Apple says it has resolved issues responsible for causing a brief outage with its Apple Music services after subscribers had earlier…
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Apple announces Apple Music radio
Apple today announced two new live global radio offerings on Apple Music, now available to music fans in 165 countries. Beginning today…
Oliver Schusser, Apple Music’s new leader spurs global growth
In April 2018, Apple announced the promotion of Oliver Schusser to lead Apple Music Worldwide….
Google’s new ‘YouTube Music’ is not a threat to Apple Music or Spotify
Announced earlier this month, Alphabet subsidiary Google is launching its new YouTube Music service today…
Tim Cook confirms Apple Music’s 50 million users, big push into TV and movies
In a wide-ranging interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook divulged Apple Music subscriber numbers…
The EU needs to do more to reign in Apple, Amazon, and Google
The European Union intends to tighten the standards regulating the digital economy…
EU proposes to regulate tech giants’ business practices following Spotify’s complaint against Apple
Tech giants including Google, Apple and Amazon will for the first time face rules governing their commercial relations…
Analyst: Apple Music will average 40% annual growth over the next three years
Apple, the world’s largest company by market value now has more than 40 million paid subscribers…
Apple needs to reconsider its HomePod strategy
Apple may sell only 2 million–2.5 million HomePods over the entire course of 2018…
Apple Music’s hip-hop programming head Carl Chery exiting for Spotify
Carl Chery, Apple Music’s head of artist curation overseeing hip-hop and R&B programming…
No, Apple is not pulling the plug on iTunes Store
Fresh rumours are circulating that Apple may be preparing to wind down iTunes music downloads…
Oliver Schusser named new Apple Music chief as service passes 40 million subscribers
Apple Music is thinking globally as the streaming service officially surpasses 40 million paid subscribers…
Apple Music hits 40 million paid subscribers milestone
Apple Music recently greatly expanded with a Music Videos section…
Spotify opens at $165.90 on first day of trading
Spotify officially opened at $165.90 this afternoon in its public debut…
Apple Music becoming a virtual record label?
Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine says streaming services are too similar…
Apple Music hits 38 million paid subscribers
Apple Inc’s streaming music service now has 38 million paid subscribers, up from 36 million in February…
Hey Apple, it’s time to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’
You don’t have to say “Hey Alexa,” so why do we still have to say “Hey Siri?”
There are nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S.
There are now nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S…
Why I’m thinking about getting an Apple HomePod
When I first saw Apple’s announcement of the HomePod…
Spotify files for direct listing of up to $1 billion; claims 71 million paying subscribers; lost $1.5 billion last year
Music streaming service Spotify filed for a direct listing of up to $1 billion…
Apple Music expands student membership pricing to 82 new countries
Apple Music is expanding its subscription music service to 82 new markets…
Apple Music poised to knock off Spotify
Apple is turning up the volume on Apple Music, the streaming subscription that comes loaded on its devices…
Apple Music was always going to win
Apple Music is about to overtake Spotify as the most popular streaming music service in the United States…
Watch, listen to, and laugh with Apple Music’s Beats 1 guru Zane Lowe as he gives SXSW 2017 music keynote
A New Zealand-born radio DJ, Live DJ, record producer, and television presenter, Zane Lowe…
Should Apple buy Pandora?
Would it make sense for Apple to buy the streaming music and internet radio market leader?
Apple looks to become HBO
Apple has finally landed on an ideal strategy to go big in Hollywood…
Apple plans significant new business in producing original television shows and movies
Apple Inc. is planning to build a significant new business in original television shows and movies…
Stick a fork in ’em, Spotify and Pandora are done
Every new industry has a number of similar patterns which occur over time….
Apple Music preparing to launch in South Korea
Apple’s popular music streaming service Apple Music is preparing to launch its service in Korea…
Largest shareholder urges beleaguered Pandora to sell the company
Beleaguered Pandora should hire an investment bank to help the company explore its strategic options including a sale….
Replace the departed free iTunes Radio with free iTunes radio
In case you missed the news, Apple has now officially ended the free streaming of iTunes Radio…
Apple files to trademark Beats 2, 3, 4, and 5 Internet radio stations
All four trademark applications have the same logo that Apple uses for its Beats 1 radio station, and are listed under broadcasting and streaming music-related categories…
Apple admits it has ‘homework to do’ to improve Apple Music
There’s a lot of work going into making the product better…
Here’s what Apple Music needs to win over power users
I wanted Apple Music to be the messiah. It isn’t, but it could be…
Spotify revises user agreement; wants access to users’ location, sensors, voice, photos, and contacts
Spotify has decided that it wants to know a lot more about it’s remaining users…
Why Apple can’t and won’t fix iTunes
There is no easy way to say this. iTunes is a dinosaur…
Apple PR comes out swinging in defense of Apple Music
Apple was very quick to respond Tuesday to a press release about a MusicWatch survey…
Apple: 79 percent of those who signed up for Apple Music are still using it
79 percent of users who have signed up for Apple Music are still using the service…
To fix iTunes, Apple should revisit iSync, an app that actually worked
Apple’s iSync first appeared in Mac OS X 10.2, and its job was to allow…
Can Apple’s Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre save the music industry?
Jimmy Iovine has a line he likes to use…
Apple Music’s Zane Lowe discusses Beats 1’s first weeks
Perhaps the greatest surprise of Apple Music’s first weeks has been the near-universal praise…