Apple and the NBA team up for a new ‘Base:Line’ Apple Music playlist
Apple is teaming up with the NBA to launch a new “Base:Line” playlist to focus on independent artists.
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Spotify launches a playlists for pets based on ‘music you love’
Spotify has launched a new playlist option, this one built for the pet(s) in your life based on the music you love.
Apple highlights why 2019 was the biggest year for Services in its history
Apple today issued a press release highlighting some numbers that reveal why 2019 was the biggest year for the Services segment in its history.
Doppler 2 for iPhone lets you import, manage and edit your music with ease
Doppler 2, a major update to the iPhone music player, sports several interesting improvements, such as wireless transfer and import support.
Streaming music has changed how we listen to music
For most of us, owning our music isn’t important anymore. And streaming music changes our relationship with it forever. Is that for better or worse?
Streaming now accounts for 80% of the US music market vs. just 7% in 2010
Paid streaming music subscriptions in the United States went from just 1.5 million in 2010 to 61 million in the first half of 2019.
How to get six months of Apple Music free, thanks to Shazam
Apple is giving up to six months of free Apple Music membership to folks who sign up for the service using the Shazam app, but you have to act fast.
How to see what your friends are listening to on Apple Music
Want to see what your friends are listening to on Apple Music? It’s easy to find and follow your Apple Music friends and here’s how.
Spotify testing ‘Tastebuds’ feature to show off your friends’ taste in music
Spotify is testing out a feature called “Tastebuds”, which will makes it easier to discover new music from your friends.
MusicBot is an all-in-one Apple Music assistant powered by Apple’s Shortcuts app
MusicBot helps you control Apple Music. It works using the Shortcuts app on your iPhone or iPad. It’s from the fine folks at MacStories, and it’s free.
Editor’s Desk: Apple as tastemaker, Apple hardware problems, Feds take up robocalling, 4G coverage shenanigans
Apple flexes its muscles as tastemaker on its own burgeoning entertainment services. The company also tries to iron out some maddening hardware inconsistencies with new Macs and iPhones. And the federal government stepped in to tech consumers’ lives a few times this week with useful and not so useful legislative and regulatory action.
Apple reportedly pays $25 million for Billie Eilish documentary
Earlier this week Apple recognized pop music’s newest teen sensation, Billie Eilish, as Apple Music’s artist of the year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Apple is now set to pay Eilish $25 million for exclusive rights to an already-produced documentary that tracked the making of her smash hit album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?.
