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thewhitefalcon wrote: » Cyrus, absolute nutjob that she is (how's that "I'm her friend!" working out, Billy?), at least is a musician. Lay off the hate for these kids(!) They had their souls AKA childhoods sold by their parents to "The Ind…
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sog35 wrote: » killer. this will be so hot. where are all the Beats acquisition haters now? Doing a sleep over with Robert Frost? I'm really looking forward to this because I've always had a huge eclectic taste in music and am a huge fan…
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sog35 wrote: » Cut refined sugar and refined carbs (white rice, white flour, ect) That will do 100x more than a watch. I"m a fan of the watch but exercise is only 10% of losing weight. If you eat crap you will be unhealthy no matter how much y…
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I know I shouldn't keep on bringing this up, but due to certain old differences of opinion that still lay dormant under my skin... let it never be forgotten that Flash was the baby darling project at Macromedia of a person... who later became CTO at…
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rogifan wrote: » This is probably right. Or at least those arguing in favor of not paying would pitch it this way. I'm still not sure it was a 'win' for Apple. Someone who used to be a high up at Pandora tweeted that this was all theater and Apple…
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Actually... after giving it the whole charades another (very quick!) thought... I'm tending towards saying it was a little bit of both: a) the bean-counters getting in the way; and b) the strategy of letting the artists/labels play ball and see how…
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rogifan wrote: » According to Rene Ritchie on MacBreak Weekly there was not universal agreement inside Apple to not pay during this trial period and it allegedly was debated up until the very last minute. As you know since you've been following…
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[B]Taylor the Savior OR Savor the Taylor[/B] Taylor Swift Statistics: Instagram: 34.8m followers Facebook: 71m followers Twitter: 59.3m followers I wonder how many of Taylor's followers are using an iOS device and how many will jump on Apple Musi…
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elehcdn wrote: » Pot meet kettle, http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/06/concert-photographer-calls-out-taylor-swift-for-hypocritical-apple-open-letter/ Your move Taylor ... Oh please! Don't start the poor photographer because I can't read…
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thrang wrote: » I think Apple could have handled this much better, but the original deal with probably more fair than was discussed by the pundits - Apple has invested and will invest, I'm sure, hundreds of millions into this venture, so they t…
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rogifan wrote: » If this was just penny pinching by the accountants or Tim Cook wearing his COO hat how do you explain giving away U2's latest album for free. That was estimated to cost Apple several hundred million. Different subject.. but…
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digitalclips wrote: » That's exactly what I am waiting to see (maybe she already decided I have't read the latest yet, I've been on the beach incommunicado). It would the gracious thing for her to do now IMHO. I just don't think Tim planned that…
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rogifan wrote: » I hope you're right. The more I think about this the more I wish Apple had taken one of two approaches: 1. Determine Apple really needed a streaming music service and then Launch a simple service like Google Play Music that was…
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asdasd wrote: » No it's not because on demand streams are much more expensive than restricted radio feeds. We're talking about the company and the department that gave us ping, iTunes Radio, and the U2 download fiasco. They make mistakes. …
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jfc1138 wrote: » Everything but 1989 was already slated to be on Apple's service. Thanks. I just ran across that bit on another site. Maybe I'm wrong about me entire position and Apple, the biggest comapny on the face of the planet is bein…
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rogifan wrote: » The whole music portion of the keynote was out of place. That was not the venue to announce a new streaming service. Apple should have held a smaller event in LA or London and had indie artists on stage pitching the new service. P…
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1983 wrote: » Exactly! Jimmy should of seen that artist backlash coming if he was as connected with the music industry as has been claimed, but he didn't. Also I was put off somewhat by him at the WWDC keynote...he just seemed uncouth and scruff…
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quinney wrote: » Cute satire doc. What I think you and Eric are omitting from your analyses is the influence of egotistical hubris on corporate decision making. Apple's leadership are not slack-jawed yokels, but neither are they immune from maki…
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jungmark wrote: » What are you talking about? Swift doesn't need streaming and she did pull her music from spotify. How is she seeking attention? She already has it with her album. So if anyone offered their opinion, they're attention whores?…
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slurpy wrote: » If you're referring to me, I didn't call her a "whore", I called her an "attention-whore", which means someone who seeks attention. The term can be applied to a male or female of any age, and has nothing to do with sexuality. But n…