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Apple Music Will Allow Downloads for Offline Listening — Apple's forthcoming subscription music service will indeed allow for offline playback of songs or videos, keeping the service on par with rivals such as Spotify. — That was a key question left unanswered during either Monday's keynote presentation …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Spotify plans more competitive pricing to match Apple Music's family plan of $14.99 for up to six people — Spotify plans to match Apple Music's very cheap family plan — Apple rolled out its new music service today. It has the very original name of Apple Music.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
The Strengths And Weaknesses Of Apple Music — Spotify killer? Or Ping 2.0? Apple today finally announced its move into on-demand music streaming with the unveiling of Apple Music. Now the question is whether Apple Music will be a hit with the public, bringing legions of new users to streaming and stealing from competitors.
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Apple Music launching June 30 on iOS, Mac, and PC with 3 months free, then $9.99 per month, coming to Apple TV and Android phones this fall — Introducing Apple Music — All The Ways You Love Music. All in One Place. — Apple® today unveiled Apple Music™, a single …
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See also Mediagazer| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Apple to require 6-digit passcodes on newer iPhones, iPads under iOS 9 — Stronger passcode ups the ante: there will be one million possible permutations. — As part of its iOS 9 announcement on Monday, Apple revealed that all newer iDevices equipped with TouchID and running the newer version …
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Hospira hospital drug pump vulnerability lets hacker remotely send fatal dose — Hacker Can Send Fatal Dose to Hospital Drug Pumps — When security researcher Billy Rios reported earlier this year that he'd found vulnerabilities in a popular drug infusion pump that would allow a hacker …
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| Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
Messaging app Jott works without a data plan or WiFi connection, hits 500K active users in US, mostly junior high and high school students — Messaging App Jott Is Blowing Up Among Junior High And High Schoolers — As Facebook and YikYak try to grow a younger audience … | Martha C. White / New York Times: |
Airlines restrict data sharing with third-party fare comparison sites to push bookings via their own sites — Seeking More Bookings, Airlines Limit Sites That Show Their Fares — When Josh Marion had to book a last-minute business trip to New York, he knew the plane ticket wouldn't be cheap.Thanks:@atechmemefan
| Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: |
Apple announces Flipboard-like app News, new rich media format for news items; publishers keep revenues from ads they sell, 70% from iAd ads; kills Newsstand — For news organizations, this was the most important set of Apple announcements in years — There wasn't a lot of buildup beforehand …
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See also Mediagazer| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Apple announces version 2 of its Swift programming language, plans to open-source it — Apple will open-source its Swift programming language — Apple is taking a big step to make its Swift programming language more and more pervasive. The language's compiler and libraries for iOS … | Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times: |
FBI wants data access to encrypting or data-destroying instant messaging apps like WhatsApp, Kik, Wickr, and Surespot that could be used by terrorists — With Islamic State using instant messaging apps, FBI seeks access to data — Gov. Brown talks about the drought Tuesday night at USC.| Apple: |
Apple Previews New Apple Watch Software — watchOS 2 Introduces Native Third-Party Apps, New Watch Faces & Enhanced Communications Features — Apple® today previewed watchOS™ 2, the first major software update for Apple Watch™, giving developers the tools to build faster …
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| New York Times: |
In China, Uber pays drivers bonuses of up to 3X the fare, to establish itself in the country — Uber Spends Heavily to Establish Itself in China — HONG KONG — Uber is spending money at a breakneck rate to crack the China market — even paying its drivers more than the fares they collect.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based Kobalt expands its global music licensing service with recent purchase of AMRA, American Mechanical Rights Agency — Kobalt Quietly Acquired AMRA To Launch Its Own Global Collection Group For Digital Music — Kobalt, the London-based startup that has built big-data technology … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Amazon wants to be your SSL certificate provider, applies to be a root Certificate Authority — Amazon Web Services continues to extend its reach into IT products, applying today to Mozilla and the Android Open Source Project to become a root Certificate Authority, also known as a CA.Thanks:@kevinlisota
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