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Why Apple should buy Sirius XM and Pandora
Recent news reports that Sirius XM Holdings may have some interest in acquiring the streaming ad and subscription supported music service Pandora Media…
Apple Music surpasses 20 million paid members 17 months after launch
Apple Music officially has more than 20 million paying subscribers…
Apple picks up talent and tech from defunct music startup Omnifone
As the race continues to pick up more subscribers for streaming music services…
Apple’s Jimmy Iovine: Here’s what we’re building
With Apple Music’s recent redesign and its continuing foray into exclusives, both in audio streams and now its latest push into video…
How to download all Apple Music on iPhone or iPad locally using iTunes
Downloading your complete Apple Music collection to your iPhone or iPad is surprisingly difficult…
Jimmy Iovine: Apple has no plans to buy Tidal or any other streaming music service
We’re not looking to acquire any streaming services…
Apple Music in iTunes just got more enjoyable and easier to use
Fifteen months ago, Apple launched Apple Music, and more than 17 million subscribers are now using the service…
Apple’s latest earnings reveal the quiet genius (and staggering value) of iTunes
I think iTunes has morphed into a multimedia management nightmare…
Kanye West tries to goad Apple CEO Tim Cook to buy Tidal
Taking a break from his social media spat with pop singer Taylor Swift, rapper Kanye West this weekend…
Kanye West calls for Apple to buy Tidal, demands executive meeting
Rapper Kanye West in a minor tweet storm on Saturday called on Apple to purchase Apple Music competitor Tidal…
How to see every Mac, iPad, and iPhone associated with your Apple ID
I’ve used a lot of Macs and iOS devices over the years…
YouTube’s music streaming takes a beating from Apple Music, Spotify, others
YouTube is no longer the biggest music streaming game in town…
Apple blasts Spotify for ‘resorting to rumors and half-truths, asking for preferential treatment’
In a letter sent to Spotify general counsel Horacio Gutierrez on Friday, Apple general counsel Bruce Sewell rebutted…
Apple buying Tidal would be a very savvy move
Investor sentiment in Apple this morning has been that they have made or are making a poor move in shooting to acquire…
When ‘No Longer Available’ strikes your iCloud Music Library
Record labels and artists are free to choose whether to allow their music to be available on streaming services…
Why the heck would Apple want to buy Jay Z’s Tidal?
Apple is in talks to buy Tidal, the streaming music service purchased…
Why Apple buying Jay Z’s Tidal makes sense – and why it doesn’t
Apple is apparently in exploratory talks to acquire Jay Z’s streaming service Tidal…
Desperate Spotify tries to manufacture an Apple App Store antitrust issue that does not exist
Spotify’s general counsel Horacio Gutierrez — who used to be Microsoft’s second-highest-ranking in-house lawyer…
Spotify accuses Apple of ‘grave harm’
Spotify says Apple is making it harder for the streaming music company to compete by blocking…
In sympathy with Apple’s growing iTunes conundrum
The list of Apple apps that need an overhaul continues to grow but right at the top of the list is iTunes…
Wikileaks warned Apple that iTunes could be used as a backdoor for spies – back in 2011
Featured is Lady Gaga interviewing Assange with a small camera…
Why Apple Music is so bad when Apple’s iPhone is so good
On April 28, 2003, Apple launched the iTunes Music Store, saving the music industry…
Tweaked Apple Music app with ‘Browse’ replacing ‘New’ revealed on Apple TV
Earlier this month we reported that Apple Music on iOS 10 is set to receive several visual tweaks…
Apple updates iTunes with ‘simpler’ design that doesn’t really solve anything
Apple knows that the iTunes interface is extremely confusing and needs work…
Apple acknowledges iTunes Music deletion, preps fix
We’re taking these reports seriously as we know how important music is to our customers…
Apple destroyed my will to collect music
I decided enough was enough. I was going to figure out how to use iTunes and Apple Music if it killed me. It almost did…
Podcasts surge, but producers fear Apple isn’t listening
Podcasting is an industry now, one that Apple essentially gave life to and still dominates, but…
No, Apple Music doesn’t delete your music files – here’s how it works
Neither Apple Music nor iCloud Music Library deletes music files…
The key to Apple’s success
Has Apple lost the focus that brought it to the success of today?
How Walt Mossberg helped convince Steve Jobs to release iTunes for Windows
At Apple, Steve Jobs eventually supported Tony Fadell’s attempt to create a music device, and, later, a PC-compatible music device. And so the iPod was born…
Fixing iTunes: To the iCloud!
iTunes was originally based on SoundJam MP, an MP3 player and sync app Apple acquired in 2000…
Apple execs defend software quality, but what’s their offensive game plan?
Apple has a problem with its software and apps…
Apple takes its eye off the ball: Why users are complaining about Apple’s software
The last few weeks have seen an explosion of discontent with the quality of the core apps of Apple’s iPhones, iPads and Mac computers…
Breaking down Apple’s software quality issues
In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core apps…
Walt Mossberg: Apple’s software needs work
In the last couple of years, however, I’ve noticed a gradual degradation in the quality and reliability of Apple’s core iSO and OS X apps…
Apple and the curse of the ‘edifice complex’
It’s called the edifice complex, and it carries a curse: A high-flying company builds a beautiful new headquarters, then heartbreakingly loses altitude…
Alphabet Inc. may soon dethrone Apple as the world’s most valuable company
As the digital advertising market booms and demand for smartphones wanes, Alphabet Inc…
Apple debuts new Apple TV commercial
Apple has debuted a new TV commercial for the all-new Apple TV, “The Future of TV is Apps,” on U.S. cable and broadcast networks…
15 years of iTunes, the most important app that Apple has ever created
On a chilly, rainy day in San Francisco 15 years ago, Steve Jobs took the stage at the 2001 Macworld Expo…
2015: Apple’s year in beta
What we got in 2015 was an Apple that released more products than ever, all of which felt incomplete…