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Your Guide To Apple Music

Apple recently unveiled Apple Music during the recent Worldwide Developers Conference held in the city of San Francisco. Officially announced together with iOS 9, the newest version of Apple's iOS mobile operating system, Apple Music is the company's first ever music streaming subscription service. Upon its launch, it should contend with other music streaming subscription services offered by Spotify, Pandora, and Tidal. 

 

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Mobile Users Watch Longer Videos On Their Smartphones, Per IAB Survey

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is an organization that studies trends in online and mobile advertising. Recently, this group conducted a survey that looks into how videos are viewed on mobile devices by users around the world. 

 

iHeartRadio Now Has 70 Million Registered Users

When it comes to music streaming services, well established names -- like Spotify, Pandora, and do not forget Apple's offering which will reportedly debut a few days from now -- are hugging all the limelight. Meanwhile, iHeartRadio has quietly built its own user base, which remarkably now number 70 million registered users.

 

Your Guide To Understanding AT&T Next Early Upgrade Plans

Lots of wireless carriers are offering early upgrade plans nowadays. Basically, early upgrade plans offer a means for mobile users to upgrade to a newer smartphone model earlier than the usual two year time period set in most smartphone plans. Apart from Sprint, most carriers have their own set of early upgrade plans.

 

Huawei Introduces Its P8 Lite Smartphone To US Consumers

Huawei is considered one of the world's top telecoms company in terms of revenue, and is currently the fourth largest seller of smartphones according to market share. But outside of its native country China and other Asian countries, the company is virtually unknown, especially in western markets such as the United States and most of Europe. And even though the Chinese phone maker had already opened an online store for US buyers last year, it is still trying to break through in American shores.

 

Customer Satisfaction Level With Wireless, Web, TV Services Lowest In 7 Years, Per Survey

As a general rule, people are never 100 percent happy with any service. Wireless, Internet, and TV service are no exception to this. But according to a very recent survey, it appears that consumers of these types of services scored the lowest satisfaction level in seven years. 

 

Apple’s New Music Streaming Service To Debut Next Week At $10 A Month

As reported by the Wall Street Journal, Apple is indeed announcing a new music streaming service next week, and it will offer unlimited access to songs at $10 a month. The new service's setup will reportedly be similar to Spotify's in terms of functionality and capabilities.

The Android One Initiative: Pushing For More Affordable Handsets In Emerging Mobile Markets

During its I/O Conference held in San Francisco, Google once again emphasized its push for cheaper mobile devices in emerging mobile markets around across the globe. The search giant believes that emerging markets have the greatest potential of growth. It even stated that it is expecting 1.2 billion units of smartphones to be sold in emerging markets such as China, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and Indonesia. And for sure, a significant chunk of this number will be handsets that are powered by Android, the mobile operating system that Google itself developed.

 

Introducing Smart Lock For Passwords: Google’s New Password Manager For Android Apps

Google just launched Smart Lock for Passwords during the I/O Conference recently held in San Francisco. As its name implies, Smart Lock for Passwords is basically a password managing tool for logging in to Android mobile apps or to the web. It is built into the user's Google account, which makes for a convenient and safe way of managing passwords for various apps for mobile devices.

 

Apple Recaptures Title Of Most Valuable Brand In The World

The Apple brand is back at the top. At least according to a report called the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands recently published by advertising firm WPP and market research firm Millward Brown. This report aims to rank the top brands of the world according to their value based on a combination of market data and surveys from customers. 

 

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