Apple broke antitrust laws by working with publishers to increase e-book prices, US court rules June 30, 2015 A federal appeals court in the US has ruled that Apple conspired with publishers to increase the prices of e-books. Read more: Apple antitrust case on brink of collapse It said today that the technology giant broke antitrust laws when it worked with the likes of Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster to [...]
Apple Music launches today – here is everything you need to know June 30, 2015 Apple will today launch its new music streaming service, which will allow users to stream music to their Apple devices for a fee. Apple Music is a direct challenge to competitor Spotify. It will be free for the first three months, and then priced at £9.99 a month. Unlike Spotify, the new product from the [...]
Streaming is believing: The race for streaming supremacy is on June 29, 2015 Don’t we just love a media-fuelled battle for supremacy, the winner in the ‘big race’, Goliaths all lining up for the 100 metre Dad’s dash? The truth is, in the mega-subscriber streaming market the gun went off years ago. The battle for streaming kingship is, as they say, a marathon not a sprint and [...]
Taylor Swift confirms album 1989 will be on Apple Music June 25, 2015 Taylor Swift has announced that her album "1989" is going to be available on Apple's new Apple Music service. The popstar had a high-profile battle with the Silicon Valley giant to get it to pay artists during the product's three-month trial period, when the streaming service will be offered for free. She won – and Apple [...]
After Apple Music, here’s what Taylor Swift needs to fix next June 22, 2015 Taylor Swift took on Apple – and won. Now the internet is asking her for more help. Pop star Swift lashed out in an open letter against Apple’s plans to offer a free trial of its music streaming service, and managed to persuade the company to change its mind. Fans celebrated Swift’s intervention on social [...]
Taylor Swift 1; Apple 0: Tech giant backs down over payment policy after Shake It Off singer threatens to block album June 22, 2015 Apple Music has backed down on its payment policy a day after singer Taylor Swift said she would refuse to let the tech giant stream her album 1989. The Shake It Off singer had written an open letter to the company saying she would withhold her record in light of plans to offer a [...]
Taylor Swift lashes out at Apple’s new streaming service: “We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation” June 21, 2015 Taylor Swift has lashed out at Apple’s plans to offer a free three-month trial of its music streaming service, writing: “We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation.” She won't now be allowing her latest album, 1989, to be streamed via Apple's new [...]
Regent Street is home to more global retailers than homegrown, a new report claims June 19, 2015 There are more international retailers on Regent Street than homegrown names for the first time in the iconic road's 192-year history, a new report has found. Regent Street is now home to more than 50 international brands – a quarter of which are from the US – thanks to a flurry of openings in [...]
Unicode 8: Unicorns, cheese, eye-roll face and the 37 new emojis you’ll soon be using after Apple, Google and Microsoft updates June 18, 2015 Rejoice, emoji lovers! Soon you'll be have 37 new characters to use in your texts, tweets and chats. Even if you're not down with the emoji lingo (*sad face*), it's the perfect time to get in on the action – Goldman Sachs is doing it, and an emoji password could even be the new secure way [...]
Apple is ready to face rivals in music streaming market June 16, 2015 Apple’s announcement that it is to enter the music streaming industry points towards the way we will access music in the years ahead. But how will it fit into the sector, and what does it mean for those brands already occupying that space? Spotify is the major presence in the market at present. It has [...]