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Google Gets it Wrong!

14th August 201624th January 2016 by Steven McCabe
Google Gets It Wrong

Why would Google Music even think of recommending Boney M and Uriah Heep to me? Heep, sure, I have all their releases in my collection. But Boney M!!!!!

Categories News Tags Boney M, Google, Playlist, Uriah Heep

Recommended by Google!

14th August 20168th October 2015 by Steven McCabe

Well, here’s something you don’t see everyday . . . I was perusing my digital music collection for something stimulating to play and look what popped up!

Categories News Tags Google, New Releases

The Pineapple Thief – Google Likes ’em!!

14th August 201617th September 2014 by Steven McCabe

Don’t know how they managed it, but well done to the Pineapple Thief  for getting to the top of the pile in Google Play’s latest newsletter!! Check out the screenshot below for the newsletter I received today (screenshot taken on Nexus 7):

Categories News Tags Google, play store, the pineapple thief

Oh No!!!! Play Music (Almost) FULL!!!!

14th August 20168th May 2014 by Steven McCabe
Play Music

I am only 3 more songs away from reaching the 20,000 song limit on Google Play Music! This is bad news, as I have several thousand more to store! Wah!!

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Google Play Music All Access

14th August 201628th August 2013 by Steven McCabe

For those of you who have signed up for this Google service, you may like to know that all our music is now available for on demand streaming and interactive radio. This means that you can add the albums / songs of your choice to your library as part of …

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Play Music Annoyance

14th August 201628th May 2013 by Steven McCabe

Been using the using the new Play Music app and overall I like it very much. However, there is one thing (actually, there is more than one thing, but that’s for another day!!!) that is really annoying me….. Fire up the app, play a tune and watch the artwork. See …

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Categories News Tags Android, Apps, Google, music, play, Strife

Google App Updates

14th August 201620th May 2013 by Steven McCabe

As a keen tech follower, I was more than a little interested in what was announced at the Google event the other day. For me, the fantastic re-design of Music and Books is more than welcome (see screenshots) but the real beauty is being able to side load, via the …

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Categories News Tags Apps, Books, EPUB, Google, music, pdf

Google Play Music – Access all Areas

14th August 201619th May 2013 by Steven McCabe

Now this is exciting …. Google play have, or are just about to, introduce a new service in the US called Google Play Music All Areas. With this service, for which you pay a monthly fee, you can stream any track in the store + your own uploads (up to …

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