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Maine Mendoza at Alden Richards Gumawa Ulit ng Bagong Record sa Mundo ng Streaming

Nagsimula na nga streaming sa Netflix sina Alden Richards at Maine Mendoza na unang anibersaryo ng pelikula na "IYAM" sa linggong ito.

"IYAM", na inilabas noong Hulyo 2016 sa oras para sa unang anibersaryo ng kamangha-manghang AlDub tandem, ay naidagdag sa pagprograma ng sikat na online site simula Setyembre 17.

Inanunsyo ng direktor ng pelikula na si Michael Tuviera ang iskedyul ng streaming sa isang post sa social media bago ang paglabas na sinasabi, "Magbalik tayo sa Como. Mahalin ang pelikulang ito. Mahalin mo ang dalawang ito. "

Ang "IYAM" ay isang romantikong drama na nagsasabi sa kuwento ni Gara (Maine Mendoza), isang manggagawa sa ibang bansa na Pilipino sa Italya, na nakatagpo ng medikal na mag-aaral na si Andrew (Alden Richards) na katatapos lamang ng isang relasyon.

Nagsimula ang tandem ng AlDub sa noontime variety show ng Pilipinas, ang Eat Bulaga. Ang kanilang pandaigdigang fandom ay nasira ang mga tala sa social media at nakakuha ng onscreen ilang iba't ibang mga accolades.

Kamakailan ay ginalugad ng tandem ang mga pares kasama ang iba pang mga artista ng kilalang tao
Nagtatrabaho si Alden Richards kay Kathryn Bernardo sa pelikulang blockbuster, "HLG", at Maine Mendoza na tumutugma kay Carlo Aquino para sa "ISAPAwithFEELING".

Ayon sa feedback aba ay milyon milyon na ang nag stream ng nasabing pelikula, patunay lang na marami malakas pa rin talaga ang hatak nina Maine and Alden.

MABUTI nang mabuti ang mga komento sa mga komento sa ibaba kina Alden Richards at Maine Mendoza at ang koponan ng "IYAM" ngayon ay nag-streaming sa Netflix!

Marian Rivera Pinagkaguluhan Sa Pinost Niya Ano Kaya

- Si Marian Rivera ay muling nasiyahan sa kanyang mga tagasunod sa Instagram

- Nag-post siya ng maraming larawan sa kanyang mga cute na bata na si Zia at baby Ziggy

- Ang mga Netizens ay walang iba kundi ang magagandang salita para sa pamilyang Dantes

Ibinahagi ni Marian Rivera ang ilang mga larawan na kinunan sa kanyang kalidad na oras sa kanyang kaibig-ibig na mga bata, sina Zia at baby Ziggy.

Ang tatlo sa kanila ay nagpunta sa Lakbay Museo at ang Dessert Museum.

"Kinuha ang aking mga anak ngayon upang bisitahin ang museo ng dessert Tiyak na mayroon kaming isang matamis na oras sa kamangha-manghang lugar na ito," isinulat niya sa kanyang post.
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Nagpost din siya ng ilang mga snaps ng kanilang mga cute na sandali sa Lakbay Museo.

"Pag-aaral habang nagsasaya sa Lakbay Museo ngayon! Si Ate Z, Ziggy at ako ay bumisita sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao lahat sa isang umaga at dapat na manood ng mga tradisyunal na sayaw na Pilipino."
"Lubhang inirerekumenda ko ang lugar na ito na gumastos ng oras sa iyong pamilya at mga kaibigan."
Bukod dito, ang ilang netizens ay nagkomento sa kanyang mga post sa IG at walang iba kundi ang papuri para sa kanya at sa kanyang mga anak. Narito ang ilan sa kanilang mga puna.

"ang gwapo at maganda ang mga bata"
"Bobo ka ng Diyos! Family Dantes"
"Magagandang maligayang pamilya"
"natutunan ako sa larawan na ito"

Si Marian Rivera ay isang Filipina actress, celebrity mom, at endorser ng produkto. Pinakasalan niya si Dingdong Dantes noong Disyembre 30, 2014. Mayroon na silang dalawang pantay-pantay na bata.

Artista na Kapamilya Ayaw Nang Magsocial Media Dahil May Trauma Siya?

- Si Yeng Constantino ay binigo ng ilang buwan na ang nakakaraan dahil sa pagpapahiya sa isang doktor sa Siargao
- Binuksan niya kamakailan ang tungkol sa pagtatapos ng kontrobersya

- Ayon sa mang-aawit, ngayon ay nakakaramdam siya ng pagkabalisa tuwing nakakakita siya ng mga logo ng mga social media site
Binuksan ni Yeng Constantino ang pagkaraan ng kanyang kontrobersya mga buwan na ang nakalilipas, na kasangkot ang mang-aawit na naliligo matapos na pinahiya niya ang isang doktor sa Siargao dahil sa umano’y pagiging pabaya sa kanyang nasugatan na asawa.

