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Tag: Apple Music
Where Apple Music’s headed in 2020: More radio, more live content
Beats 1 went on air in 2015 and is accessible round the clock through iTunes and Apple Music…
Goodbye, iTunes: Once-revolutionary app gone in macOS Catalina
It’s time to bid farewell to iTunes, the once-revolutionary program that made online music sales mainstream and effectively blunted the impact of piracy…
Apple mulls offering a ‘super bundle’ of Apple Music and Apple TV+
Apple’s hopes of creating a super-bundle of media content for one flat monthly fee have run into early opposition, with some record labels nervous about the prospect of offering their music for a lower price.
U.S. Congress asks Spotify to detail alleged Apple antitrust abuses
U.S. lawmakers have requested information from Apple critic Spotify as part of an antitrust probe…
Amazon Music HD launches with high quality, lossless audio
Earth will be changed forever when Amazon introduces high quality streaming to the masses,” said rock icon Neil Young…
Apple wins Creative Arts Emmy Award
The Creative Arts Emmy Awards honor outstanding artistic and technical achievement in a variety of television program genres, guest performances in weekly series, as well as exceptional work in the animation, reality and documentary categories…
How long before we get a $100 ‘Everything Apple’ subscription including an iPhone?
If you suspect Apple is heading toward offering us a single all-in subscription package, the company’s moves this week regarding Apple TV+ and, more quietly, AppleCare+, make a lot of sense…
The iPhone and Apple’s services strategy
The success of the iPhone XR strongly suggests that there is more elasticity in the iPhone market than ever before…
Apple surprises with aggressive device and services pricing
Apple Inc.’s biggest surprise at its keynote address on Tuesday was not a new feature, device, or service, but an aggressive pricing strategy…
U.S. music revenue surges as streaming subscriptions soar
Revenues are up 18% to $5.4 billion and streaming accounts for 80% of that revenue, according to the Recording Industry Association of America’s mid-year report…
Apple launches all-new Apple Music web app, now in public beta
Apple today is launching a public beta of its popular music streaming service on the web, which will be available to all Apple Music subscribers worldwide…
Apple Music launches new curated playlist ‘New Music Daily’
Updated every day with fresh songs, Apple Music today launched a new curated playlist called “New Music Daily.”
Apple Music launches ‘Shazam Discovery Top 50’ chart
The chart, which chronicles breaking artists, will be updated every Tuesday and is exclusively available to stream on Apple Music…
The fate of Apple’s iTunes Store in macOS Catalina
With the new Music app in macOS Catalina, which retains most of the music functions of iTunes…
Porsche to stream Apple Music into all-new Taycan EV
Luxury automaker Porsche and Apple are teaming up to allow drivers of the all-new, all-electric Porsche Taycan to stream Apple Music directly into the car…
Hands-on with Apple’s major CarPlay update coming soon in iOS 13
Coming in iOS 13 is Apple’s most thorough update to Apple CarPlay yet, with revised aesthetics and important new features…
Apple and Spotify are in discussions to let iOS users access Spotify music using Siri
Apple and Spotify are in discussions to let iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch users access Spotify music using Siri voice commands…
CarPlay in iOS 13 is a big leap forward
At WWDC 2019 in June, Apple announced that it would update CarPlay with the release of iOS 13 this fall – and it’s a big update!
Spotify reports bigger-than-expected loss, paid subscribers disappoint
Spotify Technology SA’s lighter-than-expected number of new paid subscribers drove shares as much as 5% lower…
Apple Music may be reducing its free trial period to just one month
Apple may be planning to start offering a one month free trial of Apple Music instead of three months…
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….
DJ Khaled becomes Apple Music’s first artist in residence
Musician DJ Khaled has announced that he is Apple Music’s first artist in residence as he takes over the biggest playlists…
Using Peloton bikes and treadmills with Apple Watch, Music, and Health
I’ve been exploring the world of Peloton since the exercise bike showed up in my home office last week…
Amazon is quietly becoming a threat to Spotify and Apple Music
Spotify finished last quarter with 100 million paid subscribers, Apple hit 60 million paid subscribers earlier this year…
Apple’s next move to take on Spotify
Apple is eager to take on its biggest rival in music streaming, Spotify…
Apple funding exclusive podcasts could send shockwaves through the market
Podcasts were once widely accepted as a free and open medium, easily accessible if you had a free podcast app…
Amazon plans its own HomePod competitor
Amazon hopes to sell a high-end Echo/HomePod competitor boosted by a high-res music service, report claims…
Amazon Music Unlimited gaining subscribers faster than Spotify and Apple
Under the radar it looks like Amazon is becoming a major competitor in the streaming music wars…
Apple’s amazing HomePod is about to launch in Japan
Konnichiwa, Japan: It looks like good news for Japanese Apple Music fans, who can look forward to picking up a HomePod when it launches there later this summer…
What’s new in CarPlay in iOS 13?
A nice first look at all the improvements in CarPlay and how it puts a little Apple tech inside most every new car.
Apple Music now has over 60 million subscribers worldwide, including free trialists
Apple Music has passed the milestone of 60 million subscribers…
Apple: We collect fees on less than 1% of Spotify users
Music streaming service Spotify Technology SA pays Apple Inc a 15% fee on about 680,000 of its 100 million premium customers…
What’s Apple’s strategy for keeping the iPod touch alive?
Apple killed off all of its iPod models except for the iPod touch being the sole holdover and it finally was updated after four years…
With Apple’s new audio features in watchOS 6, it’s time for Spotify to ship or shut up
In watchOS 5, Apple offered streaming on Apple Podcasts and Apple Music, but it left out the ability for third-party developers to access it…
Apple’s iTunes to play last song
Apple on Monday announced the demise of its groundbreaking iTunes platform in favor of three more tailored apps…
Apple’s tvOS 13 powers the most personal cinematic experience ever
Apple today previewed tvOS 13, the operating system that makes Apple TV 4K the easiest and most personalized entertainment device for enjoying TV shows, movies, music, photos, games and apps on the biggest screen in the home…
Hands on Apple’s new 2019 iPod touch, plus benchmarks
The new iPod touch features Group FaceTime and AR experiences, a first for iPod…
The new 2019 iPod touch will support all of Apple’s new services
Apple on Tuesday announced a new iPod Touch, replacing the previous model that was introduced in 2015…
Apple unveils new iPod touch with even greater performance plus support for Group FaceTime and AR experiences
Apple’s new iPod touch is available in six finishes; space gray, white, gold, blue, pink and (PRODUCT)RED…
Vizio unveils all-new 4K HDR smart TVs, Apple’s HomeKit and AirPlay 2 coming later this year
When Apple listed all the AirPlay 2-compatible TVs, there was good news for Vizio TV owners…
Why I switched from Spotify to Apple Music
I strongly suspect this is a scheme to make the music industry happy, but it’s user-hostile..
