There are a ton of perks with being a Prime Student member. Not only do you get all of the regular Prime benefits like free two-day shipping, Prime Video streaming and exclusive discounts at half the price of regular price, but you can also snag a three-month trial of Audible Premium Plus for free right …
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After releasing iOS 15.5 to developers last Thursday, Apple launched the new update more widely on Monday. Most of the changes coming with 15.5 are minor, mainly tweaks to apps and updates that seem to lay the foundation for larger changes in the future. Now playing: Watch this: Apple Killed the Last iPod 6:43 The update includes two main enhancements: …
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Simplify your audio experience with one convenient app. With so many subscription radio services these days, it’s hard to know what you’re looking for and how to get the best value for your buck. Some services specialize, while others are more expansive, but usually at a steep monthly cost for the usage (as with SiriusXM). With TuneIn, however, you’ll get …
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Spotify has over 406 million users worldwide who enjoy a wide range of musical artists, as well as a large selection of audio and video podcasts. If you’ve only listened to music or podcasts in the Spotify mobile app and never changed the settings, you’re missing out on features that can improve your listening experience. Here are 10 Spotify features …
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Listening to music or a podcast on your phone could help you fall asleep if you’re having trouble shutting your mind off after a busy day. However, if you fall asleep to your tunes you run the risk of draining your battery or (if you leave it plugged in) waking up to a rather warm device. For a simple remedy …
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Following an outage across multiple Apple services on Monday, the tech giant again experienced outages across the App Store, Apple Music and more. Apple’s system status page shows Apple Books, Podcasts, the Mac App Store, Game Center, iCloud web apps, Apple Card and Weather also experienced issues Tuesday afternoon. The service outages hit between 1:45 p.m. and 2:09 p.m. PT and …
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Substack has just unveiled its first mobile app, which operates like an RSS reader for Substack writers. Launched in 2017, Substack provides a publishing platform for monetizable newsletters covering a variety of topics, including politics, tech, finance, culture, parenting, music, comics and food. Instead of scrolling through their email inbox, users of the Substack Reader app can access a feed of …
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Spotify says a “technical issue” caused Joe Rogan’s podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, and some other podcasts to be briefly unavailable on the streaming service on Friday. “It’s a technical issue affecting a number of our shows,” said a Spotify spokesperson, adding that the issue should be resolved soon. People searching for the podcasts on Spotify’s website and mobile app …
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Spotify is rolling out a new kind of advertising format during podcasts, call-to-action cards, that may give podcasters a break from having to spell out URLs and coupon codes letter by letter during their ad breaks whenever they want to relate specialized deals to listeners like you. The ad cards, announced in a blog post Thursday, make Spotify podcast ads interactive for the …
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It was two years ago when Spotify entered the podcast scene and has since added 2.2 million podcasts to its platform. With so many shows to pick from, the company will let users give their opinion on a podcast with its new rating system. The five-star rating system goes live Thursday and lets listeners use 1-5 stars to determine how …
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