Sa isang ulat ng PUSH, inamin ng mang-aawit na umabot sa isang punto kung saan nakakaramdam siya ng pagkabalisa tuwing nakakakita siya ng mga logo ng mga social media site at apps.

"Ito ang kauna-unahan kong pagkakaligo ng marami, kaya na-shock shock ako. Ngunit sobrang hilig ko sa social media. Matapos ang nangyari sa akin, sobra akong na-Homesick din dahil nami-miss ko na ang social media ngunit nagpasya ako. huminto ng ilang sandali ...

"'Pag nakakakita ako ng YouTube logo, minsan kinakabahan ako e. Kinakabahan ako' pag nakakakita ako ng Twitter logo. Sinabi ko 'yun sa psychologist sa Magandang Buhay.' Alam niyo po 'na nakakakita ako ng logo ng YouTube, Twitter at Facebook , kinakabahan ako. ' Sabi niya, 'Maganda' yan ginagawa mo na magpapahinga ka, kasi nag-eexpect ka e, '"inamin ni Yeng.

Si Yeng Constantino ay isang mang-aawit at vlogger na nagtatrabaho sa ABS-CBN. Itinali niya ang magkabuhul-buhol sa kapwa musikero na si Victor "Yan" Asuncion noong ika-14 ng Pebrero, 2015. Ipininahayag ng mang-aawit ang kanyang kahandaan upang sa wakas ay maging isang mommy.

Ano Kaya ang Humipo kay Marian Rivera Sabi ni Dingdong Dantes

Sumulat si Dingdong Dantes ng isang matamis na mensahe ng kaarawan para sa kanyang asawang si Marian Rivera na naka-35 noong Lunes, Agosto 12.

Sa Instagram, nai-post ng Kapuso Primetime King ang isang larawan ni Marian mula sa huling araw ng pagdiriwang ng kaarawan na sinelebrate sila sa Sonya's Garden sa Tagaytay.

"Ang sinag ng sikat ng araw ay biglang humipo sa kanyang mukha, at sa loob lamang ng ilang segundo bago ito nawala, nagawa kong makuha ang sandaling ito," sulat ni Dingdong sa caption.
 
Ipinahayag ni Dingdong kung gaano siya kasaya na makasama si Marian sa tabi niya bilang kapareha sa loob ng isang dekada.

"Masuwerte ako na nasa tabi niya upang masaksihan ito, ngunit mas nagpapasalamat ako na nasa tabi niya bilang kanyang kapiling sa buhay ng higit sa isang dekada ngayon. Maligayang kaarawan, @marianrivera!" Idinagdag niya.

BTS real reason behind their break revealed

The BTS, the biggest k-pop band of all time and one of the most famous groups in the world at this time, have decided to take a "long break" to "rest and relax". The announcement was made on Sunday by their agency, Big Hit Entertainment, after a concert in Seoul, South Korea: it will be the first break that BTS will make since they started singing together, in 2013, and it is not clear how long will it last. In the Big Hit Entertainment release it explains that the BTS will use this break to get ready to start working again and ask anyone who meets one of them in the coming months to respect his privacy.

The BTS is a South Korean music group born in 2013 and composed of seven boys around the age of twenty who sold more than 10 million records in South Korea, but which has a gigantic and growing worldwide following. Only in the United States did BTS fill entire stadiums, and they were seen by hundreds of thousands of people. They have won the Top Social Artist Award at the Billboard Music Awards (ie the audience award) in the last three years and have become the second group in the history of music, after the Beatles,  to have three records in number one on the Billboard 200 year .

For those not familiar, k-pop is a South Korean musical and cultural phenomenon, a local pop mixed or inspired by American music, pop, R&B, rock and even hip hop. It is aimed in particular at adolescents and in the last decade has crossed the borders of South Korea making itself known successfully throughout the world, from the United States to India, from the Middle East to Italy. To understand: Psy, the author of the famous "Gangnam Style" of 2012, was the first k-pop singer who was really talked about in the rest of the world.

Attention Mothers, music is good for premature, sad and even stressed kids

A new study conducted in Switzerland confirms that music can do much more than make us dream and calm our senses: the right songs can help to enhance the neurological development of premature babies . We are talking about children born before the 32nd week of pregnancy who, thanks to medical advances, today have a good chance of survival, but who find themselves fighting with the risk of developing neuropsychological (even serious) disorders.

To help the brains of these fragile newborns develop as well as possible - despite the stressful environment of intensive care - researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) have proposed an original solution: music written specifically for them . The first results of this sweet therapy have been published in the Acts of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the United States and are surprising: medical imaging reveals that neural networks - in particular a network involved in many sensory and cognitive functions - of premature babies who listened to that precise melody developed much better .

