"Music and audio" news, interviews, and features

News about Music and audio

• Yahoo unveils app for texting with silent video

  Livetext is another attempt by Yahoo to provide a messaging app that resonates with users

• Twitter mulling big changes to how you view tweets

  The company is considering changes to help it become a truly mass-market service

• Senator calls for investigation of Apple's music streaming policies

  Licensing terms prohibit competing companies from letting consumers know of better music deals

• Uber settles suit over girl killed by driver

  The terms of the settlement in the 2013 incident are confidential

• Which songs stumped Shakira? Shazam will now show you

  An updated version of the app will show artists' searches to users

• Apple hears Taylor Swift, to pay artists during free music trial

  The pop star had earlier complained about Apple's decision not to pay artists during the free trial

Features about Music and audio

• Sour notes: Our biggest complaints about Apple Music

  We needed to vent about it ...

• Why the Beats deal shows Apple is actually listening

  Buying Beats isn't such a crazy idea

• How Google's I/O moves measure up to what Apple offers

  But here was nothing that'll cause a parade of iPhone and iPad users to swap their devices for the Android counterparts

• Apple's musical revolution

  Since the iPad's launch, the possibilities for an artist have increased dramatically

• Apple and Spotify create ripples in the streaming music qorld

  Spotify is now open to anyone and iCloud and iTunes Match are on their way, leaving other music service competitors scrambling to compete.

• How to get free music from the iTunes music store

  Tired of paying for music? You can find a bunch of free songs hiding in plain sight in the iTunes Music Store