The world's largest music streaming platform is left out of the "4:44" party, potentially because of its inclusion of an ad-supported customer tier.
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Jay-Z’s “4:44” spreads from TIDAL, but not to Spotify
The world's largest music streaming platform is left out of the "4:44" party, potentially because of its inclusion of an ad-supported customer tier.
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iTunes Match begins analyzing waveforms, not just metadata
Remember that Apple Music fiasco where songs from users’ Macs were getting replaced with mismatched tracks from Apple’s catalog? An iTunes bug might have been the main culprit of that, but the problem with the mismatching of songs still remained. That was iTunes Match’s problem.But not anymore, according to The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple. It seems that it has slowly rolled out audio ...
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Spotify frames Apple as anti-competitive in app update fracas
Is Apple being a competitive spoilsport to protect its own interests? Does it have a right to do so? Spotify is challenging Infinite Loop on at least the music streaming front by claiming that the company won’t approve an update to its app unless it uses the iTunes billing system.Prior to the launch of the pay-to-play
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Apple’s rash of updates include iTunes 12.4 to fix magically deleting songs [UPDATE]
Update: Well, it wouldn’t be an update without something breaking in the process.In this case, the iOS 9.3.2 seems to have screwed up some iPad Pro 9.7 tablets. Users report seeing an “Error 56” are instructed to connect to their computers and get on iTunes.An “Unknown Error 56” plagued several iPhone 6 devices back in 2014.iClarified suggests to boot your iPad Pro 9.7 to Device Firmware Upgrade Mode for a temporary fix.Our original story is below.Apple’s computing platforms are getting their tweaks and optimizations on with OSX 10.11.5, iOS 9.3.2, ...
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iTunes update incoming to fix issue affecting Apple Music users
We’re finally seeing a resolution to whatever the problem is affecting some Apple Music subscribers who have had entire music libraries wiped off of their Macs.The story started out last week when blogger James Pinkstone said that he had to get all of his music back through a lower-quality iCloud file or poorly-matched Apple Music equivalents was after he had subscribed to Apple Music on his Mac. The issue has persisted with other users. iMore had later
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Apple Music isn’t deleting your music … and is deleting your music
Last week, we saw a blogger express his rage against the Apple because he had all of his music stored on his computer deleted after he had subscribed to Apple Music. Being told that “the software is functioning as it’s intended” did not help the matter. iMore‘s Serenity Caldwell went into how Apple Music, by design, could not delete a user’s local music library without user input. Still, the problems kept coming up.The result was that every track had to be ...
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The Apple Music deletion conundrum
On Wednesday, James Pinkstone of Vellum Atlanta penned a blog post about how “Apple Stole My Music. No, Seriously.” In it, Pinkstone details how his subscription to Apple Music had caused 122GB of music — from downloads to his own compositions — to disappear.Signing up for Apple Music, he said, triggered iTunes song matching software and it scanned his entire local library of music files before deleting the whole thing.Where iTunes was able match songs, it gave him an equivalent ...
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One year in, Apple Music will get an interface refresh at WWDC [UPDATED with specifics]
This year’s WWDC will come nearly a year after Apple Music launched service. The app had a launch experience that allowed users to tailor their own tastes for Apple’s algorithms to conform to in order to ferry over suggestions that those users might like. But while it has been
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Declining iPhone sales: The end for Apple?
The entire mobile market is in a state of transition. Owning a smartphone is no longer the status symbol it once was. Smartphones are now largely commodities for folks. A phone might be a mission critical communication device, but consumers are starting to get burnt out on yearly upgrades. This puts Apple in a precarious position as a significant portion of Cupertino’s profit comes from iOS devices, 65% of the company’s sales coming directly from the iPhone.We’ve already delved into the earnings report in-depth, ...
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Apple doubles iTunes security with two-factor authentication
Did you already update your iPhone or iPad to iOS 9 on day one of the new software build’s quest for iOS 8 replacement? Great, then you’re all set to download the latest iTunes patch, bringing Apple’s hugely popular service to version 12.3.First released almost a year ago, iTunes 12 previously saw a pair of point enhancements, with 12.2 adding Apple Music to the equation. Recently, an even ...
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Apple fixes Apple Music bugs with recent iTunes 12.2.1 update
Apple’s launch of Apple Music has been met with mixed impressions. While some of us like the service, others still can’t find a reason to move away from the freemium services of Spotify and others. The launch of Apple Music was also plagued with a few bugs for users of other Apple Services, but that seems to have gotten fixed today.Apple has just released iTunes 12.2.1 to the public, and the update is mostly focused on fixing bugs that were left by the Apple Music but. Customers using
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iOS 8.4 removed iTunes Home Sharing support
On Tuesday, Apple introduced its new streaming music service Music through the release of the iOS 8.4 and iTunes 12.2 software updates. For iOS users, it was required to update to the latest version of the OS in order to use the service – that’s the only way to get the updated Music app. But what some eagle-eyed individuals are learning today about iOS 8.4 is that Home Sharing for iTunes is gone in the new update.This isn’t any accident either; apart from the various reports in Apple’s Support forum, the Apple support page for Home Sharing has also been updated to show ...
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Apple Music revenue sharing agreements with music labels revealed
For a minute there we didn’t think Apple Music would go official at WWDC 2015. Many rumors pointed to some rough negotiations between Cupertino and record labels, and in some cases lobbying to destroy the freemium model all together. The fact that the deal went through has left many of us wondering what Apple ended up negotiating, and today we learn about it.Robert Kondrk, Apple’s VP of iTunes ...
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Apple’s new “Free on iTunes” gives away TV shows and music
Apple has never been famous discounts, and definitely not for giving things away on any of its stores. There was a time when the company was giving away singles, and it seems that even that went away silently. The good thing is that it seems that Apple has decided to take these free singles to a whole new level.Apple has replaced the “Single of the week” freebie with a new section called “Free on ...
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