LOS ANGELES – Apple is shutting down Lala.com, the online music retailer it bought last year. The move comes amid speculation that Apple will soon offer a way for people to access songs from distant computers.
A message posted on Lala's home page late Thursday says the service isn't accepting new users and will shut down at the end of May.
Some executives in the online music industry suspect Apple is working on letting its iTunes customers buy and listen to songs in a way that doesn't require downloads. Instead users would access music stored on servers through cell phone networks.
Such so-called "cloud music" services have gotten a boost from recent price cuts and applications that allow playback even outside of cell-phone coverage.
Apple declined to comment Friday on its future plans.
Is this a smart move for Apple? What do you guys think was the motive behind them shutting down this website: it was not as succesful as they anticipated when they purchased it or to focus more consumers to Itunes? I was not familiar with this web site until I found the article and others that i have talked to were not familiar with it either.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100430/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_apple_lala
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