Apple airs 2015 Christmas TV ad starring Stevie Wonder & Andra Day
Apple on Wednesday uploaded its annual Christmas TV ad to YouTube, which this year stars singers Stevie Wonder and Andra Day.
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Roger Fingas
This week on AppleInsider: Apple Pay, 4-inch iPhones, iPad Pro woes & more
The biggest news this week revolved mostly around Apple Pay, but there was also an official Apple Watch dock launch, problems with the iPad Pro, and more rumors of a 4-inch iPhone.
Jimmy Iovine says finding music is difficult for some women [u]
Apple Music exec Jimmy Iovine is getting flak for supposedly sexist comments made during a interview on Thursday, where he said a recent ad series was made because finding music is difficult for "some women."
Mikey Campbell
New Adele album to be withheld from Apple Music, Spotify, other streaming services
Singer Adele's new album, 25, reportedly won't be made available on streaming services like Apple Music or Spotify when it launches on Friday.
MetroPCS unveils Music Unlimited, lifts data caps on streaming services including Apple Music
MetroPCS will on Thursday launch Music Unlimited, a perk which jettisons the prepaid carrier's regular data caps when listening to streaming music services such as Apple Music.
Pandora snaps up Rdio technology and employees for $75M
Streaming music giant Pandora announced it will spend $75 million to acquire technology, intellectual property and talent from on-demand competitor Rdio, which plans to file for bankruptcy as part of the deal.
AppleInsider Staff
Adele might skip '25' release on Spotify in favor of Apple Music, other paid services
Less than two weeks before Adele's highly anticipated album "25" is set to drop, the artist's camp is at odds with Spotify over limiting playback to paying subscribers, meaning the streaming music firm might see another huge release slip through its hands to land on subscription services like Apple Music.
Apple Music for Android beta now available on Google Play
Apple on Tuesday released a beta version of its Apple Music service for Android users, just the third time the Cupertino company has crafted an application for its rival mobile operating system.
China to clamp down on Internet music platforms in 2016
China this week announced plans to ratchet up its Internet policing policies and will soon impose strict rules that require online music service providers — which as of September includes Apple — to filter out "harmful" content prior to streaming.
Neil Hughes
Daniel Eran Dilger
