T-Mobile Music Freedom and Binge On Get An Upgrade - http://clapway.com/2015/12/10/t-mobile-music-freedom-and-binge-on-get-upgraded/

T-Mobile has released another statement regarding their UnCarrier campaign, and this time it revolves around an extension to T-Mobile Music Freedom and Binge On. The telecommunication company’s drive towards a free and open Internet is widening its reach.

Music Freedom Teams Up

The free music streaming service is looking to include Pandora, Rhapsody, Spotify and Apple Music to stream music, as well as BandCamp, Mad Genius Radio and Songza. Music Freedom covers more than 95% of all music streamed by T-Mobile customers. More than 196 million songs are being streamed every day at no data costs to customers.

Binge On Also Gets A Do-Up

UnCarrier’s other top service, Binge On, is getting more support from Netflix, HBO, Hulu and Sling TV. There are a total of 24 more services available to any customers. Mobile video makes up for most of people’s data, and it has grown by 145% since 2013. Analysts are expecting these numbers to grow by 400%, especially thanks to video content from YouTube, Vine, Snapchat and Instagram. T-Mobile is making the experience as convenient as possible.

Does T-Mobile really mean to make the internet free and open to everyone? Unlike other carriers, the company is focused on combining as many things as possible and bring them to their customers. This could be a marketing ploy, and intentions might be a little blurry, but T-Mobile is thinking ahead.

Will Other Companies Join T-Mobile?

If T-Mobile is willing to sacrifice so many expenses, they may just become the most widespread mobile network used in the US. Will other carriers do the same? It’s possible that other companies don’t have the ability to sacrifice as much data costs as T-Mobile is, but it would bring a different face to telecommunications.

The UnCarrier campaign is nowhere near over. We should continue to expect great perks to come from the company, and we will continue to see the other major US carriers to try and measure up.

T-Mobile Music Freedom and Binge On Get An Upgrade

Google Play Music Supports Families - http://clapway.com/2015/12/10/google-play-music-supports-families/

Google has made many families around the globe happy recently. They have announced that they are launching their new Google Play subscription plan. According to Google, the plan will support up to six accounts and they list the price as $14.99 a month. Six accounts should be more than enough for all members of a family to enjoy this.

GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC HAS A NEW PLAN

Google announced this new plan would be available on December 9th. This means that it is available as we speak. Many countries will be able to sign up for this subscription plan. People in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia, and France will have access to this new Google Play Music plan. The company stated that the same features that were a part of the normal Google Music will remain. However, they did mention that family member’s playlists and favorites will not be combined. This will still allow for all members to have their own music.

GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC HAS ONE BIG ADVANTAGE OVER APPLE

Apple has a very similar plan that they offer for families. However, there is one big factor that they do not offer that Google does. This factor is YouTube Red. Google announced that YouTube Red would be a part of the family plan. This feature is a better version of the original YouTube. It is an ad-free version, that can be accessed offline, and that offers exclusive content from YouTube. This alone should put Google’s family plan ahead of Apple’s.

GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND

The company announced the countries that their new family plan was available in. However, they also say that it will be released to other countries soon. This means if your country does not currently have access to this awesome subscription plan, soon it might. They did not say what specific countries it was coming too soon, but just that more countries would have access to it.

Google Play Music Supports Families

Netflix is Still Better than Apple Music on Apple TV - http://clapway.com/2015/11/23/netflix-is-still-better-than-apple-music-on-apple-tv123/

When Apple Music released in June, Apple TV owners saw there was no app for it on their set-top boxes. That changed in October with the launch of the fourth-generation Apple TV, which came with Apple Music preinstalled and all set to transform your TV into a makeshift stereo.

The enhancement of Apple Music to the Apple TV is a welcome one since your TV’s volume overthrows an economical speaker’s any day. The app operates basically the very same on the TV as it does on a phone, so finding brand-new albums, searching for playlists, and playing iTunes Radio are all easy as pie for Apple Music subscribers. Like the iOS variation, Apple Music’s tvOS app has some quirks that make little things like developing playlists and also including songs to your line a little much more frustrating than they require to be.

The Touchpad Changes Everything

Apple Music for iOS and also tvOS have the very same fundamental attributes, yet using the new Siri controller (minus the Siri part to begin) to navigate the app on your TV is a little different. On the Now Playing screen alone, which is where you are when a song begins to play, there are several touchpad motions that give you a lot more alternatives compared to simply hearing the song.

