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Apple To Pay Musical Artists During Free Trial Of Apple Music

After a very public protest from pop music superstar Taylor Swift, Apple has decided to announce that it will be paying royalties to musical artists during Apple Music's free trial. 

 

FCC’s New Rules Makes It Harder For Companies To Send Unwanted Messages

With the new rules that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has put in place, it is now increasingly difficult for companies to send unwanted marketing messages to people's mobile devices. Under these new rules, mobile users now have expanded options in unsubscribing or blocking marketing messages or pre-recorded telemarketing phone calls.

 

Introducing BitTorrent Shoot: An App That Lets You Share Pics And Vids With Friends Privately

Moving loads of pictures or videos between two handsets can be a bit of a hassle, especially when you are trying to share content between a pair of devices that are running different mobile operating systems. But now, there is a new app that allows you to do exactly that but in an easier and faster way.

 

LG Inks Patent Licensing Deal With Nokia

Nokia is certainly far from its glory days as a global leader in smartphones. As a matter of fact, ever since its smartphone business was acquired by Microsoft one year ago, the company has stopped selling smartphones outright. But it appears that Nokia is still making money out of smartphones -- other companies' devices, to be exact.

 

Encrypted Social Networks Are Coming To Mobile Devices

Social networking sites may have made us interact more with people (via the interwebs at least). But there are people who claim that social media platforms have also made Big Brother better at tracking every breath we take, every step we make, etc.

 

Twitter Gets Rid of 140-Character Limit on DMs

Just recently, Twitter made a couple of announcements on its developer blog regarding their upcoming plans for July. To start with, the first announcement they made was the fact that Dick Costolo will no longer be a CEO for the company. As for the more exciting news, the 140-character limit on their DMs (direct messages) will be removed. With this new announcement, Twitter users will no longer have to put a limit on the number of characters on the private messages they send out to other users. 

 

Federal Court Denies Request By Industry Groups To Delay Net Neutrality Rules

Score one for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). A panel of the United States Court of Appeals consisting of three judges denied a request filed by various wireless carriers and broadband service providers to delay the adoption of net neutrality rules proposed by the FCC. What this means is that the agency's rules will take effect this coming June 12th, Friday, as scheduled. 

 

Facebook Introduces Buy Buttons For Shopify Retailers On News Feed

Facebook has been experimenting with the idea of a Buy Button functionality in its pages, even testing its with a few selected merchants. But now, the social media giant is opening it up to Shopify retailers.

 

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.

 

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. 

 

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