Apple’s Beats 1 believes the future of music is radio
Big changes are on the horizon for Apple’s music streaming services. After acquiring Beats audio last summer and luring famed British DJ Zane Lowe away from BBC Radio 1, Apple announced that it is launching an internet radio station, dubbed Beats 1, as part of its new Apple Music service.
As Apple’s Eddy Cue explained on stage at the WWDC conference in San Francisco today, “Internet Radio isn’t really radio; it’s just a playlist of song. We wanted to create a worldwide live radio station broadcasting 24/7.” And that’s just what they did. The global station will broadcast from three cities — New York, Los Angeles and London — while exclusively playing music that’s been curated by real people rather than machine algorithms. Lowe will reportedly head up the LA station.
Apple Music launches June 30th, comes to Android this fall
You won’t have to wait very long to give Apple Music a spin… even if you don’t use any Apple gear. The Cupertino crew has announced that the $10 per month streaming service will be available on iOS, Macs and Windows PCs on June 30th in 100 countries, and it’ll arrive on both Android and Apple TV this fall. Yes, you read that last part correctly — for the first time, an Apple-branded app (not just Beats) will launch on Google’s mobile platform. The move was undoubtedly necessary if Apple wanted to take on Spotify and other rivals, so we wouldn’t call this a kind gesture. Still, it’s good news if you’ve ever wished that Apple would branch out and give you a chance to try some of its bigger services without buying its devices.
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Source: Apple (BusinessWire)
Sony Xperia M4 Aqua’s 8GB varient comes with only 1.2GB memory for users
When the Xperia M4 Aqua was first announced, it garnered more interest than Sony’s flagship phone – the Z3+, which was announced around the same time. However, there is a dampener that might dissuade you from purchasing its 8GB variant – it has only 1.26GB storage space available for users to download apps, store media files such as pictures, videos and music.
So it would be wiser for you to purchase the mid ranger’s 16GB variant as 1.26GB memory would prove to be too less for you even if you add a microSD card because now a days OS as well as their updates are getting bigger in size. When the Xperia blog that revealed the information tried to free some space by deleting some apps, it could only get 400MB space, which isn’t a lot of memory even by the standards of those who don’t use their mobiles heavily.
Specs-wise, the waterproof phone features a 13-megapixel primary camera with f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel secondary camera, an octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon 615, 2GB of RAM and a 2,400 mAh battery that is promised to last two days. It comes with 8GB and 16GB flash storage options.
The M4 Aqua comes in white, black, coral, and silver. The device itself comes with a metallic and tempered glass with cues from the Sony OmniBalance design.
Source: Xperia blog
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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua’s 8GB varient comes with only 1.2GB memory for users
When the Xperia M4 Aqua was first announced, it garnered more interest than Sony’s flagship phone – the Z3+, which was announced around the same time. However, there is a dampener that might dissuade you from purchasing its 8GB variant – it has only 1.26GB storage space available for users to download apps, store media files such as pictures, videos and music.
So it would be wiser for you to purchase the mid ranger’s 16GB variant as 1.26GB memory would prove to be too less for you even if you add a microSD card because now a days OS as well as their updates are getting bigger in size. When the Xperia blog that revealed the information tried to free some space by deleting some apps, it could only get 400MB space, which isn’t a lot of memory even by the standards of those who don’t use their mobiles heavily.
Specs-wise, the waterproof phone features a 13-megapixel primary camera with f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel secondary camera, an octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon 615, 2GB of RAM and a 2,400 mAh battery that is promised to last two days. It comes with 8GB and 16GB flash storage options.
The M4 Aqua comes in white, black, coral, and silver. The device itself comes with a metallic and tempered glass with cues from the Sony OmniBalance design.
Source: Xperia blog
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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua’s 8GB varient comes with only 1.2GB memory for users
When the Xperia M4 Aqua was first announced, it garnered more interest than Sony’s flagship phone – the Z3+, which was announced around the same time. However, there is a dampener that might dissuade you from purchasing its 8GB variant – it has only 1.26GB storage space available for users to download apps, store media files such as pictures, videos and music.
