{"id":2510,"date":"2011-06-19T20:24:38","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T10:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=2510"},"modified":"2011-06-19T20:24:38","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T10:24:38","slug":"google-music-an-unexpected-invitation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/google-music-an-unexpected-invitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Music – An Unexpected Invitation"},"content":{"rendered":"

After I criticised Google <\/a>for making it difficult for us folks outside of the USA to get into the beta of its new music streaming service I received an invitation to join the Google Music beta.<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/a>

Google Music Invitation<\/p><\/div>\n

I had also tried the client software on my phone which didn’t go very far even when I was using a custom Android 2.3 ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S. However, for some reason on the latest MIUI build using Andorid 2.3.4 seemed to have no issues.<\/p>\n

\"Google<\/a>

Google Music Manager<\/p><\/div>\n

So anyway, I am syncing my music collection in iTunes up to Google using the Music Manager software which might take a while but I’ll be interested to see how well it works. Streaming music through the web browser interface works well in Chrome and Firefox but I will see how it fares on devices such as the iPad as well as in corporate environments (ear buds in of course).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After I criticised Google for making it difficult for us folks outside of the USA to get into the beta of its new music streaming service I received an invitation to join the Google Music beta. I had also tried the client software on my phone which didn’t go very far even when I was … <\/p>\n

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