On Thursday, however, questions abounded as to whether the service will amount to simply a "me too" move, following Apple and Amazon's well-worn trail through the digital-music forest, or a significant step toward making Google an e-music player.
Music archaeologist Dr Graeme Lawson said the discovery marked a "step change" in music history.
The effort encouraged people to use the stairs instead of the escalators by making each stair a functioning piano key, so that every step was music in the making.
The phonemaker's attempt at increasing its exposure to the lucrative mobile music and gaming market is seen a key step for the company that made its mark in regions such as Western Europe with its music-focused sub-brand Walkman phones and camera-focuses Cybershot handsets.
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"Ending the exemptions from age classification for hard copy music videos will be an important step forward in making sure that children are not inadvertently exposed to unsuitable material, " said Mr Bailey.
Things have been eerily quiet surrounding this year's event, but it wouldn't be a stretch to hear more about the rumored Google Music, Android's next step towards world domination, juicy details on the company's relationship with NFC, or where Chrome OS really sits.
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As we fiddled with them, they seemed more solid than the awkward covers seen on last year's Xperia S although we reckon the headphone socket flap could prove to be a frustrating extra step when plugging into our music.
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He fell out of step with the world of pop music, which, with the rise of hip-hop, had embraced black musicians who were proudly black, and decidedly uningratiating to whites.
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However, Mark Mulligan, editor of the Music Industry Blog, said Bundle was a "strong step" towards the company repositioning itself as a genuine partner to owners of content.
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Simultaneously, Rogerswill step into the leadership position at MOG, the streaming music service Beats acquired in 2012.
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So the launch on April 28th of a new online music service by Apple, a computer maker, could be a big step forward.
"It's our dream to make all the world's music available instantly to everyone, everywhere, and bringing our service to Samsung Smart TVs is taking us another step closer to turning this dream into reality, " said Pascal de Mul, Global Head of Hardware partnerships, Spotify.
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