So it would be wiser for you to purchase the mid ranger’s 16GB variant as 1.26GB memory would prove to be too less for you even if you add a microSD card because now a days OS as well as their updates are getting bigger in size. When the Xperia blog that revealed the information tried to free some space by deleting some apps, it could only get 400MB space, which isn’t a lot of memory even by the standards of those who don’t use their mobiles heavily.
Specs-wise, the waterproof phone features a 13-megapixel primary camera with f/2.0 aperture and a 5-megapixel secondary camera, an octa-core 64-bit Snapdragon 615, 2GB of RAM and a 2,400 mAh battery that is promised to last two days. It comes with 8GB and 16GB flash storage options.
The M4 Aqua comes in white, black, coral, and silver. The device itself comes with a metallic and tempered glass with cues from the Sony OmniBalance design.
Source: Xperia blog
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Apple Introduces Brand New ‘News’ App to Bring Personalized Stories to iOS 9 [iOS Blog]
Apple today announced a brand new application called “News,” that aims to provide curated lists of personalized news for each iOS user. Taking news from some of the most popular websites and newspapers, the app provides content in a unique, custom layout with rich typography. The app, launching first in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia, allows users to pick favorite publications, genres, and topics in order for the app to begin picking individual topics for them.
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Apple Announces Multitasking Experiences for iPad with iOS 9 [iOS Blog]
Today at WWDC, Apple confirmed that multitasking would be coming to the iPad with iOS 9. The new feature will allow users to interact with two apps simultaneously in multiple ways. First is “SplitView,” coming to iPad Air 2, which brings the most powerful task managing multitasking experience to the tablet. Older generation models and iPad mini will have “SlideOver,” allowing them to slide in a smaller version of a second app from the side of the screen. Both experiences allow for multi-touch support. iOS 9 will also bring picture-in-picture to allow users to watch video while browsing around within other apps.
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Apple Announces Swift 2, Open Source for iOS, OS X and Linux [iOS Blog]
Apple today announced Swift 2, the latest version of its programming language with all-new Whole Module Optimization technology.
Apple executive Craig Federighi also announced that Swift will be open source for iOS, OS X and Linux later this year.
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App Store Surpasses 100 Billion Lifetime Downloads [iOS Blog]
Apple today showed a video during its WWDC keynote speech to showcase a few key numbers detailing the growth and evolution of the App Store since it launched seven years ago. Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that the App Store has been an “economic boon” and forever changed software distribution. Ninety-eight percent of all Fortune 500 companies have an iOS app, with the average person owning about 119 apps within their iPhone. In total, the company said that there are 850 apps downloaded every second, and a grand total of 100 billion that have been downloaded since its opening.
Showcasing a few celebrities and various technological personalities, Apple’s App Store-related video pointed out that the Store’s current growth is only the beginning for what the company has planned to do with the App Store.
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Apple Announces watchOS 2 With Native Apps, Third-Party Complications [iOS Blog]
Today at WWDC, Apple announced the second version of watchOS, the operating system that powers the Apple Watch. The new features include support for native apps, third-party complications, communication improvements, health and fitness improvements and more.
Timepiece improvements to watchOS 2 include a brand new watch face called Photos Face, which uses photos from a user’s albums or selected photos. There’s another new watch face called Time Lapse, which shows iconic locations all over the world shot over 24 hours when you look at your watch. watchOS 2 also gains a Nightstand mode while its charging, allowing users to treat the Apple Watch like an alarm clock.
Third-party Complications allow developers to build Complications for watch faces, allowing users to quickly get glance able looks at information like flight times, sports scores, the charge level of an electric car and more. Additionally, users can now spin the Digital Crown to access a new feature called Time Travel, which allows users to see future information like what the weather will be like later in the day.
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