December 2018

Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo speakers

10/12/2018

Apple Music comes to Amazon Echo speakers with the rollout scheduled for the week of the 17th December 2018. The integration will allow Apple Music subscribers to access 50 million songs on Echo devices by asking Alexa to play their favourite songs, artists, and albums or Apple Music’s curated playlists from around the world, covering many activities and moods. Customers will also be able to ask Alexa to stream expert-made radio stations centred on popular […]

Plex adds TIDAL streaming service

09/12/2018

Plex adds TIDAL streaming service to its media server platform to make available 60 million high quality tracks. Plex media server brings together music and video streaming into one customisable app. Subscribers to Plex will now have access to TIDAL’s catalogue of 60 million tracks, 244,000+ videos and unique editorial content with an exclusive deal that gives Plex and TIDAL plans starting at $9.99/month and $8.99/month for Plex Pass subscribers. Users can seamlessly combine TIDAL’s […]

Control Spotify on Xbox One with Cortana

08/12/2018

You can now control Spotify on Xbox One with Cortana which is one of the new features introduced with an improved user interface and a new design. In a blog posting on the Xbox Wire news site, Isabelle Forslund, Spotify Product Marketing Manager describes the new features which have been introduced: an improved user interface making it easier to find the perfect soundtrack recommended music based on your listening integration to Cortana voice commands for […]

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YouTube Music deals for US students

07/12/2018

YouTube Music deals for US students were announced by the company with a promise that further countries will be added soon. A student subscription will be available to college students for $4.99 per month which is a discount of $5 a month. YouTube Premium student subscriptions are also being offered at $6.99 a month down from the normal rate of $11.99 a month. The company is also offering a Black Friday/Holiday special discount for users […]

IFPI disputes Google’s YouTube payments

06/12/2018

IFPI disputes Google’s YouTube payments saying that its figures show that they are less than half those claimed by Google. In a response to Google’s Anti-Piracy Paper released earlier this month, IFPI Chief Executive, Frances Moore, said: “We welcome Google’s recognition that it and Google’s YouTube need to operate responsibly and properly value creators and their work. However, the figures in Google’s anti-piracy paper don’t match our own. “It is difficult to get any clarity […]

Winamp comes back from the dead

05/12/2018

Winamp comes back from the dead with the official release of version 5.8. A leaked beta version had been released onto the internet and the company decided to make this new version available officially. It can be downloaded here. In the late 1990’s and early years of the millennium, Winamp was the goto media player for Windows but lack of development and a couple of less than careful owners has left it dated and sidelined […]

Tech shoppers become smart consumers

04/12/2018

Tech shoppers become smart consumers ditching DVD players and desktop PCs in favour of tablets, smart TVs and smart watches according to communications watchdog, Ofcom. In recent research by the UK regulator they found that British consumers’ ownership of digital devices such as smart TVs, smart watches and smartphones has grown significantly in recent years, as more people need a constant connection to the internet – internet users say they spend an average of 24 […]