Tag: Apple

Martin Atkins, SAE Institute Blast Apple Music As Flawed, Exploitive

Hypebot readers know Martin Atkins from his book Welcome to the Music Business: You're F**ked! and fiery keynotes at music conventions. He's also the Chair of the Music Business at SAE Institute. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/06/2016 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (2)

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Apple Music’s App Has More Users Than Spotify’s

The Apple Music app is allegedly now the 9th largest smartphone app, with 54.5 million users. Whether these users count as actually "active" however, is questionable to say the least.

Guest Post on 01/06/2016 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: App, Apple, music, Spotify

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Trademark Filings Point To 4 More Apple Music Beats Stations

Rumors that Apple Music will be expanding its Beats live online stations are gaining credence with the discovery of November trademark filings by an Apple attorney.

Bruce Houghton on 12/29/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple, Beats, Beats1, music

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week we hear about Adele's tumultuous relationship with Apple, how Lorde achieved superstar status, what exactly a trademark is and why it's important, as well as more music commentary.

Guest Post on 11/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Almaty, App Store (iOS), Apple, Apple Inc., China, Google, IPhone, Malware, Product (business), Trademark Rights

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Apple Turns To Music To Help Save Slumping iPad Sales [VIDEO]

iPad sales have slowed a bit in recent months; and Apple is once again turning to music to make one of its touchtone products hip again. A new commercial which. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 02/09/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple, Apple A6X, Apple Inc., Apple Store, Computing, Criticism of Apple Inc., Cult of Mac, IPad, Pro theme, Steve Jobs

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THU. NEWS BRIEF: Apple Beats Plans Leak, Tidal To Add 22 Countries, Vevo Passes 10B, Twitter & More

THURSDAY 2.5.2015 Music Business News & Views From Around The Web CLICK HERE Updated Continuously @ Hypebot's More News Tab

Bruce Houghton on 02/05/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Acoustic music, Apple, Beats, Bose, Facebook, Hypebot, Live Nation Entertainment, music industry, record label, Streaming media, Swiss People's Party, Twitter

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Beats To Become Part Of iTunes As Apple’s Music Sales Fall 14% This Year

Global music sales at Apple’s iTunes are down 13% – 14% since the start of the year, according to a new report. The reason are obvious – ubiquitous free music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/27/2014 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Apple, Beats Music, Free music, IPhone, iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, Wall Street Journal

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Rhapsody Names New CEO

Rhapsody has always been music streaming's quiet competitor. They were among the first to the party, but have since have avoided splashy moves – no big ad campaigns or free. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/23/2014 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple, CNET, David Hose, Napster, Rhapsody, Spotify, Streaming media, Unified communications

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iTunes 12.woe

By Peter Getty from PeterGettyMusic.com Man, I loved iTunes (and, of course, the iPod) when it first came out. After toying with it for about two minutes, I knew I was done. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/23/2014 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple, Beatles, Garageband, IOS, IPhone, IPod, iTunes, Spinal Tap

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