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Amazon wants to take on Apple and Spotify, and the Echo speaker is its secret weapon. The online retailing giant on Wednesday launched Music Unlimited, a $10-a-month service that looks a lot like Spotify and Apple Music. The real standout feature is a $4-a-month option that only plays to your Amazon Echo speaker. It’s just …

Pandora has nearly cleared its path to an on-demand, paid music service, announcing licensing deals Tuesday with two of the three major music labels. The online radio service said it has secured agreements with Universal Music Group, the biggest record company in the world, and Sony Music Entertainment, as well as a preponderance of independent labels through various deals. Warner …

Now playing: Watch this: 10 reasons to upgrade to iOS 10 2:30 Last year, Apple Music launched alongside a redesigned Music app on iOS, and let’s just be honest: the app was horrible. It was difficult to navigate, confusing and it lacked key features (Shuffle All, anyone?). Apple has improved the app here and there throughout the year, but with …

Apple wants to wow audiences over the progress of its music service, but perhaps it’s Spotify that really deserves your slow clap. Cupertino, California-based Apple boasted at its iPhone 7 launch event on Wednesday that its Apple Music subscription-streaming service had accumulated 17 million paying members since it launched in June 2015. It added 2 million in less than three …

Spotify started streaming Frank Ocean’s blockbuster record “Blonde” Friday, after its main rival Apple held onto it as an exclusive for nearly three weeks. Apple Music has been the only on-demand streaming service with “Blonde” since it was released August 20. The exclusive was a dunk for Apple; the album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and …

Apple Music has recruited another 2 million subscribers, hitting 17 million people, the gadget giant said Wednesday. Spotify said last month it has 39 million subscribers, and it had more than 100 million total listeners as of June. Competition between streaming music services has grown bitter this year. Services like Apple Music, Spotify and Tidal are battling for supremacy in …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple Music gets a boost before iPhone 7 launch 2:09 Apple is offering a $99 gift card for a 12-month subscription to its streaming music service, Apple Music. At $10-a month for an individual Apple Music subscription, the gift card brings that cost down to $8.25 per month, essentially giving you two free months of streaming …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple likely to unveil new iPhones on September 7 1:48 Enlarge Image Apple The next iPhone will probably be revealed to the world on September 7. And maybe a watch, too. Apple made it official today, confirming the previously rumored date of the first Wednesday in September. The venue is once again at Bill Graham Civic …

Now playing: Watch this: Apple likely to unveil new iPhones on September 7 1:48 Official invites are out for Apple’s next event, and it’s soon: next Wednesday, September 7, Apple will take the stage at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, and they’ll be bringing new iPhones with them to show to the world. We haven’t gotten our hands …

“Carpool Karaoke,” a made-to-go-viral segment from “The Late Late Show with James Corden,” is branching out to its own series and will be distributed exclusively by Apple Music. The series will include 16 episodes and be produced by James Corden, CBS Television Studios, and Ben Winston’s production company, Fulwell 73. Corden will not host the series. (Editors’ Note: CNET is …