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Apple’s system status page is displaying problems with a significant number of cloud services. At the time of writing, it is showing ‘intermittent issues’ for ‘some users’ for the following services: App Store Apple Music Apple TV iTunes in the Cloud iTunes Store iTunes U Mac App Store Volume Purchase Program … more… 9to5Mac
We noted this week the growing importance of services to Apple’s bottom line … more… 9to5Mac
Beginning on Friday, the back catalog of pop singer Taylor Swift will be available on all major streaming services, putting an end to one of Apple’s most useful exclusives. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
T-Mobile has added AppleCare services to members subscribing to its extra-cost Premium Device Protection or Jump upgrade programs, allowing for $ 29 screen repairs. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Earlier this week, Amazon’s Web Services suffered from a significant outage, bringing down a number of online services and plaguing Apple’s own iCloud platform. While not much was known about what caused the lengthy outage at the time, Amazon has published a new blog post detailing what exactly went wrong, pinpointing it on a human error. more……
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According to a report from TechCrunch, Jawbone is exiting the consumer hardware market and will shift its strategy to selling services and products directly to businesses in the health market. The report comes following earlier claims that Jawbone had run out of money. more… Filed under: Apple 9to5Mac
Folk/rock artist Neil Young’s back catalog has returned to streaming music services including Apple Music, Deezer, and Spotify, a report noted on Friday, a little over a year after the musician declared a moratorium over audio quality issues. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple has silently added Australia’s Stan to the list of services supported by universal search on the Apple TV, representing the first time the feature has gone beyond U.S.-based companies. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
After announcing the discontinuation of the Disney Infinity franchise in May, Avalanche Studios and Disney Interactive Studios — the game’s developer and publisher, respectively — remained relatively quiet on the specific timeline of the game’s imminent demise. After the announcement, Disney still launched three new characters from Alice: Through the Looking Glass, and introduced its…
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Apple has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Copyright Royalty Board calling for a simplified way to pay songwriters and music publishers for streaming music, according to Billboard. While the change would benefit labels, artists and publishers, it would make it more difficult for streaming services like Spotify to continue offering free tiers. Apple, which has…
Less than two weeks before Adele’s highly anticipated album "25" is set to drop, the artist’s camp is at odds with Spotify over limiting playback to paying subscribers, meaning the streaming music firm might see another huge release slip through its hands to land on subscription services like Apple Music. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
An issue at a local provider appears to have impacted wireless and landline services in a handful of southeastern U.S. states on Tuesday, with customers reporting outages across all four major carriers. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple this morning directly responded to a recent rumor that the company would begin planning to launch its own MVNO service in both the United States and Europe, stating that it has “not discussed and is not planning” to become its own cellular carrier in the future. The MVNO service would allow Apple to become…
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T-Mobile U.S. on Tuesday added Apple Music to the list of streaming services under Music Freedom, a perk for carrier subscribers that excludes those services from counting against monthly data caps. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Former head of Apple’s iAd Marketplaces Winston Crawford left the company earlier in July to take on the role of COO at Drawbridge, a startup that provides advertisers with granular cross-platform user engagement statistics. AppleInsider – Frontpage News