music users learned of a frightful new policy this morning that dictates a user may de-authorize only four devices in a year, out of ten total activations. While the policy is likely to go unnoticed by the majority of consumers, it instantly created a great pain for those who regularly flash ROMs to their phones and tablets. It seems the road to de-authorization hell is paved with good intentions, however, as Google has since responded to critics with the revelation that it’ll introduce an activation system that accounts for such nuances. We’ve determined through our own experimentation that Google has temporarily suspended the de-authorization limit of four devices, and while it’s difficult to know how long this reprieve will last, we’re hopeful that it’ll remain in effect until Google implements this new system to recognize duplicate authorizations.

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PSA: Google Music allows four device de-authorizations per year, rooters beware

Just when you thought you could go on rooting and switching ROMs with impunity, it turns out you can’t — at least, not if you want to continue enjoying your Google Music account. Watchful eyes at XDA Developers have discovered a snag in Google’s authorization system, which means that not only is there an upper limit of ten devices that can be authorized simultaneously, but there’s also a limit of four de-authorizations per year. Since every time you flash your phone or tablet counts as a new authorization, and since your other devices probably hog a few tickets already, rooters will quickly hit the ten-device limit, at which point they’re going to have to think long and hard about their de-auth strategy. Is that a ration of one flash per quarter? But then what happens if you buy a new device in a few months’ time

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Google Play Music switches on labs features: HTML5 player, star ratings and notifications

We’re so used to Google Labs features on commonly used services like mail and maps that we often forget they’re technically experimental and now Music has a few of its own. The new features available on the desktop version of its web player include toggles for an HTML5 player (there was already a mobile version for iOS ) instead of Flash, Gmail-style desktop notifications (Chrome only) and the ability to rate music on a five star scale instead of just thumbs up or thumbs down.

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DoubleTwist adds Google Music support, gets an alarm clock app

DoubleTwist is certainly still one of the better music management options for Android, and it just keeps improving. Two days ago the player app got an update and now it can hook into Google Music , though, it only recognizes songs that you’ve checked for offline access from within the Google app. An unfortunate restriction, but at least your tracks don’t disappear into the ether if you prefer to play back your tunes via DoubleTwist. There’s also new functionality coming to what is now less an app than an ecosystem, thanks to the just released DoubleTwist Alarm Clock. The functionality is pretty much what you’d expect — set a time and pick a song from your DoubleTwist library to gently rouse you from your slumber (or kick your butt out of bed).

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Google Music Manager: A frustrating way to download your music library

Google Music users, you can breathe a slight sigh of relief, but don’t get too excited. Google has finally enabled a way for you to retrieve the music you upload to its new music storage locker service. The announcement was made on the official Google+ page for Android and verified by a new help article on the Android Market Web site. 

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How-to: use Google Music from anywhere (yes, outside of the United States)

Now that Google Music has finally clawed its way out of the realm of beta-ware, anybody in the US can sign up to play without an invitation. Of course, that leaves many folks out of the equation, so we thought it a good time to point out at least one other route to let you get involved in the service, no matter where you live. See, the rub seems to be that Google checks your IP address on your first attempt to log in, and accept its terms of use — only the first time, and yeah, you’re definitely going to be ignoring that doc by following this guide. So, in essence all we need to do is find a way to gently tiptoe past that gatekeeper and we’re home free

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Cloud Music Showdown: Amazon vs. Apple vs. Google [REVIEW]

It’s been a huge week for digital music lockers. First Apple made iTunes Match available to U.S. customers, then Google Music launched.

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Google Music vs. iTunes

Google has just announced the launch of Google Music, the company’s answer to iTunes. Except that where iTunes is designed for Mac, Windows and i-Gadgets, Google Music works on Android, Mac, and Linux and Windows PCs.

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Google launches music service

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Google Inc has turned on the music at its new online store, aiming to wrest the lead from Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc in audio entertainment distribution despite the absence of a major record label. Google Music, with more 13 million songs, will be integrated with Android Market, the company’s online store for smartphone apps and videos as it plays catch-up with its rivals. Apple, Amazon and Facebook have to varying degrees integrated music into their core online and mobile products. …

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Universal reportedly close to Google music deal, just in time for tomorrow’s events

We’ve got a couple of music-related Google events coming up tomorrow. There’s the one with Busta Rhymes and Drake and, of course, the one with the miniature Stonehenge .

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T-Mo invites us to ‘Experience the World of T-Mobile & Google’ with Busta Rhymes as our guide

We’re still having fun coming up with reasons why Google decided to have its next ” special event ” in Los Angeles — popular choices include “easy access to geothermal power” and “trying to help LA fall into the sea, already” — but now things are looking a little more clear. A star-studded event happening later that night has been announced, hosted by T-Mobile and featuring Drake, Maroon 5, Busta Rhymes, Dirty South and R3hab. That’s nice, but we’re more curious about what kind of hardware we’ll be seeing. Could this be why Verizon backed down from its “exclusive” stance on the Galaxy Nexus ? Does the big boombox up on the billboard mean Google Music will be getting a proper launch, or just that Busta will be rocking it old school? We’ll see on Wednesday night

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Google Music screenshots leak ahead of release

On Friday news broke that a Google music store would be launching in the very near future, a rumor corroborated by the fact that Google sent out event invitations that seemed to confirm as much. Now the Spanish site TecnoDroidVe has gotten its hands on some leaked screen shots that lay it all out for us.

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