Tag: IOS

App Developers Alliance Sides With Spotify In Apple Dispute

Now that Spotify has drawn a line in the sand over Apple's app store rejection, supporters of both sides are starting to comment.  Unsurprisingly, so far most, at least in. Continue reading

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