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Apple Music rival Spotify wants to help users save $3 by ditching Apple’s App Store
In the wake of Apple Music’s debut, rival Spotify is contacting users who have subscribed to its Premium music service through Apple’s iTunes App Store to recommend that they switch to Spotify on the web for $9.99 per month rather than paying $12.99 per month through iTunes. In an email to Spotify subscribers obtained by ...
Apple prepares for record iPhone 6s sales, orders 90M initial units
A report in June claimed Apple had started early production of its two new iPhone models, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and that volume production would kick off sometime in July. A new report from The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday supports that claim. Citing sources within Apple’s supply chain, the report claims that ...
iOS 8.4 sees rapid adoption rate, may be due to Apple Music
According to data from mobile and web analytics platform, Mixpanel, iOS 8.4 has reached a 40 percent adoption rate just one week after it was launched on June 30. The likely driver of this impressive start for a point-release, speculates 9to5Mac, is the launch of Apple’s new music streaming service, Apple Music. Following much hype ...
6 new Apple products to look forward to before the end of the year
We are halfway through the year and, the Apple Watch launch aside, the best is yet to come from Apple. The iPhone maker traditionally unveils new iPhones and a new version of iOS to go with them around September. While Apple has told us a lot about iOS 9 and other products already, there are ...
Apple Watch sales down 90 percent in U.S., says report
A new consumer market research report claims that Apple’s daily Apple Watch sales have dropped by as much as 90 percent compared to sales in the first week after the wearable’s launch. In a report shared with MarketWatch, California-based research firm Slice Intelligence found that during June Apple sold less than 20,000 Apple Watches per ...
Samsung to post Q2 profit decline on back of incorrect Galaxy S6 sales expectations
Samsung Electronics Co. on Tuesday forecast a second-quarter profit decline following a combination of lower than expected demand for its Galaxy S6 smartphone and shortages of its Galaxy S6 Edge model. The South Korean technology giant estimated its second-quarter profit at 6.9 trillion won ($6.1 billion), a decline of four percent over the year-ago quarter. ...
Material Design Lite brings Google’s design language to websites
It has been a little over a year since Google introduced Material Design and in that time the design language has permeated the Android operating system, Android and iOS apps, and web apps. On Monday, Google announced Material Design Lite (MDL), a front-end web framework, aimed at bringing Material Design to websites at large. (via ...
Rumor: Apple imposes co-designed packaging on third-party accessories sold in Apple Stores
Apple is known to be obsessive and passionate over its product packaging and now it appears the Cupertino giant is extending that attitude to the packaging of third-party accessories sold in its retail stores. In a report Monday, 9to5Mac shared leaked images showing third-party accessory packaging co-designed by Apple. The aim of the exercise appears ...
Latest leaked iPhone 6s images reveal upgraded NFC, same 16GB storage
The iPhone 6s leaks continued Friday as new images supposedly showing the internal components of Apple’s next iPhone were published. The images reportedly show updated NFC hardware, fewer and less power-hungry chips, and new flash memory. The new components were identified by 9to5Mac – which published the images of what is claimed to be the ...
Your favorite Android apps and games now on Mac with BlueStacks App Player for Mac
BlueStack Systems Inc., makers of the free desktop Android emulator that allows users to enjoy mobile games and apps on their Windows desktop or laptop, announced earlier this week that its BlueStacks App Player now supports OS X. Mac users can now join the 85 million users the company says already uses BlueStacks on Windows. ...