When Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the coming of iTunes Match at June's Worldwide Developers Conference, there wasn't a single word about a long-awaited streaming-music feature.
For over a year, music industry sources told CNET that Apple had sought licenses from the four major labels to build a cloud music service that would allow the company to scan a user's hard drive, and then stream their entire music library from Apple's servers back to the user via any Web-connected device.
On Monday, the streaming feature finally poked its head up. Apple launched the iTunes Match developer beta, and included in that is the ability to stream songs.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20099136-261/
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For over a year, music industry sources told CNET that Apple had sought licenses from the four major labels to build a cloud music service that would allow the company to scan a user's hard drive, and then stream their entire music library from Apple's servers back to the user via any Web-connected device.
On Monday, the streaming feature finally poked its head up. Apple launched the iTunes Match developer beta, and included in that is the ability to stream songs.
More: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20099136-261/
