Apple-acquired Lala ending service May 31, not starting
replacing it any time soon  Screen shot 2010-05-02 at 8.48.15 AM
Streaming music service Lala, acquired by Apple back in early
December, 2009, has sent a letter to subscribers telling them
they're shutting down as of May 31, and while remaining credit
will get transferred to iTunes, streaming music won't show up in
an any time soon.  The Lala service will be shut down on May
31st.     Thank you.   Rumors have persisted that Apple bought
Lala for the talent, or for the lower-cost transaction system,
or to take iTunes to the cloud. None of that has materialized so
far, but speculation remains that Steve Jobs will drop hints of
a Lala-inspired iTunes future at the All Things Digital
Conference (where he's introduced a new version of iTunes
before), or at WWDC 2010 alongside the 4th generation iPhone
(iPhone HD/iPhone 4G) and the final version of iPhone OS 4. If
not, Apple's traditional September iTunes and iPod event would
be the next likely candidate.  Th