Shazam has ID’s 12 tracks for every person on the planet
Shazam has now been used to identify 100 billion tunes, Apple said – that’s 12 pieces of music for every person on Earth…
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Apple news: More ads coming to Apple News
Apple is selling its own ads inventory for Apple News. Also plans selling premium sponsorships of editorially curated content for big events, Axios claims
Apple Intelligence is coming to the EU in April ’25
Chinese, English (India), English (Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and other languages will be supported in an April 25 update, says Apple.
BNPL loan firms jump into the Apple Pay Later gap
Apple’s decision to close its own BNPL scheme has opened opportunity up to other companies in the BNPL space
Apple makes smart services push to boost its reach in India
Apple has tied up a services deal that means Music and TV+ will be experienced by millions of subscribers across India.
Apple Music opens a garden gate to YouTube Music
Apple has built an attractive little gate in its walled garden, introducing a way to share Apple Music playlists with YouTube Music.
Video and lack of international focus undermine Apple Podcasts use
To turn its share around, Apple needs to put more focus on video shows and international content for its Apple Podcasts service.
Apple Music artists now get radio play monitoring
Apple just added powerful Shazam-powered global radio monitoring to the Artist Analytics dashboard it provides.
Apple introduces Tap to Pay on iPhone in Germany
As it resolves a dispute with Europe over Apple Pay, Apple has introduced Tap to Pay on iPhone in Germany
Apple plans data center in Taiwan as cloud services push ramps up
Apple is preparing for more users on its cloud services elsewhere across the planet, including in Taiwan.