You could gently set your finger on the touchpad to see exactly how much time is left on the song, and if you push to the left or right of the touchpad while a track is playing, you’ll either go back to the start or skip to the next track. If you press down and hold the left or right of the touchpad, you’ll turn around or quick onward to a particular factor in the song. To see what’s up next off, press the touchpad and also you’ll see the array of songs queued up. Highlight the More icon at the top (represented with the 3 dots) to access much more options, like starting a radio station, including a song to a playlist, visiting the album, or changing your sound speakers from Apple TV to a third-party audio set-up.

Adding Songs to Up-Next

Marking time tracks on Apple TV is a bit different from your iPhone or Mac since song titles in the Apple Music TV app do not have a More icon, the 3 dots next to them. This means when you find a song you want to queue, you need to push and hold the remote’s touchpad for a food selection of choices to pop up. The only trick here is that you can not hold the touchpad and also push to queue up a song from its cover picture on the New screen.

Apple Music / Creating Playlists

Making a new playlist on your TV is as simple as making one on your iPhone or Mac though even more taxing since of how big of a headache it is to look for songs. If you want to add songs to an existing playlist, there are 2 techniques: Start playing a tune, then add it a playlist from the Now Playing display by clicking once more on the touchpad as well as highlighting the ‘More’ menu on top and picking “Add to a playlist.” Or you can highlight a tune title, after that press as well as hold the touchpad on your remote to draw up a menu of options and also choose ‘Add to a playlist.’

Occasionally that doesn’t work, like when you’re trying to add a track from one playlist to another, so you’ll need to include that song from the Now Playing display, which is a lot easier. If you’re making a new soundtrack from scratch, go so ‘Create Playlist’.

You can’t add a cover photo to your playlist from the TV application, but you can always get back in and add one in the future your phone. And that’s pretty much it. Apple Music on Apple TV is a more basic variation of the iOS app, but three additional functions would certainly make this the most-used TV app apart from Netflix if we’re totally honest.

 

Netflix is Still Better than Apple Music on Apple TV

Apple Kills Beats Music, Apple Music is Better - http://clapway.com/2015/11/14/apple-kills-beats-music-apple-music-is-better123/

Apple has just made a post announcing that they will shut down Beats Music on November 30. After that date, the company clarified that all subscriptions will be cancelled, but that users will have a chance to transfer their music onto Apple Music, which is clearly the better streaming service.

Beats Music Lost All Wonder After 18 Months

The funny thing is, it’s only been eighteen months since Apple acquired Beats Music. Clearly, Apple Music had a much better development and outreach, having just become available for Android. All Beats Music have the option to use Apple Music’s migration tool to transfer all music before it is shut own.

This notice comes as no surprise. The moment Apple Music went live this past June, Beats Music stopped getting new subscribers; Apple has given a much greater amount of support to the newer music streaming option.

Apple advertised Apple Music even on the notice of Beats Music shutting down, reminding users that Apple Music gives users recommendations, global radio around the clock courtesy of Beats 1, and the latest out of their favorite artists.

$3 Billion Wasted?

Apple bought Beats in May of 2014 for $3 billion, which included Beats Music, the Beats headphone and speaker line as well as the company’s executives. Though Beats Music is shutting down, the headphones and speaker line is still available for purchase.

Apple Kills Beats Music, Apple Music is Better

Facebook "Music Stories" to Compete with Spotify - http://clapway.com/2015/11/06/facebook-music-stories-to-compete-with-spotify123/

Facebook has just introduced the ‘music stories’ feature, which allows users to sample 30 second clips of songs that their friends post. These songs can come from platforms such as Apple Music, iTunes and even Spotify. They can stream the songs from music stories and follow links to purchase them or add them directly to their Spotify or Apple Music accounts.

This comes as a refreshing collaboration between the three companies, but it could be a tool to compete with either one. The next step for Facebook would be to form a partnership with a music streaming service through music stories, or even make their own. Facebook is looking to become a one-stop place for all needs, music being its next target.

But Facebook has other things to deal with in the meantime, especially the battery drain issue that its iOS app has been reporting as of late. They’re under reparations for the problem, and its leading users to believe that Facebook has less respect for iOS users that it would allow something like this to happen. Facebook has many big plans that are faced with smaller issues, but seeing the company’s rap sheet, it’s obvious they will do anything to face up to competition, and this is no different.

Facebook "Music Stories" to Compete with Spotify

Apple Music Comes to Android Phones - http://clapway.com/2015/10/27/apple-music-comes-android-phones/

Apple originally had promised that they would deliver their Apple Music to Android phones this fall and now leaks spotted by German website Mobile Geeks conclude that this is indeed the case. Android users should be ecstatic to hear that they will finally get Apple Music, but what is it?

