Software : Eminen's new LP is the first to debut in full on iTunes Radio

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Eminen's new LP is the first to debut in full on iTunes Radio Posted: Apple has boosted its emerging iTunes Radio platform by offering exclusive early access to Eminem's new Marhsall Mathers 2 album, prior to its official release. iTunes Radio users in the United States can now head to the First Play channel within the app and stream the album in full, ahead of its launch on November 5. The coup represents the first time an entire album has debuted on iTunes Radio and will ensure more Apple users than ever make an effort to check out the new streaming service, rolled out with iOS 7. Before now Apple has offered early access to albums via the artist page, rather than iTunes Radio, but it appears from here on in, all First Plays will be introduced within the new platform. Leveraging Earlier this year, Apple said as much. The company's head of internet services Eddy Cue revealed Apple was planning to leverage iTunes Radio for these purposes. In the case of the Eminem album, as 9to5Mac reports, a leak onto BitTorrent earlier this week might have hastened the streaming arrival ahead of the on sale date. Obviously, this is a US-only benefit for now as we're still waiting for Apple to announce iTunes Radio availability in other territories. Recent indications have suggested that a roll-out in early 2014 is on the agenda as Apple pushes for deals with labels and publishers. Google, itself battling iTunes Radio, has launched a new "I'm feeling lucky radio" feature. Do you feel lucky? Well, do ya?

Google to kill third party Voice apps as it expands Hangouts support Posted: Google has big plans for Hangouts - but it's killing off third party Google Voice apps. Google Product Manager Nikhyl Singhal shared that news and more on Google+ October 31, shortly after Google unveiled Android 4.4 KitKat and the Nexus 5. He said the new Android Hangouts app, which now includes SMS and MMS messaging, is "a great step forward," but that Google still has "a lot of work to do" on Google Voice, explaining that the two are not yet compatible. Part of that work is to "make Google Voice as secure as possible," and to that end Google is shutting off access third party Voice apps, Singhal revealed. Party's over "There are a few third-party applications that provide calling and SMS services by making unauthorized use of Google Voice," Singhal wrote. "These apps violate our Terms of Service and pose a threat to your security, so we're notifying these app developers that they must stop making unauthorized use of Google Voice to run their services and transition users by May 15, 2014." He also revealed that the updated Google Hangouts app will only work for users with Google Voice phone numbers who have enabled Google Voice on their Sprint phones. But he added that Google is "working to support SMS messages for all Google Voice phone numbers by early next year," and promised that no one's Voice number will change when that happens. Voice all over the world Finally it seems Google is working to get Google Voice up and running outside the US, and working to add Google Voice MMS messaging capabilities. But because it has to work with carriers to do so, it might take a while yet. "It will take some time before Google Voice is fully integrated into Hangouts, and we appreciate your patience along the way," Singhal wrote. Yesterday was a big day for Google fans and Android users, as Google finally unveiled Android 4.4: KitKat and the Nexus 5!

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