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Apple Music licensing rights, explained

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Serenity Caldwell does a phenomenal job explaining the licensing rights associated with the various elements that make up Apple Music and why we should care. Great writing, great research.

Sources: Apple Music already over 10M subscribers

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10 million subscribers in a month is an impressive number, even if they are mostly unpaid. Spotify hit 20 million paid subscribers about a month ago. It took Spotify five and a half years to get their first 10 million paid subscribers.

Meet the man who flies around the world for free

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The article was a riveting read. The whole process sounds intriguing to me, but realize that the airlines have the power to yank your frequent flyer miles if they detect misbehavior on your part.

Some perspective on Apple Watch sales numbers

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Mike Wehner, writing for the Daily Dot, put together a nice little writeup showing iPod, iPad, and iPhone sales numbers at the same point in their life-cycle as the Apple Watch is now.

Apple Watch and supposed skepticism

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Brian X. Chen and Vindu Goel, writing for the New York Times:

In the months surrounding the much-ballyhooed release of the Apple Watch, Apple managers courted Facebook in the hopes that the social networking giant would make a software application for the new gadget.

Facebook was not persuaded.

I think the article is misguided. This isn’t about skepticism and doubt, this is about biding your time ’til the moment is right.

On the Apple Watch and intimacy

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There’s huge potential in the world beyond notifications. There’s an intimacy opportunity, a chance for Apple to bond people with their Apple Watch, a chance for a truly killer Apple Watch app.

FTC launches antitrust review of Apple music business

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Cecilia Kang, writing for the Washington Post:

The Federal Trade Commission has launched an antitrust review into Apple’s treatment of competing music-streaming apps that are sold through its iTunes App Store, according to three people with direct knowledge of the matter.

John Lasseter on Pixar

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Rob Richman pulled some quotes from this morning’s Times interview with Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter.

The new iPod nano and shuffle don’t play nice with Apple Music

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Serenity Caldwell, writing for iMore:

When you try to sync offline Apple Music tracks to a nano or shuffle, you’re met with this rather disappointing message: “Apple Music songs cannot be copied to an iPod.” You’ll have to rely on your purchased music for those devices, instead.

CIRP: iPhone 6 Plus sales are jumping

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According to the latest numbers from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), the mix of iPhone sales between the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 5c and 5s is showing a significant wave of iPhone 6 Plus love.

List of stuff announced at WWDC

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This is just terrific. A detailed list of things, both small and large, announced at last month’s WWDC.

Horwitz: Apple wants to bolster + profit from ads, not eliminate them

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Jeremy Horwitz, in an insightful op-ed piece for 9to5mac:

Thanks to the introduction of ad-blocking technology in iOS 9, some people think Apple wants to help users get rid of ads. But that’s not Apple’s goal. Yesterday’s debut of Apple News shows that it’s actually angling to replace the ads you know, build upon them, and take a cut of their revenue…

Apple’s new ad campaign

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Two new ads from Apple, both ending with the tag line:

If it’s not an iPhone, it’s not an iPhone