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Zune Pass coming to Canada, along with a price drop for everyone
Microsoft has finally announced some good news for Zune music listeners up in Canada, the Zune Pass subscription will be available beginning October 3rd. The service will come priced at either C$9.99 per month or C$99.90 annually and will work on devices including Windows Phone and the Zune as well as the Xbox 360 and more »
Zune Originals come to Canada, for those who still care about the Zune HD
Who knew? The Zune HD was still not available in Canada by way of the Zune Originals website. Well, despite this news coming about a year and a half after the launch of the Zune HD, those in Canada can now make a purchase by way of Zune Originals — that is, if anyone still more »
Microsoft offering yearly subscriptions to Zune Pass
With the launch of Windows Phone 7, Microsoft has a chance to bring a lot of new users into it’s Zune service. Perhaps as a way to entice those new users, and to keep current users, Microsoft is offering a cheaper, yearly subscription to the service. Starting today, you can sign up for to “get more »
Zune goes international; Marketplace & Zune Pass to launch in UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain
In a move that sounds like it has come much later than needed, Microsoft has announced the international roll-out of the Zune service. Of course, this sounds like a needed move in advance of the Windows Phone 7 kickoff. With that, version 4.7 of the Zune desktop software is going to be rolled out and more »
Microsoft brings the Zune Pass to the UK
It looks like Microsoft has officially launched the Zune Pass subscription service for those in the UK. Unfortunately this does not mean anyone in the UK is going to be able to run out and grab the Zune HD, not yet anyway. But instead this is said to have been done in anticipation of the more »
Microsoft Zune Pass subscription rumored to be getting a price cut
The Zune Pass subscription from Microsoft is currently priced at $14.99 per month, and for that you get to download and listen to as many tracks as you like. Plus you also get to download and keep 10 MP3′s for free each and every month. Granted I am a Zune user, but still, that is more »
In regards to paid web services, here is what I am willing to pay for
With lots of free options available online, the need to pay for a web service is becoming less and less. Some, such as web hosting are hard to avoid paying for and there are some that offer perks for paid accounts. Those perks can vary from service to service but generally include more storage, extra more »
Zune social gets interesting; way better than TV
If you can get over the iPod, you’ll find something pretty darn compelling.
I believe Microsoft is attempting some game-changing things here with the subscription. For the price of one CD (or 1.5 cds on iTunes) you get your fill of music downloads buffet style. But you also get the opportunity to pass around music socially to other subscribers. The key to this is new music. A Zune study says finding new music is the key to this whole picture. By sending around your finds, everyone benefits.
