Sony Music CEO explains how Apple Music can compete with Spotify
Over the weekend, Sony Music CEO Doug Morris effectively confirmed that Apple later today will finally take the wraps off of Apple Music, the company’s own on-demand streaming music service.
While the impending launch of Apple Music is hardly breaking news in and of itself, Morris did articulate why he thinks Apple Music is poised to succeed, even in the face of strong competition from the likes of Spotify. Though Spotify currently boasts over 60 million active users, Morris believes Apple can make up a lot of ground quickly because they’ll actually be able to advertise.
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iOS 9: Apple just confirmed a big change in a very sneaky way
Apple on Monday will unveil its next software plans for the iPhone, Mac and Watch, as well as its new music streaming service, though many reports have already likely exposed many of the new features from iOS 9 and OS X 10.11. However, Apple appears to have just confirmed one major change coming to its operating systems in a somewhat sneaky way.
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OOPS! iPhone 6s release date may have just leaked
The release date for Apple’s upcoming iPhone 6s may have been inadvertently leaked by Vodafone this past week. According to Mobile News, which claims to have gotten its hands on an internal Vodafone email, Apple’s next-gen iPhone is slated to be released on Friday, September 25, with pre-orders reportedly scheduled to open up on September 18.
Now given that it’s only early June, any story regarding a specific iPhone release date should of course be taken with a requisite grain of salt. Still, the rumored September 25 release date is certainly plausible. By way of contrast, the iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, and iPhone 6 models respectively launched on September 20, September 21, and September 19. That being the case, the rumored release date is well within the realm of reason.
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FEATURED: 9 awesome paid iPhone apps and iPad apps on sale for free today
For Apple fans, Monday is all about WWDC 2015 — and of course, you can follow all the news as it breaks in our WWDC 2015 hub. Apple’s big keynote doesn’t kick off until 1:00 p.m. EDT / 10:00 a.m. PDT though, so you still have some time left to enjoy today’s list of nifty paid iPhone and iPad apps that are on sale for free for a limited time.
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Bloomberg: Apple is building a massive high-speed network to ensure first-rate cloud services
It seems Apple is tired of people saying it can’t do cloud services as well as Google, Microsoft and Amazon. Bloomberg is reporting that Apple is building a giant high-speed network to boost its cloud capabilities and put them on par with Amazon and others. This investment comes as Apple will launch its own Spotify-like music streaming service and as it prepares to announce a Netflix-like video streaming service in the fall.
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Hound app faces off with Google Now in new video, and the results are unexpected
It took nine years for SoundHound to build and launch its new Hound assistant app, and all of that time and effort has resulted in a top-notch rival to more established solutions such as Siri and Google Now. In fact, we’ve seen several videos now that suggest Hound obliterates similar offerings from Google and Apple, thanks to the speed with which it serves up answers and the staggering complexity of the questions it can offer near-instant solutions to.
In a new video showdown with Google Now, however, we’re shown some new tests that definitely have some unexpected results.
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Apple WWDC cheat sheet: The major announcements
WWDC 2015 is kicking off on Monday and Apple is expected to make several major new announcements that will set the stage for its big fall product launches this year. Below we’ll give you the lowdown on the biggest announcements we expect to see at WWDC 2015.
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Apple doesn’t just want to beat rivals with its new music service, it wants to crush them
Later today, Apple will unveil Apple Music, according to many sources familiar with the matter who have spoken to various publications and tech blogs long before WWDC 2015 kicked off. Now, a new report says the company is eying a major sales target for its upcoming streaming service, which would make it the top streaming music service in the world by a huge margin.
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Suicide bombers detonate themselves after heated argument turns into fight
Remember the selfie-taking terrorist that got his headquarters blown up by the Air Force last week in a swift attack? It turns out there are even more outlandish stories out there, with new reports revealing that at least one suicide bomber in Sargodha, Pakistan, may have died after accidentally triggering a suicide vest during an argument with a second individual who was also potentially a suicide bomber.
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Apple Pay UK release set for this summer
Ahead of WWDC, the Apple rumor mill continues to operate at full throttle. The most recent report suggests that Apple Pay will be coming to the United Kingdom in about two months time.
According to a report published in The Telegraph this past weekend, Apple will making the announcement official later today with a planned rollout slated to go live towards the end of the Summer.
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