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Epic v. Apple: And the winner is…

MarketWatch reports that the antitrust experts’ verdict is in on Epic Games Inc.’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. - it's deemed a split decision, with Apple earning an edge only because it is unlikely to be deemed a monopolist. There is a real chance, however, that when federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, decides the bench trial later this summer or fall, she could try to force Apple to make changes to […]

todayMay 31, 2021

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Spotify Adds Offline Music Downloads to the Apple Watch

Spotify is adding the ability to download playlists, albums, and podcasts on Apple Watch to play offline, the company announced last Friday. Users will be able to stream audio in 96kbps, add and delete Spotify content on their phones, and sync with the Watch. “Being able to download music and podcasts complements the existing feature of being able to stream your favorites from the watch, and now you don’t even have […]

todayMay 25, 2021

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Spotify Hints at upcoming Subscription Podcast Service

Spotify appears to be interested in launching a subscription podcast service that would offer access to original shows or exclusive episodes for a monthly fee. The potential service was described in a survey sent out through Spotify’s app, which was reported on by Andrew Wallenstein, president of Variety’s Intelligence Platform. The survey describes at least four possible subscription podcast plans, ranging from $3 to $8 per month. The cheapest plan would include […]

todayNovember 11, 2020

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Apple extends olive branch to cloud gaming, but Microsoft isn’t impressed

Apple issued new App Store rules last Friday, permitting game streaming services like xCloud or Stadia to exist on iOS or iPadOS with a big catch. Apple wants companies like Microsoft to individually submit their games as separate apps using its streaming tech. Microsoft and Google are free to create a “catalog”-style app that collects and links out to all of these individual apps as well. Let's just say, Microsoft isn’t impressed. […]

todaySeptember 14, 2020

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Trump’s WeChat ban could reach much further into the Tech World

Last Thursday, the Trump administration issued a pair of stunning executive orders against Chinese technology companies, banning US transactions with the companies after a deadline of September 20th. Most of the immediate focus has been on TikTok, which was targeted through its parent company ByteDance — but the second order could have a far more unpredictable impact, targeting text app WeChat and its parent company Tencent. Tencent is one of […]

todayAugust 10, 2020

Fashion

Gucci ‘Epilogue’ Marks Both an End and a Beginning

Back in May of this year, Alessandro Michele announced that Gucci would be scaling back its fashion shows, bringing the total from five down to just two. "We need new oxygen to allow this complex system to be reborn," he told Vanessa Friedman in an interview with The New York Times. But first, Michele needed to tie up some loose ends. On Friday, he "presented" the "Epilogue" collection, wrapping up […]

todayJuly 22, 2020

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Joe Rogan’s Podcast Lands Exclusive Spotify Deal, leaves YouTube in its wake

The Joe Rogan Experience, an early entrant into the now-booming podcast space, has signed an exclusive multi-year licensing deal with Spotify, the parties said Tuesday. The JRE will debut on Spotify on September 1, and all of its content — including Rogan’s video podcasts now available on YouTube — will become exclusive to the platform near the end of the year. No other terms were disclosed, but a source told […]

todayMay 25, 2020

Active Rock

Matt Berninger Offers Social Distancing Playlist

With everyone spending more time at home lately with the coronavirus pandemic keeping everyone on lockdown, The National singer Matt Berninger offered his remedy to social distancing: a kickass playlist. The playlist is called "Social Distancing Distortion" and it's available on Spotify. Berninger joins a growing group of celebs doing what they can to entertain the masses in this weird, time. With everyone from Miley Cyrus to Neil Young, Yungblud and Keith […]

todayMarch 18, 2020

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8 Big Takeaways from CES 2020

CES 2020 is in the books, and if there’s only one major takeaway, it’s this: in the absence of one clear Next Big Thing, there are a lot of ideas getting thrown at the wall. Many of them are intriguing, but overall it seems like we’re waiting for some parts of the consumer electronics ecosystem to mature. That trend expresses itself differently in different types of product categories, but it […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020

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