A new report has shown that Apple was right to show faith in investing in the music streaming business. The Apple Music doors were only officially opened six months ago, but it seems like the company's music streaming service has already attracted and signed up more than ten million subscribers who are paying a minimum of $9.99 per month after the free trial. The ten million subscriber milestone is made even more impressive by the fact that it has taken only six months to achieve.
Entire music collection of The Beatles will be available for streaming on Apple Music, Spotify and other services starting December 24 on Christmas Eve. Here are all the details.
Taylor Swift, apart from sharing a name with Apple's new programming language, is becoming one of the firm's biggest partners in the music world after initially getting off to a rocky start when the artist penned an open letter to Apple asking it to pay musicians for their work during Apple Music's 90-day free trial. Ever since Apple reversed its stance and did exactly that, the pair have been best buds.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens motion picture soundtrack is now available on Apple Music and iTunes. Check out the complete track list right here.
Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour Documentary video will be available exclusively on Apple Music starting December 20th. Here are the details.
Looking to purchase new Beats headphones or speakers this holiday season? Apple is offering $60 iTunes gift card with select models for very limited time.
This is just in. Apple has finally flipped the switch and released Apple Music app for Android. You can download it now on the Google Play Store.
Facebook has continually shown willing over the last twelve months to improve its mobile apps for the greater good of its users. With more than 1.0 billion active users, a large percentage of which access the service from one of the company's smartphone apps, it's only right and proper that the world's largest social network continues to invest in mobile. Now, it seems that investment is starting to move across to the world of music as Mark Zuckerberg's company starts to roll out a new Music Stories post format within its iOS app.
It's almost that time of year again when Apple puts together some of the biggest names in the music business for our listening pleasure. Apple's annual iTunes Festival will make a reappearance next month with a solid lineup consisting of some of the biggest musical superstars currently operating today. The format and structure of the musical festival will remain consistent with previous years, with the exception of one big change; Apple has renamed it as the Apple Music Festival in homage to the recently launched Apple Music streaming service.
Apple has continued to develop and evolve its Beats 1 radio station with a new update that will surely appeal to lovers of the station. A new Replay feature has been rolled out as part of an apparent stealth platform update that lets listeners catch up on specific segments of broadcasts that may have been missed. As you know, Beats 1 is an "always on" radio station broadcasting around the world, so it stands to reason that certain users in certain territories will occasionally miss out on content that they would've loved to listen to. The Beats 1: Replay feature should go some way to resolving that issue.