Spotify wasn’t spectacularly unprofitable in the third quarter. And it has a big Chinese streaming service to thank for that.  The world’s biggest subscription streaming music service by members, Spotify routinely reports wide losses in the hundreds of millions of euros, primarily because royalties eat up the majority of its revenue. But its latest three-month …

Apple admitted last year that it slows down older iPhones to help prevent battery issues like unexpected shutdowns. But not everyone took kindly to their iPhones being purposefully throttled. Initially, this battery throttling only applied to the iPhone 6S or older. Later it came to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. As of iOS 12.1 it’s coming to the iPhone 8, …

Spotify’s new Roku app is now rolling out to players and TVs running on the platform. Roku announced in September the popular music streaming service would be returning with its latest OS updates. “Users will be able to launch Spotify and navigate the channel using a Roku remote, or via Spotify Connect, which controls the Roku channel using a laptop, …

Apple unveils all sorts of new products every year, from iPhones and Apple Watches to iPads and MacBooks. While people tend to get most excited about Apple’s newest products, many Apple fans have homes filled with Apple products from years past — tucked away in drawers or closets, slowly being forgotten. But that old iPhone, MacBook or iPad may be …

SmugMug, trying to strengthen its Flickr site as a community for photo enthusiasts, will limit free members to 1,000 photos and scrap the old policy of a terabyte of storage in an attempt to move toward subscriptions. The move, accompanied by a 30 percent discount on the $50 annual Flickr pro membership through Nov. 30, is the first big business …

How does the iPhone XR’s camera compare to the Google Pixel 3? On paper, there doesn’t look like there’s much separating these two phones: both have 12-megapixel sensors, wide-angle lenses and 4K video recording. So it’s time to see which one comes out on top in categories from portrait mode to landscapes to low light. iPhone XR vs. Pixel 3 …

T-Mobile is offering free line with for customers on its One base unlimited plan, it said Thursday. A study by Strategy Analytics showed its customers could use its free offers — which include free Netflix, an annual Pandora subscription and discounted Live Nation tickets — to save up to $1,550 per line each year, or up to $5,150 for a …

Apple just made it a little trickier to figure out how well its iPhones are selling.  Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri said Thursday on a conference call with financial analysts that the company will no longer offer unit sales data for iPhones, iPads and Macs starting in the next quarter. The company will instead focus on the revenue generated.  …

Riding high on the launch of its iPhone XS and iPhone XR, Apple announced the much-anticipated iPad Pro 2018 this week. There’s just one problem. With two screen sizes, two connectivity options and four storage capacities, separating specs get confusing fast. Double that when you compare the new iPad Pros to last year’s models (which are no longer on sale) and …

Forget Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Some of the best deals of the year can be found right now at Google Express. When you apply promo code WISH20 at checkout, you’ll save 20 percent — which leads to all-time low prices on some high-profile products. See it at Google Express Amazingly, that code works even with items that are already …