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Prince’s Music to Return to Apple Music and Spotify Soon

Once way ahead of the curve when it came to distributing his music on the internet, Prince probably will join the 21st century again when his classic albums become available on popular streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music and Google Play later in February, reports from The New York Post. Since purchasing the rights from Warner...

Apple Music Hits 20 Million Paying Subscribers

Apple’s Music streaming service has reached 20 million paid subscribers, half as many users as its main rival, Spotify. Much of that growth has relied on exclusive content deals. This number is an increase of 15% in the last 3 months, as Apple Music is now receiving a million subscribers per month, according to a new...

Spotify May Be Killing Your SSD With Excessive Data Writes

For the past five months, the Spotify music streaming app for Mac, Windows, and Linux “has been assaulting users’ storage devices with enough data to potentially take years off their expected lifespans.” More troublesome: the issue occurs even when the Spotify app is idle and isn’t storing any songs locally, according to Ars Technica. According...

Apple Considering Apple Music Price Cut by 20% [REPORT]

Apple Music, the company's music streaming service, has been around a little over a year now. Although the service competes directly with other streaming services such as, Tidal, and Amazon Prime, its user base (at 17 million) is rather low in comparison to Spotify's 30 million. Moreover, Apple Music's membership prices have been on par...

Remixes Hit Apple Music As Dubset Deal Comes To Fruition

Back in March, Apple made a deal with music rights company Dubset, and now it is officially coming to fruition. Until now, Apple Music was devoid of any sort of remixes, as it only sold official versions of songs. According to TechCrunch, yesterday Apple Music began supporting single-track remixes. This move enables the music service...