Verizon’s new BOGO deals could save you hundreds on the latest phones from Apple, Google, Samsung and LG. Starting Thursday, the carrier is offering BOGO — buy one, get one — deals on top smartphones for a limited time. To get the deal you have to activate a new line and devices must be purchased …
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Verizon’s expanding its Apple Music perk for some unlimited plan customers. Starting Thursday, Verizon will include Apple Music in its Beyond Unlimited and Above Unlimited plans. Customers with a Go Unlimited plan can get six months of Apple Music, according to a press release from the carrier on Tuesday. This isn’t a brand-new perk for Verizon subscribers. Previously, customers on …
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In addition to the dozen iOS 12 Shortcuts suggestions from my colleague Jason Cipriani, I have a trio of YouTube-related additions for your Shortcuts Library. One lets you download YouTube videos on your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) — no computer or iTunes required. Another lets you listen to YouTube in the background. And the last lets you look up YouTube …
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YouTube is making its streaming services more affordable for college students, the company announced in a blog post Tuesday. The discounts are the biggest changes to the programs since YouTube launched them last year. YouTube Music Premium competes with other services like Spotify Premium and Apple Music, both of which offer their own student discounts. YouTube Music lets users stream music, …
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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 period was the exception, thanks …
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Apple may be looking to spin new music. The iPhone maker has acquired music analytics startup Asaii, Axios reported Sunday. Asaii builds tools for the music industry and says on its website that its “algorithms are able to find the next Justin Bieber, before anyone else.” The company also offers software powers music recommendations and creates playlists. The deal was …
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Apple Music is linking itself up with Genius, the source for annotated song lyrics previously known as Rap Genius. Genius will provide lyrics to “thousands” of songs on Apple Music itself, and Apple Music subscribers who visit Genius can play any song in full on that song’s page. As streaming becomes the most common way people listen to tunes, Apple Music and Spotify have …
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On this podcast, we talk about: SiriusXM agrees to buy Pandora for $3.5 billion. Amazon announces a slew of new Echo devices and services at a big product launch event last week. Google celebrates the 10th anniversary of Android. Now playing: Watch this: Pandora gets a new weapon to fight Spotify (The 3:59,… 4:29 The 3:59 gives you bite-size news …
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Apple Watch, Apple Watch Series 2, Apple Watch Series 3. The naming convention suits Apple’s approach to its watch updates. They’ve felt like gradual iterations, not huge leaps. The basic design of the Apple Watch, and even most of its key functions, have remained largely the same, with speed and extra features added on over time: GPS, water resistance, cellular …
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Verizon is partnering up with Apple for an offer that’ll be music to customers’ ears. Unlimited customers can get six months of Apple Music for free from Aug. 16, when it’ll reveal the registration process. The offer gives them full, ad-free access to the streaming service’s 45 million songs, but Verizon suggested there’s more to come from this partnership by …
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