“Apple has an established program for premium subscription video entertainment providers to offer a variety of customer benefits — including integration with the Apple TV app, AirPlay 2 support, tvOS apps, universal search, Siri support and, where applicable, single or zero sign-on,” the company said. “On qualifying premium video entertainment apps such as Prime Video,weiterlesen

The technology giant is discussing whether to let users choose third-party web browser and mail applications as their default options on Apple’s mobile devices, replacing the company’s Safari browser and Mail app, according to people familiar with the matter. […] The Cupertino, California-based company also is considering loosening restrictions on third-party music apps, including itsweiterlesen

Ein Spotify-Premium-Family-Konto setzt die gleiche postalische Anschrift für alle Familienmitglieder voraus. Spotify will das nun per GPS-Ortung („gelegentlich“) bestätigen. Spotify knows a lot about its users — their musical tastes, their most listened-to artists and their summer anthems. Spotify will also want to know where you live or to obtain your location data. It’s partweiterlesen

Apple Inc. plans to fund original podcasts that would be exclusive to its audio service, according to people familiar with the matter, increasing its investment in the industry to keep competitors Spotify and Stitcher at bay. Executives at the company have reached out to media companies and their representatives to discuss buying exclusive rights toweiterlesen

While I don’t particularly love Spotify’s approach here, I think there are numerous points in its favor. Apple’s insistence on a 30 percent cut for in-app purchases and for the first year of subscription revenue is brutal for businesses that are reselling content produced by other parties. Amazon and Comixology aren’t marking up the digitalweiterlesen

Spotify legt nicht nur eine Beschwerde bei der Europäische Kommission gegen die App-Store-Spielregeln ein, sondern startet gleich eine ganze Kampagne („Time to Play Fair”). First, apps should be able to compete fairly on the merits, and not based on who owns the App Store. We should all be subject to the same fair set ofweiterlesen

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire Gimlet Media Inc. (“Gimlet”), the renowned independent producer of podcast content, and Anchor (“Anchor”), the company leading the market for podcast creation, publishing, and monetization services. Spotify.Investors Die Überschrift der Meldung – „Spotify Announces Strategic Acquisitionsweiterlesen

Spotify is in talks to buy Gimlet for more than $200 million. That’s a big deal for the podcasting world. Spotify wants to break out of the music streaming business. Gimlet, the company behind shows like Crimetown and Reply All, can help. Peter Kafka | Recode.net Einige meiner Lieblingspodcasts stammen von Gimlet – von Replyweiterlesen