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SAN FRANCISCO-Besides launching a pair of smartphones today, Google is also launching a pair of streaming devices.

Shares of online streaming music service Pandora Media shown here.

Sponsored Listening, a Pandora feature where users of the free ad-supported version could engage with a brand for an hour of ad-free service, is now open for all advertisers.

Cisco rose 1.74 percent, or 48 cents, to $28.01, as it sold off its TV set-top business to France’s Technicolor for $600 million. Shares surged more than 16 percent after-hours, to more than $560, which would not only be an all-time high for Amazon stock, but place it above...

As reported by TechCrunch, Prince has pulled all his music from Spotify and Rdio.

Although Prince was not one of the 16 acts who were identified as the “owners” of Tidal at its introduction in March, he has used it to showcase exclusive content such as the live stream of his Baltimore concert in May.

Although these discussions are apparently still in the early stages, it is thought that Facebook is looking to create something to rival Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Xbox Music and the like. Now, Apple wants to enhance the music craze to another level with the introduction of...

Daniel Ek of Spotify, the Beggars Group label consortium and the almighty Taylor Swift (among many others) are among the many who have all inveighed, quipped or protested against Apple Music, which stands to profoundly reshape the music industry with its launch last week....

Streaming: If you’ve used a service like Spotify or Pandora, then Apple Music’s streaming functionality will be pretty familiar.

The timing is slightly earlier than usual, with Apple tending to make updates available at 10am Pacific Time.