Cloud-Based Music Streaming Service mSpot Latest Name in a Crowded Market

As the tech giants are ramping up their cloud-based music streaming services--HP last week bought Melodeo, Apple has Lala (although as yet there is no clue as to what they're going to do with it) and both Microsoft and Google have apps for both their smartphone OSes--here comes someone else. Although it may not have the clout of these last four, mSpot is out of its month-long private beta today.

Unlike Spotify, whose long-awaited US launch seems to be running into licensing problems with the...