Microsoft’s Xbox Music service to launch on Android and iOS soon

GigaOm writes, Microsoft announced the launch of Xbox Music Sunday night, which could become the company’s first serious attempt to take on both Spotify and iTunes. It will debut on Microsoft’s own platforms first, but come to Android and iOS soon after. That’s a remarkable different tune from a company whose most recent attempt in the digital music space focused all around its ill-fated Zune device. Xbox Music is in many ways Microsoft’s attempt to catch up with everything that has been going on in the digital music space in the last two years: The service will offer a free, ad-supported tier for...

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