Tag: IOS

Spotify Says Apple Rejected App Upgrade “As A Weapon” Because It Competes With Apple Music

The battle between Spotify and Apple got much nastier this week, with the music streamer's top lawyer delivering Cupertino a message that they will no longer stand by as Apple uses the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2016 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Bruce Sewell, Elizabeth Warren, European Union competition law, IOS, IPhone, iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Apple For Locking Out Rivals, Spotify Agrees

Spotify has given a big thumbs up to a speech by US Senator Elizabeth Warren (D MA) accusing Google, Amazon and particularly Apple of working to “snuff out competition.” Apple, says. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Elizabeth Warren, Federal Trade Commission, Google, IOS, IPhone, Jonathan Prince, Spotify, Streaming media

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MON. BRIEFING: Kayne’s New Clickbait Genius • Guvera Restructures • IZotope Raises $7.5M • More

MONDAY 6.27.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Geuvra is holding on by its thumbs, the Photoshop of music is raising millions, but the big story is still. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/27/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 500px, 60 Seconds, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, Adobe Systems, Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Application programming interface, Artist, Bob Seger, CartoDB, IOS, IPhone, Photo manipulation, Tutorial, Web application, Web developer, Web development, World Wide Web

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FRI. BRIEFING: Facebook, YouTube Expand Live • Flipagram: 200M Users • iTunes Bug • Apple Music To Korea • More

FRIDAY 6.24.16 Music Business News From Around The Web LIVE VIDEO, LIVE VIDEO, LIVE VIDEO. Updated continuously under our More News

Bruce Houghton on 06/24/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Application programming interface, Artist, Bob Seger, CartoDB, IOS, music, Web application, Web developer, Web development, World Wide Web

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SoundCloud Ramps Up Music Discovery, Adds ‘Suggest Tracks’

SoundCloud is now competing directly against Spotify, Apple Music and others. So it's adding features to match them. With 125 million tracks on SoundCloud vs. about 35 million on Spotify. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/22/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Google Play, IOS, IPhone, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Streaming media

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Spotify Merchbar Partnership Means BandPage Is Out

[UPDATED] Alongside today's announcement that Spotify would be selling merchandise from 35,000 artists thanks to a new partnership with Merchbar, was a mention that offers from BandPage would no longer be. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/22/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Apple Inc., Comma-separated values, Extras, Google, Google Play, IOS, Music download, NPR, Spotify, YouTube

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Spotify Launches Party Mode “Mixed By Us Tuned By You”

2015 was the year that streaming music services became obsessed with delivering the right song to the right user at the right moment. Spotify's latest approach combines human curation, algorithms. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/16/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adware, Algorithm, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Chromecast, Facebook, Google, Google Play, IOS, Streaming media

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Google Launches $14.99 Six Person Family Plan For Google Play Music, YouTube Red Combined

Just as the industry starts to limit freemium music, a new marketing tactic is gaining traction – deep discounts. Spotify is offering 3 months for $.99 and Google has just. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/10/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Canada, Germany, Google Play, Hong Kong, IOS, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States

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iOS 9.2 Updates Includes Significant Apple Music Updates

An Apple iOs update launched overnight offers significant upgrades and changes to Apple Music. In iOS 9.2, playlists get new features as do downloads. There are also more credits attached. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/09/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Airplay, Android (operating system), App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., ICloud, IOS, IPhone, IPod Touch, iTunes

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Why Video Is The Social Media Trend Of 2016

Artists take note, a recent review of the statistics reveals that social video on both Facebook and YouTube has blown up in the past year, and will likely only become. Continue reading

Guest Post on 12/03/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Facebook, Facebook features, GoPro, Head-mounted display, IOS, LeBron James, Mark Zuckerberg, Oculus Rift, virtual reality, YouTube

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Songza To Shut Down Next Month, Features Transferred To Google Play Music

Songza, which was acquired by Google in July of last year, will shut down as of January 31st. Its features and playlists will, however, still be available on Google Play. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/02/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 3D printing, Android (operating system), Elias Roman, Google, Google Play, IOS, playlist, social media, Songza, Streaming media

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