What is Apple Music

Apple Music is very similar to other various popular streaming music softwares in the world. Many people know what Pandora is and Apple Music is very similar to it. Apple Music is a music streaming service that was developed by Apple and much like Pandora, users select the music to stream to their device on demand.

Apple Music is not a free software, although Apple does offer a free 90 day trial, and it costs $9.99 a month. Other music streaming softwares hover around the same price as Apple Music does. This software opened up in June and has been a viral success and now this software that is indeed on the up and up will be strolling down Android’s lane and taking the Android users by storm.

What this Means for Android Users

Before this news was promised by Apple, Android users still had music softwares to listen to music, however most likely none of them are as good as Apple’s music software. Most everyone enjoys to listen to music whether their working, relaxing, stressing, or just wanting to listen to it and all people who use their Android phones looking to listen to music should be thrilled. Now of course nobody is completely thrilled to pay $9.99 a month just to listen to music, but it really depends on how much you use the software. Android users who like to listen to music frequently will for sure get their $9.99 a month out of Apple Music and should be completely satisfied.

Courtesy of Android

Obviously, the main users affected by this will be the users who love to listen to music. If you are someone who will listen to music maybe a few times a month, then Apple Music may not be the way to go for you as you will not get your money’s worth. However, users who were looking for a reliable and steady music software should celebrate as they may have finally got what they wanted. Apple Music is coming to Android and it should be a hit!

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Apple Delays Start of Streaming Service - http://clapway.com/2015/08/14/apple-delays-start-of-streaming-service123/

According to recent releases and Apple information, a revamped version of the Apple TV was supposed to make its appearance next month, but now the company’s long time reported streaming service is now on hold.

Apple’s Negotiating With TV Networks Is Progressing Slowly

Apple was supposed to reveal the next version of the Apple TV set-top box at an event that was scheduled for September 9th, which is where they are also supposed to reveal the next installment of the iPhone family. However, Apple has now postponed the announcement of the live TV streaming service due to still negotiating licensing deals with TV networks such as those owned by CBS Corps and 21st Century Fox, Inc. These deals are reportedly “progressing slowly”.

In a report, people familiar with Apple’s plans are cited saying that Apple is continuously trying to secure programming for the service. Apparently the technology giant is lacking the proper computer network capacity that will ensure a good viewing experience for all customers. This new Apple TV apparently won’t be revealed until 2016.

Apple TV Is Supposed To Showcase New Features

Rumors surrounding this new and improved Apple TV have been circulating for months. According to reports from earlier this year, claims of the Apple TV included that it would possess a faster processor, support for digital voice assistant Siri, and an overhauled operating system. This was reportedly supposed to be revealed at June’s Worldwide Developers Conference before it was pushed back to the fall.

This Comes As Other Networks Prepare For Users To Cut Their Packages

The entrance of Apple into the streaming television realm arrives as many network and cable programmers prepare for the rise of users cutting the cords on their services. This new Apple TV has been called Apples chance to disrupt the cable television industry. Companies including Dish TV with Sling and Sony with PlayStation are introducing smaller bundle packages that boast live and local TV channels as well as other popular cable channels for a lower cost. Other networks have also launched their own standalone offers such as Showtime and HBO.

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Apple Delays Start of Streaming Service

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Amazon has launched a new music streaming app as a part of Prime service, with more than a million songs available to users.

PRIME MUSIC WENT LINE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM THIS MORNING

Prime Music has gone live in the UK this morning, and comes as a part of Amazon Prime membership. The £79 yearly plan that gives users free same day shipping from the e-commerce giant, as well as Prime Instant Video, full access to Amazon’s existing TV and film streaming service, along with other benefits.

The United States based company launched the music service in America last year, and now it has used its database of the users in the United Kingdom’s buying habits to rebuild the app tailored for the customers overseas.

AMAZON MUSIC WILL HAVE OVER A MILLION SONGS

The app will enable users to stream over a million songs at no extra cost to the user, but it also allows them to combine them with other digital tracks that they have purchased from Amazon in the past.

This streaming service will appear within the current Amazon Music app, which is free to download. The managing director at Amazon UK, Christopher North, said that the UK costumers loved it when they added the unlimited photo storage and Prime Instant Video into Prime last year. This was all in addition to the unlimited one-day delivery items of millions of items, as well as access to over 800,000 Kindle titles that can be borrowed.

AMAZON SAYS THAT THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

They said in many press releases that they were just getting started on making a lot of programs and promotions and the Prime Music is just the beginning. There are more than a million songs from a plethora of best-selling artists plus over a hundred Prime Playlists that are hand-build by their team of music experts. This is all at no cost to the customer.

