Apple has changed course on its plans to deny royalty payments to artists during the 3-month Apple Music trial period following pressure from pop superstar Taylor Swift and other concerned artists.
Apple Announces ‘Apple Music’ Streaming Service
Apple today unveiled its long-awaited streaming music service. Apple Music will bring users millions of songs from the iTunes Store, music videos, lyrics, live DJs, curated playlists, and social media features that let users connect with their favorite artists.
Apple Announces iOS 9 with Proactive Intelligence, iPad Multitasking
Apple today unveiled iOS 9 with many new features and improvements, including Proactive Intelligence features with Siri, natural language search, multitasking on the iPad, a new News app, and battery life improvements.
Apple Unveils Next Mac Operating System, OS X El Capitan
Apple has unveiled the next version of its desktop operating system, OS X El Capitan. The new operating system features a variety of interface and window management improvements, along with large performance boosts courtesy of the adoption of Metal for Mac.
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Xbox 360 System Update Brings Support for 2TB External Hard Drives
Microsoft may be focused on the Xbox One, but it hasn’t forgotten about the Xbox 360. The company today released a system update that brings long-awaited support for larger external hard drives (up to 2TB), along with some minor UI and account management improvements.
It Pays to Discover that Discover Card is Coming to Apple Pay This Fall
Discover, Apple Pay’s lone holdout among the major credit card issuers, announced today that it will finally bring support for the secure mobile payments service to its cardmembers this fall.
Gaze Inappropriately at Apple Watch Innards via the iFixit Teardown
It’s still April 23rd in most of the United States, but it’s already Apple Watch launch day in other parts of the world, and the dedicated folks at iFixit have already obtained their wearable sacrifice for one of the company’s legendary teardowns.
Google to Discontinue Support for Chrome on Windows XP at the End of 2015
After announcing in 2013 that it would provide support for Chrome on Windows XP through “at least April 2015,” Google this week clarified its commitment, pledging to support the browser on the aging operating system through the end of the year.
Microsoft Updates Office for Mac 2016 Preview with Visual and Performance Improvements
Microsoft late Tuesday released an update to the Office for Mac 2016 Preview. In addition to a number of bug fixes and functionality improvements, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint received some visual tweaks that mirror the changes in progress for the Office 2016 for Windows beta.
Apple Announces WWDC 2015 Details & Ticket Lottery
Apple announced today that its annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) will take place this year June 8 through June 12 at its usual venue in San Francisco’s Moscone West event center. Those interested in attending must register for a ticket lottery between now and Friday, April 17. Winners will be notified via email on April 20th.