Google Home speaker users offered ad-supported access to YouTube Music

Google is giving owners of its Google Home smart speaker range free access to YouTube Music, with the ad-supported music streaming service arriving at the same time as Amazon's free variant launched for the Echo device range, in a bid to keep users from subscribing to Apple Music or Spotify.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 1

Amazon & Google mend fences, bring YouTube back to Fire TV streamers

Amazon and Google on Thursday announced plans to bury a long-standing feud, the main consequence being the return of YouTube to Amazon's Fire TV platform.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 8

YouTube TV hikes monthly fee to $55 to cover Apple App Store fees, Discovery programming

Effective immediately, the cost of YouTube TV is going up to $49.99 per month for new customers, or $54.99 for those subscribing through the App Store, reportedly because of the addition of several Discovery-owned channels.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 43

Streaming services like Apple Music poised to control music revenue in 2019

Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music accounted for 47 percent of all recorded music revenue in 2018, making it likely they'll cross the 50 percent mark this year, according to official industry data.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 26

YouTube pulling out of high-budget TV shows on the verge of Apple video service debut [u]

Just as Apple is preparing to announce its own video streaming platform, Google's YouTube is effectively abandoning efforts at high-budget scripted TV shows, a report said on Monday. [Updated with denial by Google]

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 22

Apple offers four more iPhone tip videos covering Apple Pay Cash, Find my iPhone, Dual SIM

Apple has published four more videos to its official YouTube channel in its "iPhone Can Do What?" series, promoting the processing performance, Find my iPhone, Apple Pay Cash, and Dual SIM functionality of the company's smartphones.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 2

Apple shares five new iPhone tip videos for contacting support, using Wallet, and more

Apple has just published five new videos on its official YouTube channel as a continuation of its "iPhone Can Do What?" series, providing tips for using the Apple Support app, Face ID, Wallet, and more.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 3

Hulu & YouTube rise to 3 million live TV viewers as Apple nears video streaming debut

Hulu is closing in on 2 million live TV subscribers, while YouTube TV has topped 1 million, illustrating the odds Apple may face in launching its own streaming video service later in 2019.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 17

Apple Music, other streaming services helped push US music revenues up to $9.8B in 2018

U.S. record industry revenues grew 12 percent to $9.8 billion during 2018, fueled primarily by paid subscription services such as Apple Music and Spotify Premium, according to the Recording Industry Association of America.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 6

Apple drops new 'Alejandro' ad highlighting Depth Control feature

Apple has just released a new ad spot on its official YouTube channel highlighting once more the Depth Control feature on its latest iPhones.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 12

Apple's 'modular' Mac Pro design may mean units that connect like Lego bricks

A new report claims that the Mac Pro refresh will rely on a custom data connector, and mission-specific modules that can be stacked to provide what users need — but also that it may not ship to customers until 2020.

William Gallagher 7 years ago 81

Quartet of videos from Apple demonstrate key iPhone photography features

Four new videos from Apple educate users on Key Photos, Depth Control, Stage Light Mono, and how to search for photos, all on an iPhone.

Mike Wuerthele 7 years ago 2

YouTube TV goes nationwide in time for Super Bowl, but some markets missing channels

Live streaming service YouTube TV is now officially available across the U.S., though some small gaps remain and other regions may lack access to one or more of the four major broadcasters.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 7

Bad Lip Reading skewers Apple's keynotes in latest video

Bad Lip Reading, known for lampooning everything from political speeches to sports games, has taken on Apple in its latest YouTube video, skewering company executives over the course of several product keynotes.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 45

YouTuber admits aspects of viral HomePod glitter bomb video were faked

A viral video featuring a booby-trapped HomePod box that pranked package thieves with a glitter bomb has been criticized for faking some of the reactions of the would-be "thieves," who were in fact acquaintances of friends of the video's creator.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 39

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