According to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal has reported that Google is building its own music store that is expected to launch in the coming few weeks. The new service will work closely with its social network, Google+, and will allow users to listen to songs for free once, where it will then be available for sale as MP3 downloads, probably for around the usual 99 cents each.

 

Google's online library is already up and running under the name Music Beta. A free service, it lets users upload their music collections to remote servers, from which they can then listen to their music from any Internet-connected device.

 

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