However, Michael Robertson, the former CEO of MP3.com who is currently with MP3Tunes says Apple has a much bigger agenda on its list. According to him, Apple 's acquisition of Lala is the first step in moving towards a cloud music service where all of the users' existing library of content would reside online and which can be accessed from anywhere using any of Apple 's devices -
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. Lala has a catalog of over 8 million songs and the service lets its users stream any song for free the first time. Thereafter users need to purchase the song for 10 cents to be able to stream them multiple times. Lala's unique selling proposition is that the entire music library is in the cloud, making hardware memory redundant.
The acquisition has the potential to change the way iTunes works. We could be moving towards a scenario where the (more…)

Lala is a music service that lets users upload all their MP3 collection on to their online account to access them from anywhere. Users can also purchase new music for 10 cents a song. TechCrunch writes that the app shall work pretty similar to the native iPod app on the iPhone . However, one major difference between the two is that Lala's music streams entirely from the cloud. That means, while there is no hassle of syncing your music constantly (more…)