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Apple muscles into music streaming – LA Times

Apple’s iTunes made its mark as the place to buy music downloads, but it left the fast-growing streaming business to rivals such as Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody and others.Now it’s playing catch-up. On Monday, Apple formally launched its bid to become a one-stop shop of digital music offering on-demand streaming, online radio and a feature where artists can share new tracks and video.Music industry veteran Jimmy Iovine, Apple’s point man on the project, called it “one complete thought around music” that stands in contrast to the “fragmented mess” of streaming and download options in the market. He told the audience at Apple’s developer conference in San Francisco that the service would be revolutionary.The big question is whether consumers will pay.

Source: Apple muscles into music streaming – LA Times

What to Expect From Apple’s Developer Conference – NYTimes.com

What to Expect From Apple’s Developer Conference

The Highlights

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference begins at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time. Here are the anticipated highlights:

  • Apple plans to finally reveal the new streaming music service it has developed with Beats Electronics, the company it acquired last year for $3 billion.
  • Apple has said it will introduce tools enabling third-party app developers to gain deeper access to the Apple Watch, which would lead to faster, more capable apps.
  • Following its usual tradition, Apple is expected to introduce enhancements to OS X, the Mac operating system, and iOS, the mobile operating system.
  • Apple was expected to introduce a new Apple TV, along with a tool kit for third-party app developers, but those plans have been postponed.
  • Apple has in the past kept “one more thing” under wraps, so there’s always room for a surprise.

Source: What to Expect From Apple’s Developer Conference – NYTimes.com

Apple’s multitouch ‘fusion keyboard’ invention with multitouch keys could replace touchpads

Apple on Tuesday was granted a patent describing a dual-purpose keyboard that sports touch sensors overlaid atop mechanical keys depressible to two more levels, affording users both multitouch gesture control and conventional keystroke entry without having to remove their hands from the device.

Source: Apple’s multitouch ‘fusion keyboard’ invention with multitouch keys could replace touchpads