Google Play Music will now offer tunes based on where you are and what you do

If you don't mind Google knowing everything about your life, then there are some benefits to handing over your data to the big G. 

The overhauled Google Music, which will launch this week on Android, iOS and on the web, will now offer streaming mixes based on your location and activity. 

For example, if you're heading out to the gym, Google will assume you want your workout music of preference to play. On the other hand, if you're commuting to work, the service might soothe you with tunes you like to listen to on the subway. 

Google's machine learning algorithms also take the weather into account, so you'll get a different set of tunes when it's raining than you would on a beautiful sunny day.  Read more...