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Sonos to officially support Apple Music starting today

Following its public beta last December, Sonos has announced that it will officially add support for Apple Music to its connected speaker lineup tomorrow, February 10th. “We’re big fans of Sonos,” Apple senior vice president of internet software and services Eddy Cue said to BuzzFeed. “We’ve been looking forward to this.” When asked why Sonos […]

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Apple bumps iTunes Match practical limit up to 100,000 songs

This is kind of neat. A number of users have reported that Apple has raised the song upload/matching limit for iTunes Match and Apple Music libraries over 25,000, as promised in June by SVP for Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue. It’s presently unknown what the new practical limit is, and official iTunes Match documentation […]

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Apple Music News

Apple Music hits 11 million trial users in five weeks

It’s been five weeks and there’s 11 million trial users on board so far. Apple’s Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Services Eddy Cue has stated that Apple Music has garnered 11 million trial users, with two million of these users opting in to the multi-user family plan. To compare it to its competitors, […]

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iOS News Software

Apple employees’ chatter, posts, confirm Tuesday, 8 AM release date for iOS 8.4, Apple Music launch

Apple’s employees have gotten a bit chatty over the imminent release of Apple Music. Former Beats Music CEO Ian Rogers, who now works as a Senior Director of Apple Music, blogged about the product’s launch. The company will reportedly be releasing iOS 8.4 at 8 AM on June 30th which includes the newly revamped Music […]

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Apple decides on royalty rate of 0.2 cents per play during 90-day Apple Music free trial period

Apple’s decided on a royalty amount to pay the artists on Apple Music during its 90-day free trial. And that number is 0.2 cents per play. The New York Times is reporting that music executives close to the story have stated that Apple has negotiated 0.2 cents per play with the record labels. The amount […]