In the last two months, Google has done it. Apple followed several weeks later. And on Monday, Microsoft joined the two tech giants -- and many smaller players -- in bringing a streaming music service to the Web. Microsoft announced that Xbox Music is now available on Web browsers. Previously, Microsoft's streaming music service, which launched last fall, had been available only to those with Xbox 360s, Windows 8 PCs, and the relatively few -- albeit growing -- number of people who have Windows 8 tablets and phones. But unlike Pandora or Spotify -- streaming music services whose sole product is music and must make money through advertising to their listeners and selling subscriptions -- Xbox...
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