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Microsoft to Launch Music Service on Xbox

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    FBN’s Dennis Kneale on Microsoft’s new streaming music service through its Xbox console.

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It looks like and or an apple.

Smart competition in the digital music -- US tech giant Microsoft getting music streaming a second try Dennis -- current -- forests and joins us now yeah.

-- interest thing major mission here Microsoft mounting a major music attack on Apple's iTunes that -- service that -- Spotify.

Pandora shares get hurt worse though early on down 3% last I checked today but on that news its most directly affected apple.

-- bit as well and up market.

That's stopping characters we've weak lately.

So why be so worried is what I wondering Microsoft has been a failure in music since launching the Zune player years ago if anybody I -- odd.

And Microsoft just isn't that good -- consumer stuff -- -- the Xbox.

And that's why Microsoft is logic launching this music mission.

Under Xbox we even -- to dialogue marks -- -- Xbox music service gonna start on the Xbox tomorrow.

Be available two weeks later so on standard fare.

In its -- windows eight upgrades you're talking millions and millions of laptops as both tablet computers when those come out.

And but -- -- we got on this.

Microsoft gonna be even extending this in two.

-- -- systems laptops the new tablet that's going to be doing.

That -- surface of Microsoft coming out with and it was -- lets you kind of look at playlist.

If you will listen to adds.

Yeah it will give the service free thirty million songs.

If you'll -- paying ten bucks a month you get all free without listen and that ought to do is watch ads and I get thirty million songs -- that alone is analyst wanna streaming basis and the coupons that you wanna buy you go to the Microsoft store.

Liked apple iTunes store.

But over all the problem -- -- -- Microsoft you're just an apple wanna be yeah Google wants to be apple Microsoft wants to be apple everyone wants to be apple and Microsoft -- just make a workplace more efficient.

But still it's it's a competitive threat to visit to the that I can start right and this is a free market one thing is when it's in that windows operating system suddenly overnight balloon -- -- -- be on millions and millions of boxes and that is a bigger threat -- iTunes is faced before but -- -- -- two thirds of all online music.

-- of this gonna change any time soon wishful.

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