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Beats 1 radio goes live following Apple Music launch

Jun30
by on June 30, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Apple Music just launched with the release of iOS 8.4, and now it’s flipped the switch on its Beats 1 radio station as well. The first song? City by Spring King. Beats 1 is set to broadcast from New York, Los Angeles and London, and will stream music and featured content 24/7 without commercials. During its initial unveiling at WWDC, Apple said the station would showcase interviews, news, and guest hosts in addition to music. So far, we know Eminem is pegged to be the first guest interviewed by Zane Lowe tomorrow, while Pharrell, Justin Timberlake, Cara Delevingne, Jaden Smith…

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Listen to a frustrated Zane Lowe trying to get Apple’s Beats 1 ready for launch

Jun30
by on June 30, 2015 at 3:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Beats 1, Insider, Zane Lowe

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Beats 1, Apple’s music station, starts broadcasting today but it’s having some teething problems in the run up to going properly live. Anyone who has downloaded the iOS 8.4 update and tuned in to the station ahead of the official launch will have heard as much. Over Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music For Airports, you can hear an understandably frustrated Zane Lowe – one of the station’s three launch DJs – and a producer attempting to work through the kinks. Read next: Everything you need to know about Apple Music Find out more: The complete Twitter guide to the faces behind Apple Music

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US Appeals Court rules that Apple conspired to fix e-book prices

Jun30
by on June 30, 2015 at 3:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Nearly two years ago, a US federal judge ruled that Apple conspired to raise prices on the ebooks it sold. A federal appeals court today upheld that judgement. In a 2 to 1 vote, the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals agreed that the conspiracy violated antitrust law, and supported the previous judge’s injunction against Apple. A majority judge said that Apple’s price fixing helped ensure that prices throughout the ebook market rose to a level Apple and its co-conspirators – Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Penguin – were happy with. Meanwhile, Apple justified its actions by saying…

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Apple Music is live: Download iOS 8.4 now to try it

Jun30
by on June 30, 2015 at 2:50 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Announced at WWDC in June, Apple Music is finally here. To try it out for yourself, you’ll need to download iOS 8.4, which is also available now. You can download the over-the-air update for your iOS device by heading to the Settings app, then General and Software Update. via Reddit Apple Music is the company’s first foray into providing a fully-fledged streaming service, after it acquired Beats’ technology. It also features a new streaming radio station, Beats 1, with a star-studded lineup including Zane Lowe, Ebro Darden and Julie Adenuga. Apple Music is available as a free trial for three months, then costs $9.99…

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Summer sale at jkp-ads.com

Jun30
by on June 30, 2015 at 2:46 pm
Posted In: Add-ins, Around the Web, Downloads, Formulas, General, Miscellany, MVP, Products

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