Microsoft has big plans for its new Xbox Music service when Windows 8 arrives on Oct. 26 and Windows Phone 8 a few days later on Oct. 29, but if you’re a gamer and you’d rather not wait, it’s actually ...

One of the first things Microsoft did when launching the new Zune was kill the 2-year-old MSN Music download service. The business reasons were plain: MSN Music was a PlaysForSure service, but the ...

Microsoft is gearing up to have Apple TV and Apple Music be the next applications available for download on its Microsoft Store. The apps are currently available as preview versions, which are ...

Everyone remembers the iPod, but Microsoft's competing music player is often forgotten. During the iPod's heyday, Microsoft introduced the Zune — a line of MP3 players with hard drives and flash ...

It's still unclear whether Microsoft's new Zune music player, scheduled for release Tuesday, will make a dent in Apple's hold on the digital music market. But already, it's shaking up the ...

While music apps like Spotify have been present on Xbox consoles for a while, Apple Music has been noticeably missing. Fortunately for Apple Music users, it was recently revealed in reports from ...

The last time Microsoft tried to directly take on Apple in the music space it came up with the Zune -- an iPod wannabe that to consumers never was. Now the Windows-maker is jumping back into music, ...

Microsoft Corp. today revamped the music subscription program offered with its Zune players to let customers keep up to 10 tracks per month, even if they later cancel the deal. Starting immediately, ...