Apple Music and Spotify are two of the biggest music streaming platforms, but if you're looking to subscribe to one of them, what's the difference between the two? Spotify has been around for longer than Apple Music, but both have grown to offer a huge library of music albums, podcasts, and other assorted audio bits. So what's the difference between the two? Read for more about the differences between Apple Music and Spotify with regards to the price, interface, audio quality, features...
The iPhone continues to be overwhelmingly popular with teens, according to Piper Sandler's biannual teen survey. 85 percent of U.S. teens surveyed own an iPhone, and 86 percent plan to purchase an iPhone as their next smartphone. While the iPhone is still the most popular smartphone among teens, ownership is down from the October 2023 survey where 87 percent of teens owned an iPhone and 88 percent planned to purchase one.Both the 85% iPhone ownership and 86% intention to purchase an...
Apple’s online services appear to be having some problems, with an outage cutting many of us off from the App Store, Apple TV, and Apple Music. The system status page for Apple’s online service has noted an outage beginning at 6:31PM ET affecting those services, as well as Arcade, Audiobooks, Books, Podcasts, Fitness Plus, and its new Apple Sports app. Others have noted problems accessing services like TestFlight and Apple Business Manager. Apple: > Today, 6:31 PM - ongoing > Some users are...
Apple announced measures on Friday to make it easier for music streaming apps on its App Store in the European Economic Area to inform users of other ways to purchase digital services, as it looks to comply with a European Union mandate. The announcement comes weeks after the iPhone maker was fined 1.84 billion euros ($1.99 billion) by the EU for thwarting competition from music streaming rivals via restrictions on its App Store. The European Commission had said in March that Apple's...
Apple Music emerges as the top choice for HomePod users -- with Spotify also very strong on the platform. Is Amazon Music evidence of a monopoly? Recent research from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has shed light on the competitive music streaming hardware landscape. It reveals that Amazon's in-house music services, Prime Music and Amazon Music Unlimited, are gaining significant traction. The popularity of Amazon Music, however, raises concerns about fair competition,...
This documentary about the Nirvana singer’s demise is at its best when it uses archive interviews with fans to show the scale of their loss. Otherwise, it struggles to really convey his impactUnfathomably, for those of us who remember it, Kurt Cobain died 30 years ago this month, at the age of 27. Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music has been scheduled as the centrepiece for an evening of programming that celebrates Nirvana’s music and legacy, but the emphasis of the documentary itself is...
Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok Source
Please don't tell me a whole half-century has passed since Abba won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo, going on to conquer the world for the next five decades - and counting.
This is a video from my YouTube channel, Jack’s World. This video is my review of Ultimate X-Men #2. After this newly rebooted Ultimate Universe delivered so many amazing first issues, Ultimate X-Men really disappointed. It was one of the … Continue reading →
Apple's strategies within its Services sector, particularly through Apple Music and Apple TV+, are drawing antitrust attention, despite not being close to having monopoly power. Apple Music & Apple TV+ draw antitrust scrutiny The company's approach to integrating its services within its devices has been a double-edged sword. On one hand, it provides a seamless experience for users, enhancing the attractiveness of staying within the Apple ecosystem. On the other, it has raised questions...
Apple's ecosystem of component makers and suppliers could collectively employ around five lakh people in India directly in the next three years — marking an over three-fold increase — as the iconic phone-maker moves at least half of its existing supply chain from China to India, top officials aware of the matter told ET.The Cupertino-based company, which is looking to increasingly decouple from China, also aims to increase local value addition from its Indian suppliers in line with the approach...
Apple's system status page showed 11 outages across its services including Apple Music, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, and the App Store. Apple services were down Starting at 6:31 p.m. eastern on Wednesday, Apple acknowledged a widespread outage across multiple cloud services and systems. Outages seem to make the affected services completely unavailable to users. The outage was resolved at 7:35 p.m. eastern. Apple hasn't provided a reason for the outage beyond "users experienced a problem."...