Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Apple’s current deals with record labels expire at the end of June, Bloomberg sources said on Wednesday. The people noted, however, that rather than being a hard cutoff, associated parties will likely extend the deadline until an agreement is reached.

To date, labels have allegedly been taking a 58 percent cut from Apple Music subscriptions, a figure higher than most major services. Spotify, though, recently managed to lower its equivalent rate from 55 to 52 percent, with the tradeoff that it has to hit specific targets for subscriber growth. Apple is pursuing the same kind of deal, the sources said.

The labels have meanwhile asked Apple to commit to promoting iTunes in markets where streaming is less prevalent, such as Germany and Japan. In the U.S., music download sales have fallen in the past few years to 24 percent — likely owing to faster internet connections, and the potential savings of streaming. While a Spotify or Apple Music subscription typically costs $9.99 per month, that money would buy just a single album on iTunes.

Apple is said to have offered high Apple Music royalties as a way of luring in labels who were worried the service would bite too deeply into iTunes. With 27 million subscribers, the company may now feel more comfortable about asking for concessions.

Källa: Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Dömdes för ”Facebookvåldtäkten” – häktad på nytt | SVT Nyheter

Dömdes för ”Facebookvåldtäkten” – häktad på nytt | SVT Nyheter

Dömdes för ”Facebookvåldtäkten” – häktad på nytt | SVT Nyheter

En av männen som dömdes för inblandning i den uppmärksammade våldtäkten i Uppsala som sändes live på Facebook har nu häktats på nytt.Det var i torsdags kväll som en stor polisinsats genomfördes i stadsdelen Gottsunda i Uppsala. Polisen kunde senare gripa 24-åringen, som ska ha skadat en annan person med en kniv.LÄS MER: Knivbeväpnad man gripen i UppsalaI måndags häktades han misstänkt för bland annat grov misshandel och hot mot tjänsteman. Enligt åklagare Karin Koci ska 24-åringen även ha riktat kniven mot sig själv.– Han har använt kniv mot både sig själv och andra i hans närhet. Ingen skadades allvarligt men det är ett livsfarligt tillhygge och jag anser att det handlar om grov misshandel, säger hon.

Källa: Dömdes för ”Facebookvåldtäkten” – häktad på nytt | SVT Nyheter

Apple hunting after lower royalties for Apple Music & iTunes content

Apple’s Indoor Maps for Airports and Shopping Malls in iOS 11 Slowly Rolling Out – Mac Rumors

Apple's Indoor Maps for Airports and Shopping Malls in iOS 11 Slowly Rolling Out - Mac Rumors

Apple’s Indoor Maps for Airports and Shopping Malls in iOS 11 Slowly Rolling Out – Mac Rumors

Apple has slowly begun enabling indoor maps for select airports and shopping malls, providing an early look at the new Apple Maps feature coming in iOS 11. On devices running iOS 11 beta, indoor maps are available now in Apple Maps for Philadelphia International Airport and Mineta San Jose International Airport, and for shopping malls Westfield Valley Fair in San Jose, California and Westfield San Francisco Centre in San Francisco, California. Indoor maps will provide detailed floor plans of major airports and shopping malls around the world, allowing iOS 11 users to plan ahead. At airports, for example, Apple Maps users can tap “look inside” or simply zoom in to view terminals, boarding gates, security checkpoints, airline check-in desks, baggage claim carousels, information kiosks, restrooms, stores, restaurants, parking garages, and even escalators, elevators, and stairs. Apple Maps users can browse by floor, or search for shops, food, drinks, or restrooms in a specific terminal. Tapping on a restaurant, for example, brings up a detailed place card with photos, hours, and additional information.

Källa: Apple’s Indoor Maps for Airports and Shopping Malls in iOS 11 Slowly Rolling Out – Mac Rumors

The Birth of the Camera Phone

The Birth of the Camera Phone

The Birth of the Camera Phone

The Birth of the Camera Phone

On June 11th, 1997, Philippe Kahn created the first camera phone solution to share pictures instantly on public networks. The impetus for this invention was the birth of Kahn’s daughter, when he jerry-rigged a mobile phone with a digital camera and sent photos in real time. In 2016 Time Magazine included Kahn’s first camera phone photo in their list of the 100 most influential photos of all time.

 

‘Titanic,’ ‘Star Wars’ Coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime in July | Variety

‘Titanic,’ ‘Star Wars’ Coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime in July | Variety

It’s officially summer, and new programs coming to Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime in July are setting up a nothing if not plentiful platform to let the binge-watching commence.July will be a movie-centric month for Netflix, with both old and new blockbusters such as “Titanic,” “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “E.T.,” and “Lion” appearing online. TV shows hitting Netflix include “Friends From College,” “Pretty Little Liars” Season 7B, and “Degrassi: Next Class” Season 4.A few classics — “Sense and Sensibility,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” — are among the films coming to Hulu, along with comedy goldmine “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” action-thriller “Nerve,” and nine titles from “Star Trek.”Added to Amazon Prime in the movie realm are the Oscar-winning “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” Johnny Depp’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” and “Flashdance.” Season 2 of “Mr. Robot,” as well as the Amazon original “The Salesman” will also be added to the streaming site.

Källa: ‘Titanic,’ ‘Star Wars’ Coming to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime in July | Variety