Google is the latest tech behemoth to get into the music biz.
The search giant has unveiled the aptly titled Google Music, where you can buy and share tunes, while saving your entire library in the cloud – for free. Well, free is an overstatement, but not by much. You can upload 20,000 songs to the service without paying a cent. Amazon and Apple have similar services, but they'll charge you an annual fee.
The new service, which lets you stream your music to a PC or Android-enabled mobile device, will automatically sync anything you buy through the Android Market to all of your devices. Google first launched the beta version of the service in May. The new store features 13 million tracks from artists signed to Universal Music Group, Sony, EMI and many other labels.
Google is giving out some free music at launch, including an exclusive concert album from the Rolling Stones, the first single from Busta Ryhmes' upcoming album, and a recently recorded live album from arguably the greatest band on the planet, Pearl Jam.
