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Swatch, the world’s largest watchmaker by revenue, on Wednesday announced immediate Chinese availability of Bellamy, an NFC-toting watch capable of conducting mobile transactions processed by credit card operator UnionPay and the state-owned Bank of Communications Co. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple last month kicked off its annual Back to School promotion, announcing that it is giving away a free pair of Beats Solo 2 headphones with the purchase of any eligible Mac. At the time, however, the promo was limited to Apple retail stores, with the promise of the deal coming later on to Apple’s…
Apple today launched its annual Back to School promotion, providing a free pair of Beats Solo2 On-Ear headphones to customers that purchase an eligible Mac, including the iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Pro. Apple is also offering the option to upgrade to a pair of Beats Solo2 Wireless Headphones for $100. Apple…
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In another promotional coup for Apple Music, MTV announced on Monday that it will reveal the 2015 Video Music Award nominees exclusively on Apple’s live streaming radio station, Beats 1. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
The week’s news was dominated by the launch of Apple Music and Beats 1 on Tuesday, but other developments percolated under the surface — including Apple losing its last appeal of a long-fought e-book antitrust case. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
After launching Beats 1 with an interview featuring Eminem, Zane Lowe followed up yesterday by interviewing singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran. If you missed the live interview, though, it has now been added to the Beats 1 YouTube channel. Unfortunately, it’s audio-only at this point, although Zane did share a video clip on his Instagram so it…
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If you’ve been more impressed by Beats 1 radio than I have, and want to invite your Android-owning friends to check it out, there are a number of unofficial web streams for that. Developer Benjamin Rumble found an unencrypted HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) URL for the service and embedded it in a webpage on his personal site. You can…
Read More “Unofficial Beats 1 web streams let your Android-owning friends join the party” »
Update: after about 35 minutes, it appears that the Beats 1 stream is back online. The outage may have been caused by an Amazon Web services outage on the East Coast of the US. Many readers are reporting Beats1 Radio is offline with error -12880 on iOS and just a spin on iTunes for Mac….
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In a blog post (that has since been removed), Apple Music senior director Ian Rogers–the former CEO of Beats Music–noted that Apple will make iOS 8.4 available at 8 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday, two hours earlier than the company’s typical release time, in order to allow users to hear the inaugural broadcast of Apple’s…
Somewhat lost among all of the announcements coming out of WWDC last week, Apple on Monday introduced a new set of colors for the Beats Powerbeats2 wireless in-ear headphones, with the new colors matching the Apple Watch sport band options of black, white, blue, green, and pink. Carrying the same $200 price as the original…
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Before it was acquired by Apple, Beats Electronics was working on a Sonos-like Wi-Fi-connected loudspeaker that would play music from services like Pandora and Spotify straight from the Internet, reports Variety. The news comes days after learning that the new Apple Music streaming service will not immediately be compatible with Sonos speakers. Beats Pill speakers…
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Apple today announced a voluntary recall of all Beats Pill XL Speakers due to the rare possibility that the battery in the speakers may overheat and pose a fire safety risk. Apple will issue refunds to affected customers and says the recall does not extend to other Apple or Beats products. “Because customer safety is…
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This week saw a number of details emerge about Apple’s plans for a 12.9-inch iPad, a new Apple TV, and Web search. The company’s efforts to relaunch Beats Music appeared to be running into roadblocks however, with word of incomplete deals, and even probes by two U.S. government agencies. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple may be intentionally slowing the release of updates to Tidal’s iOS app in an attempt to weaken the music service ahead of an impending relaunch of Beats Music, a report said on Saturday. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Revenue from music streaming is now overshadowing CD sales in the US, according to new data published by the Recording Industry Association of America on Thursday, signalling a sea-change in favor of services like Spotify, Pandora, and Beats Music. AppleInsider – Frontpage News