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YouTube delays music streaming service until early 2014

YouTube music streaming service is now expected to arrive early next year.

GOOGLE’S PLANS TO launch a music streaming service for YouTube will not happen until early 2014.

YouTube Music, which has yet to be officially announced by Google, was expected to arrive at the end of the year, but while the company has the necessary licensing deals arranged, it is not satisfied with the product itself and has decided to postpone its release.

It’s rumoured that the service will be similar to Spotify, offering both a free version and a premium version which removes ads and gives users unlimited access to artists and albums.

Other possible features include offline access to music and videos and the option to play music in the background while using other apps.

If Google does release YouTube Music, it will be the company’s second music streaming service.

Back in May, it launched Google Play Music All Access which costs €9.99 a month. It’s possible that the two services will be combined in the future.

The service is one of many changes made to YouTube over the year. Recently, the site was heavily criticised for introducing a new comment system based on Google+, prompting one of the site’s co-founders, Jawed Karim, to complain.

Read: These are the must-follow Irish YouTubers you may be missing >

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    Mute Réada Quinn
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    Feb 25th 2012, 10:45 AM

    Show up at your local protest against the Household Tax. Most protests at 12 noon. Show this government that we are not willing to be bled anymore to pay Troika Taxes. Save your blood for the Irish Blood Transfusion Board.

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    Mute Eileen Gabbett
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    Feb 25th 2012, 11:09 AM

    There are over 40 protest actions organised around the country on Saturday. We call on people to connect with their nearest one, which are advertised on nohouseholdtax.org or through our 1890-98 98 00 helpine.”

    CAHWT protests Sat Feb 25th:

    DUBLIN:

    City Centre – meet GPO at 12 noon. Mass leafleting of shopping areas.

    Cabra/Stoneybatter – Meet at 12 at Phibsborough Church for protest at clinic of Joe Costello/ Paschal O’Donoghue TDs.

    Coolock – Northside shopping centre 12.30

    Finglas – protest & leafleting at shopping centre 12 noon

    Blanchardstown – 1pm at Council offices, Blanch Town Centre. Bin your govt booklet.

    Swords – Fingal Council offices, Swords Main St 12 noon – Bin the Booklet back to Phil.

    Balbriggan – Town Hall 12 noon – Bin the Booklet back to Phil.

    Ringsend – meet at Library 11.30am

    South west inner city – 12 noon at constituency office Catherine Murray TD, Tyrconnell Rd.

    Ballyfermot – White line picket (and bin the leaflet. Assemble shops, Ballyfermot Road 2pm.

    Lucan – mass leafleting. Meet at Superquinn 12 noon.

    Tallaght – mass leafleting at The Square 1pm. Picket Pat Rabbitte Clinic Tallaght village 2pm.

    Dun Laoghaire – meet 2pm at the Church Wall

    Dundrum town centre – 12 noon.

    MUNSTER:

    Cork:
    City centre – rally at Daunt Square 2pm “bin the booklet”.

    Mallow – march assembling 2.30pm at Killarney Rd to march to Town Hall.

    Limerick:
    Assemble 12pm Pery’s Square, marching to City Hall:

    Clare:
    Ennis – protest march at 2pm from the O’Connell Monument.
    Waterford:
    Protest rally 3pm in John Roberts Square.

    LEINSTER:

    Kildare:
    Newbridge – assemble St Conleths Church 12 noon-protest to Martin Heydon TD’s office.

    Maynooth/Kilcock – protest 12 noon at The Square, Maynooth Village.

    Wicklow :
    All Wicklow protest Sat 25th @ 12 noon from Bray town hall march to clinic of Anne Ferris TD

    Wexford:
    Wexford town -1pm White line protest on bridge.

    Gorey – 2pm Protest on Main Street. Assemble outside Pettits supermarket.

    Enniscorthy – march and rally at office of Government chief Whip, Paul Kehoe TD starting 10 a.m. Fairgreen (opp.Pettits supermarket).

    Carlow:
    Assemble 12 noon at Croppies Grave, ’98 Street, Graiguecullen and from there march through Carlow town, finishing at the Liberty Tree.
    Kilkenny:
    2pm at the Courthouse, Parliament St

    Westmeath:
    Mullingar – meet at The Square 12 noon.

    CONNACHT:

    Galway:
    Assemble at the Browne Doorway, Eyre Square 2pm for mass binning of leaflet and march to TD clinics.

    ULSTER:

    Donegal:
    Donegal town, Dungloe, Ballybofey, Buncrana, Ramelton, Letterkenny – Information stands in all towns.

    Gweedore/Gaoth Dobhair – meet 12 noon Páirc Gnó Ghaoth Dobhair (outside Dinny McGinley’s ministerial office) and marching to his TD’s office in Machaire Chlochair.

    Fál Carrach – meet 12 midday at the crossroads for speeches and then a protest march through the town.

    Monaghan:
    Car cavalcade throughout county towns to hand out leaflets.Leaving from Monaghan town @ 10am from Peter’s Lake carpark via Clones; Ballybay; Carrickmacross and on to Castleblaney and then back to Monaghan. Supporters from each town will be giving out leaflets just before cavalcade arrives.

    LOUTH
    Dundalk & Mid / North Louth

    Ardee will be carrying banners down the main street and leafleting as they go. Meeting @ 12 and going until 2

    For the rest of the area, everyone is meeting in ‘the square’ Dundalk where there will be stalls from 1-4 from which the leaflet will be distributed.

    Drogheda activity: West Street Drogheda stall from 1.30pm onwards. Members of the group will be distributing leaflets across the town on the day and from early morning on the market.

    Please check the website http://www.nohouseholdtax.org for late notifications of other protests

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    Mute Jean Horgan
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    Feb 25th 2012, 10:17 AM

    THE JOURNAL, KEEP ME AWARE OF ALL THE NEWS, BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!

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    Mute Garreth OMahony
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    Feb 25th 2012, 10:02 AM

    Can anyone name all of the movies from the Lego clip.

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    Mute John Moriarty
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    Feb 25th 2012, 10:50 AM

    Indiana Jones and The Raiders of the Lost Ark
    Ghost
    Grease
    Dr No
    Titanic
    The Sound of Music
    Singing in The Rain
    The Seven Year Itch
    ET

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    Mute Sasha Musgrave
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    Feb 25th 2012, 3:39 PM

    Everybody in the country must partake in the protest, as it is important that we let the government know that we are totally against the charges they are imposing on us, and they are punitive, which is what they are. I am very sad that I am not taking part in the protest, and the reason that I am not is as a result of the economic crisis, is that I had an argument with my long term unemployed 44 year old husband, and had to leave home, but I had planned to go to Kilkenny today but life has become too unbearable at home, as I am on the dole too, but I am hoping that there will be another one, and I will make sure that I attend in the near future.

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