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'Apple One' Services Bundle Launches Today
Friday, October 30, 2020 - 12:10am | 339Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) is set to launch its “Apple One” bundled services on Friday and will launch "Fitness+" digital workout service this quarter. What Happened: The timeline of the service launches was revealed by Apple’s Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri in a conversation...
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Apple Key Services Suffer Outage, Following Similar Woes For Google, Microsoft
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - 2:23am | 315Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) said outages affected multiple services to varying degrees on Tuesday evening. What Happened: The service disruptions affected App Store, Apple Music, Find My, iCloud Backup, and others, according to the company’s System Status page. The Cupertino-based tech giant...
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Apple Revamps Music Radio Service With A Rebranded Beats 1, And Two New Stations
Tuesday, August 18, 2020 - 10:05pm | 545Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced Tuesday it was rebranding its Beats 1 radio station and launching two new stations. What Happened The Tim Cook-led tech giant said in a statement it's renaming its Beats 1 station, launched in 2015, to Apple Music 1,. The station focuses on artist-led...
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What To Know About The Apple Music Awards
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 1:49pm | 347Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its first ever Apple Music Awards to celebrate "the best and boldest musicians of 2019." Apple will host a live-event Wednesday which will be "unlike anything ever seen" and will be streamed live through iTunes on Wednesday 9:30 p.m. EST....
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Spotify Reports Q3 Earnings Beat, Throws Some Shade at Apple And Amazon
Monday, October 28, 2019 - 9:45am | 428Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) surged more than 10% Monday as investors took stock of the company’s profitable third quarter. The term brought accelerated expansion in monthly active users (MAUs) and exceeded expectations for subscriber growth, gross margins and operating profit. Premium...
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Apple Hits Back At Spotify's Antitrust Complaint, Says Music Streamer Wants Free App Benefits While Charging Fee
Friday, March 15, 2019 - 12:07pm | 534Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) responded to an antitrust claim from streaming music provider Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) in a Thursday statement, saying Spotify wants to reap all the benefits its App Store ecosystem offers without paying for them. What Happened Spotify filed...
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Infographic: 10 Years Of Spotify
Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 12:10pm | 459Music streaming platform Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) reports having 180 million monthly active users and 83 million paid subscribers. The service continues to gain momentum against its top rival, Apple, Inc. (NYSE: AAPL) Music. Data from Statista.com shows Spotify has experienced...
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6 Reasons To Love Apple, According To JPMorgan
Thursday, September 27, 2018 - 9:45am | 412Even after an impressive 32-percent year-to-date gain, a major Wall Street firm came out bullish on Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) Thursday and said there are simply too many positive catalysts for the stock to ignore. The Analyst JPMorgan analyst Samik Chatterjee has initiated coverage of Apple with...
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The Latest Trends In Streaming Music, From Apple Music To Spotify
Wednesday, September 26, 2018 - 3:48pm | 584The big news this week in the music world is the Sirius XM Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SIRI) buyout of Pandora Media Inc (NASDAQ: P). Prior to the merger news, Nomura Instinet analyst Mark Kelley released his monthly digital music tracker, which included all the latest numbers for Pandora, Spotify...
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Chart: Apple Music Is Losing Ground To Spotify
Monday, July 30, 2018 - 10:55am | 423Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)’s streaming service Apple Music has spent significant time in the limelight lately, from Drake’s achievements with "Scorpion" to the recent HomePod advertisement with DJ Khaled. Spotify Technology (NYSE: SPOT) continues to drive competition...
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What Did Drake Pocket From 10 Billion Apple Music Streams Of 'Scorpion'?
Friday, July 27, 2018 - 1:00pm | 537Canadian rapper Drake is at the top of the industry: from the viral spread of the “In My Feelings" challenge to the release of his new album, Drake’s music is enjoyed at high volumes. Ten billion times, to be exact. What Happened With his latest album "Scorpion," Drake...
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What's Driving The Ramp In Apple's Services Revenue?
Friday, May 11, 2018 - 3:05pm | 469Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s growth in its Services business is a well-known story, but what's powering the growth is less known. A Morgan Stanley analyst said they have the answer. The Analyst Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty maintains an Overweight rating on Apple's...
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Spotify, The World's Largest Streaming Music Platform, Officially Files For IPO
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 4:03pm | 336What Happened After many delays in the long-expected process, Spotify filed an F-1 Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an initial public offering. Spotify Technology S.A. did not specify a launch date, but intends to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker...
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Apple Music: How Does It Compare To Spotify?
Tuesday, February 27, 2018 - 5:24pm | 581Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Services category is a key growth driver for the company, with the segment seeing 24-percent revenue growth in fiscal 2017. Apple Music remains a core component of Apple’s Services, growing 91 percent year-over-year to $2 billion in revenue last year despite...
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What's Next For Apple After Acquiring Shazam?
Monday, December 11, 2017 - 4:09pm | 368Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) beat out multiple rivals, including Spotify and Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), in acquiring the music and image recognition platform Shazam, TechCrunch reported. What You Need To Know Apple didn't disclose the price tag on its latest acquisition, but sources close to the...