Google Play Music quietly coats the globe (Q&A)    Watch out,
Apple. Years of pooh-poohing subscription streaming music
mollycoddled the iTunes store to the point of decline, but two
Google executives say its Play Music service has successfully
balanced both song downloads and music streaming, quietly
spreading the combo across the globe.  Since launching in 2011,
Play Music has proven to be an increasingly important component
of Google's broader Play store, which has expanded from
smartphone apps to include movies, television shows, and
hardware such as the Nexus 5 smartphone. It's Google's way of
tying consumers to its core services when they're on an Android
smartphone, tablet, or Chromebook PC.  Unlike every other major
online music service, Google Play Music doesn't shrink from
offering both streaming and downloadable music -- two options
that intuitively would eat into one another's business. Play
Music not only has a store selling digital downloads but also
offers an all-you-can-eat subscription servic