This announcement comes jut three weeks after Apple launched its own music streaming service, Apple Music, to compete with Spotify. However, Amazon says that they are not looking to compete with Apple Music, and pointed out that Prime membership contains a series of services that benefit users with Prime Music being just one component.

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APPLE RELEASED THE MUSIC APP THIS WEEK

Apple released its Apple Music service earlier this week, which is an on-demand music streaming service, for $10 a month. This is in addition to the seemingly myriad other music streaming services such as Spotify, Pandora, and Tidal. This service is only $10 a month and will have many unique features in addition to the industry standard ones. Apple’s music service incorporated a lot of what people loved about Beats Music. There are curated playlists engineered with popular tracks, cuts and playlists of artists influence.

Apple music is available in 100 countries and is a part of the current iOS 8.4 update for iPhone and iPad.

As a part of Apple Music, is a new Beats 1 Radio station that is on 24/7, worldwide. It is based in three locations: New York, Los Angeles, and London. The DJs are Ebro Darden, Julie Adenuga, and Zane Lowe. The different times will be handed off from one DJ to another.

IT COSTS MORE THAN PANDORA PREMIUM AND SPOTIFY PREMIUM COMBINED

Although this service is much more expensive than both Spotify and Pandora, it comes with its own set of features that some users might find worth it.

All of these features are now available on desktops via the new version of iTunes. This started becoming available to users a few hours after this launched on mobile. The updates to the desktop application included the redesigned Apple Music Radio and Beats One. These on demand stations are available with the ability to search for and add tracks from the entire catalog of streaming tracks.

Users will also have access to the music that they have already purchased from iTunes in the new music app in addition to what they steam and own in the same place and with an offline playback option.

THERE IS A THREE-MONTH FREE TRIAL

Unlike Spotify, there isn’t an ad-filled free option, but Apple is offering to provide a three-month free trial. After this is over, you have to pay $9.99 a month to use the full streaming services. During the free trial, some of the premium options won’t be offered.

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Apple Music Released Yesterday Already a Success

“I just played a gig inside a giant owl and my girl just changed the music scene. What a day!”. - http://clapway.com/2015/06/22/is-taylor-swift-more-powerful-than-apple/

 

Yesterday, pop artist Taylor Swift published a letter on her Tumblr page accusing Apple for not paying artists during the first three-month trial of their new streaming service. Today, however, the technology giant seems to have changed its mind.

Just a few weeks ago, the company announced their new product, Apple Music, hoping that users will leave Spotify behind in the coming months and switch to their service. On top of the typical streaming services one expects, the company also launched a 24-hour radio station called “Beats 1”, which aims to “bring you a fresh take on the genres you love” .

Apple announced that Apple Music will be available for free to its customers for the first three months, and will charge $9.99 each month after the trial.

“Not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child”

Taylor Swift hardly criticised the streaming service denying all her music to Apple. But this is not the first time she’s made such moves. In fact, the artist is known for her open battle against streaming services after pulling off all her music from Spotify last November, just days before releasing her new album 1989, which saw records sales.

The artist, though, described how “These are not the complaints of a spoiled, petulant child”, but “echoed sentiments” of all artists who still have not achieved her same success and would struggle to work for three months unpaid.

Swift underlined how these remarks are not about her personal situation, by emphasising in her letter that she is at her fifth album and able to support herself. Instead, she clarifies how this is about the artists who are trying to breakout in the music scene and are hindered by the popularity of streaming services which give them little to no compensation.

A very low pay

Spotify revealed that it pays artists as little as $0.07 per stream. So it is understandable why artists would stand up against the low pay offered by streaming services, which are steadily becoming everyone’s main source for music playback.

“We know that this incredible company [Apple] has the money to pay artists, writers and producers for the 3 month trial period… even if it is free for the fans trying it out” Swift wrote. “We don’t ask you for free iPhones. Please don’t ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation”, she concluded.

Taylor Swift’s power

But as Spotify made no changes to its payment policies and just limited itself to quoting one of her songs begging the artist to change her mind, Apple decided to “accommodate” her request.

The company announced today that it will now pay all artists during the trial months, making it a victory for the singer’s fight against the injustices of music streaming compensation.

In a tweet today, Swift made it clear, once again, that this fight is not just about her. She wrote that “they listened to us”, implying that she is fighting for both her rights and those of all artists in the music industry. Calvin Harris, Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, sarcastically tweeted “I just played a gig inside a giant owl and my girl just changed the music scene. What a day!”.

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