July was anything but its usual quiet self in 2021, and if Apple released very little new hardware, it still had a record-breaking month in many, many ways.
Google has announced that its subscription services for YouTube have surpassed 50 million subscribers total, although that includes non-paying users still on a trial.
Kanye West's hotly anticipated — and much-delayed — album "Donda" was streamed more than 60 million times by Apple Music users in the U.S. following a debut on Sunday, a record for the service.
Apple has acquired classical music streaming company Primephonic, and plans to both improve the current Apple Music service, plus launch a dedicated classical offering.
Kanye West's record album apparently released the long-awaited album "Donda" prematurely, with Apple Music subscribers able to listen to tracks from the album for a few hours before it got pulled.
Apple is celebrating the 105th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. National Park Service with a donation campaign and park-related content across its services.
UK customers who take out a new Barclaycard credit card via Experian can get up to five months free use of Apple Music, Apple News+, Apple Arcade, and Apple TV+.
Apple Fellow Phil Schiller shared the Porsche editor playlists in Apple Music, then shared his own Audi R8 playlist as well.
Pop singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo used an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil to design some of the augmented reality effects for her latest music video.
Kanye is holding yet another listening event for his still-unreleased album, titled "Donda," with no word on the album's eventual release.
Apple grills its favorite Apple Music artists with personalized questions in a new "mini gameshow" uploaded to the official Apple YouTube channel.
Apple has renewed its popular "Carpool Karaoke: The Series" for its fifth season, with the series officially moving to Apple TV+.
Kanye West's upcoming album "Donda" is still a no-show despite multiple launch events and delays, and is now showing a possible August 22 release.
A short film made by Apple Music promotes its new Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos feature using Billie Eilish's new album, "Happier Than Ever."
Kanye West's "Donda" album has another release date, plus rumors of more production delays, but in the meantime its second livestream topped Apple Music charts.
A new Apple Music feature for artists will allow them to share milestones and successes with their fans on social media.
Kanye West's "Countdown to Donda" event is being streamed on Apple Music, but users are complaining of no sound.
Apple Music rival Spotify is evaluating a new $0.99 per month subscription tier that retains ads, but loosens some of the limitations of the service's free version.
A number of Apple Music, App Store, and iTunes users encountered issues with the online services on July 31, problems Apple was aware of and rectified quickly.
As "Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson" debuts on Apple TV+, the titular host talks with Zane Lowe about how the show started, what its aims are — and whether there'll be more.
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