Apple Music

BetterQueuing unlocks powerful music-queuing features in Apple Music

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 14, 2020

If you use Apple Music as your primary means of media consumption, then you might find yourself somewhat limited by the options presented when you perform a Haptic Touch gesture on songs in a particular playlist, especially in the song-queuing department.

BetterQueuing is a newly released and free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer Arandomdev1 that brings improved song-queuing capabilities to this particular interface, and as shown in the screenshot examples above, it provides users with a myriad of new ways to interact with their queued playlists with little effort overall.

How to share Apple Music songs on Instagram and Facebook Stories

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated January 5, 2023

The Apple Music app on iPhone and iPad lets you share songs and albums to Instagram Stories or Facebook Stories in a beautiful, interactive manner. In this tutorial, we'll quickly show you how to do that!

New report says Apple has been on a ‘cloud computing hiring spree’ for the past few months

Evan Selleck ∙ May 11, 2020

Apple is definitely a services company these days (just look at that profit!), but one area the company is still trailing behind others is cloud computing. But it sounds like it's trying to change that.

Sonos says Spotify operates an even-more closed ecosystem than Apple

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 7, 2020

Sonos cofounder John MacFarlane has hit back at Spotify's cofounder and CEO Daniel Ek who recently whined about Apple's platforms not being, in his personal view, open enough to third-party apps like Spotify. In a post on Twitter, MacFarlane called the real irony the fact that the Swedish company operates an even-more closed ecosystem than the Cupertino tech giant.

Apple seeds fourth betas of iOS 13.5, iPadOS 13.5, watchOS 6.2.5, and tvOS 13.4.5 to developers

Evan Selleck ∙ May 6, 2020

We continue to move right along towards a full, public release of iOS 13.5. However, until then, we have another beta seed.

Spotify’s CEO expects Apple to ‘open up’ to third-party apps

Evan Selleck ∙ May 5, 2020

Apple is always happy to trumpet the strengths of the App Store and just how much it has helped developers, but that doesn't mean it's always ready to adopt third-party apps as defaults.

Apple’s Services revenue hits a new all-time high of $13.3 billion

Evan Selleck ∙ April 30, 2020

It's time for Apple's latest quarterly earnings report, which means it's time again to hear just how much the company's Services division is bringing in.

Pandora’s Apple Watch app now supports Siri

Evan Selleck ∙ April 29, 2020

Pandora has supported the Apple Watch with an official app for a bit of time now, and now it supports Siri.

Musicians can add fundraising links on their Spotify profiles

Evan Selleck ∙ April 22, 2020

With live shows canceled all across the globe due to the coronavirus pandemic, Spotify has added a new option for musicians using its platform to help with relief efforts.

Apple’s Oliver Schusser is taking over as president at Beats as Apple remains committed to the brand

Evan Selleck ∙ April 17, 2020

Beats is going through a bit of a reshuffle at the moment, namely in the role of president. And it looks like a long-time Apple executive will be taking up the reins.

How to get notified of new songs and albums from your favorite artists on Apple Music

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated October 2, 2025

Stay up to date with your favorite artists’ latest releases on Apple Music and never miss a beat by receiving notifications for their new songs and albums.

Apple Music will support indie labels with the new $50 million Royalty Advance Fund

Evan Selleck ∙ April 7, 2020

In an effort to make sure that indie artists are still able to get paid their due royalties during the global coronavirus pandemic, Apple Music has started a new fund.