Rdio Powers the Official App for The Grammys

Rdio announced today that the GRAMMYs have created an official profile and playlists including all the nominees in each category, available for everyone to listen to and enjoy the music of the GRAMMYs. Visit the GRAMMYs on Rdio here.

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Sony to launch PlayStation Now in Canada and U.S. simultaneously

The new cloud-based gaming streaming service from Sony will hit the Canadian and U.S. market at the same time. Sony’s Vice President of Marketing John Koller confirmed with IGN that the PlayStation Now service will be simultaneously released by around summer time.

PlayStation Now is designed to stream games over broadband connection starting with the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. Sony also plans to expand it to Bravia TVs, PlayStation Vita as well as other Sony and non-Sony tablets and smartphones.

Rdio now streaming to 20 more countries

Rdio is expanding to 20 more countries across Europe and Latin America. Rdio has evolved to users discover, play and share over 20 million songs will now be available in 51 countries across six continents.

“We launched Rdio in two countries just over three years ago. Today, we’re proud to bring our latest groundbreaking music experience to customers in 51 different international markets,” said Anthony Bay, Rdio’s chief executive officer. “Instant access to over 20 million songs, weekly new albums including several exclusive artist releases, and over 400 genre radio stations is an incredible value that we are excited to share with music lovers around the world.”

Countries receiving Rdio service for the first time today include: Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Israel, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, Uruguay, Venezuela. New subscribers in these regions will receive free, metered access to Rdio web for up to six months and a 14-day free mobile trial.  For a complete list of regions where Rdio is available visit https://www.rdio.com/availability/.  To learn more about pricing in your region visit http://www.rdio.com/pricing/. 

Google's Chromecast App now available in Canadian App Store and Google Play

This may be an indicator that the Chromecast is soon on its way to Canada for real. The supporting apps for smartphones and tablets are now avallable on the Apple App Store as well as Google's Play Store. These apps enable interaction with the Chromecast device and allow users to wirelessly  push YouTube, NetFlix and in the case of Android, Google Play TV and Movie content to any connected HDTV. Canadians who wanted to use their US-bought Chromecast devices could download a .apk file from the Internet to get it to work. Chrome browsers on Macs, PCs and mobile devices can also push content to Chromecast by way of a browser plugin. Check out our full review of the Chromecast here.

Source: MaximeJohnson/techno