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Watch out world, YouTube paying subscribers exceeds 20 million Although it’s still early days, YouTube paying subscribers is showing major growth potential. YouTube has officially exceeded 20 million paying subscribers, parent company Google revealed in a report on the service’s revenue statistics. The subscriber pool is a combination of YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium. […]
Streaming giants appeal songwriter royalty rate increase The streaming giants appeal involves Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon. Spotify, Google, Pandora and Amazon feel that songwriters should not be given the 5% over 5 years increase in royalty rates that was granted to them by the Copyright Royalty Board in March. The streaming services have filed […]
YouTube Music lets you switch between song and music video without skipping a beat Switch seamlessly between song and music video with YouTube Music. YouTube’s Music streaming service has introduced a quaint little feature that lets users switch between listening to a song and watching the song’s music video without skipping a beat. How it […]
Apple, Google, Amazon sued for alleged music piracy operation The lawsuit makes 216 claims across 148 pages against this ‘massive music piracy operation.’ A lawsuit has been filed by the estate of Harold Arlen, the man who composed Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, and many other classics. The estate is suing Apple, […]
YouTube offering 6-7 figure deals to top content creators in light of IGTV YouTube is no longer the only video uploading service on the web. Of course there are others, but let’s be honest; the Tube of You has been dominating the web for a decade but now it’s time for some healthy competition! Just […]
Traxus and webMIDI – the dawn of a new age for MIDI control? Enter the world of Traxus and webMIDI… Imagine controlling your DJ software from a web browser, anywhere in the world. Well, the idea is not that far-fetched. Google has slowly been working at creating a legitimate cloud-based system for music creators, the […]
Google takes massive first steps into the world of synthesizers A group of scientists on the Google Brain team or pushing the boundaries of sound creation through machine learning. Machine learning is “the field of study that gives computers the ability to learn without being explicitly programmed” and when the geniuses at Google applied it […]
Low data YouTube Go App to launch in 130 countries Enter the stream with the YouTube Go app. Users in low connectivity countries will now be able to download videos for offline viewing to their hearts’ content; from cooking to cats to ‘DIY’ and the mysteries as to why. They can then share these videos […]
Net Neutrality gets legal backing from Facebook, Google, Netflix and Amazon Net Neutrality is being defended by a ‘justice league’ of internet heavyweights. “Net neutrality” means that Internet service providers are unable to play favourites in terms of sites and the speed at which they load. Without Net neutrality it ISP’s can slow down site […]
Google AI Child outperforms man-made rivals The newly birthed Google AI Child is the next gen of AI capability. Whether you are for or against AI, it is still happening in a big way, thanks to Google Brain. A supercomputer has ‘birthed’ the Google AI Child which is outperforming its man-made rivals, they say. True […]