Every year, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the HUG accommodates 80 children born too early - between 24 and 32 weeks of pregnancy, which is almost four months ahead of schedule in some cases. The vast majority survive, but half of them later develop neuro-evolutionary disorders - aliases: learning difficulties, attention or emotional disorders. As Petra Hüppi, professor at the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine and Head of the Development and Growth Division of HUG, explains: "At birth, the brains of these children are still immature. Brain developmenthe must therefore continue in the intensive care unit, in an incubator, in very different conditions than when they were still in the womb. The immaturity of the brain, combined with a disturbing sensory environment, explains why neural networks do not develop normally ”.

The Geneva researchers have decided to rely on music starting from a practical idea: as the neural deficits of premature babies are due - at least in part - to unexpected and stressful stimuli (such as the birth before time), but also to the lack of stimuli adapted to their conditions, their environment should be enriched by introducing pleasant elements and well-studied stimuli. Since hearing - generally - works from the beginning, music seems to be the perfect ally to deal with the problem. Which music are we talking about, exactly? "Fortunately, we met the composer Andreas Vollenweider who had already directed musical projects for special situations and showed great interest in creating music suitable for premature babies," explained Hüppi.

Lara Lordier, a doctor in neuroscience and researcher at the HUG and UNIGE, described the process of musical creation as follows: "It was important that these musical stimuli were related to the child's condition. We wanted to structure the day with pleasant stimuli in the appropriate moments: a music to accompany their awakening, a music to accompany their falling asleep and a music to interact during the phases of awakening ". The right tool is everything: Vollenweider has played several in the presence of a nurse specializing in development support to understand which were the most appreciated by young patients, and “The instrument that generated most of the reactions was the flute of Indian snake charmers (punji). The very agitated children calmed down almost instantly - their attention was drawn to the music! ", Lordier told Good News. The musician then composed three sound tracks about eight minutes long each playing punji, the harp and some bells.

The study was conducted with a group of premature babies who listened to music, a control group of premature babies and a full-term control group of newborns to assess whether the brain development of the premature babies who had listened to the music would have been more similar to that of term children. Scientists used functional magnetic resonance imaging at rest on all three groups of children. Long story short, premature babies without music generally had poorer functional connectivity between brain areas than full-term children, confirming the negative effect of prematurity: "The network most affected is the salience networkthat detects the information and assesses its relevance at a specific time, then creates the connection with the other brain networks that must act. This network is essential, both for learning and performing cognitive tasks, as well as in social relationships or emotional management, "confirmed Lara Lordier.

"In intensive care, children are overwhelmed by stimuli unrelated to their condition: open and closed doors, alarms activated and so on. Unlike a child born in time who, in utero, regulates his rhythm to that of his mother , the premature child in intensive care can hardly develop the link between the meaning of a stimulus in a specific context ". However, the neural networks of the children who listened to the music of Andreas Vollenweider improved significantly: the functional connectivity between the salience network and the auditory, sensorimotor, frontal, thalamic and precuneus networks is actually increased - obtaining a network organization more similar to full-term babies.

In short, music is (really) much more than a background for our days, cheers!

The big day has arrived for Rock Music fans on Apple Music and Spotify

The big day has finally arrived. After the announcement of a few days ago , the discography of the Tool debuts today on the main streaming music platforms . The songs of Maynard's alternative metal group James Keenan are in fact available for listening on Apple Music, Spotify and the like .

An important change for the entire sector, as until now the Tool had been reluctant to the idea. As a result, fans were forced to use YouTube to listen to the tracks.

The publication of the entire Tool discography comes a few days after the publication of the new album "Fear Incolum", arriving on August 30th .

Other important artists initially opposed to uploading their music to streaming platforms, including Metallica, AC / DC, Led Zeppelin and the Beatles, but the increased use by users, and the popularity of the applications, he practically forced them to embrace new technologies.

The Future of Apple Music on Google Home



No compatibility for Apple Music on Google Home: the appearance of the streaming service on the app is due to a software bug.

The hopes for the integration of Apple Music in Google Home and, consequently, with the speakers compatible with the service have already been extinguished . The same Big G confirms it: the appearance of the streaming service within the application, found by some users a few days ago, is derived from a software bug .

The story is now well known: a few days ago, some readers of MacRumors found support for Apple Music within the Google Home application , leaving room for various speculations. Many thought that Apple could have made deals with Big G to enable its streaming service to more extensive commands than the current ones in Google Assistant or, again, integration with third-party speakers. In fact, it seems to have been a software error, as specified by Bloomberg:

In detail, a bug would have superimposed the current Google Assistant settings on those of Google Home, making Apple Music mistakenly appear within this latter application. Big G seems to have already solved the problem, reiterating a note already released in the past:

In any case, it is more than obvious that Cupertino is pursuing an expansion policy for its music streaming service. Last December, for example, was launched full compatibility with Alexa the Amazon , as well as the possibility of playing on the speakers of the Echo line. Consequently, it is not excluded that in the future the support can also be guaranteed to all speakers managed by Google Home. All that remains is to wait, consequently, for any updates from the Apple Park company, as well as from the rival - and perhaps future music partner - Google.

Spotify and Apple what is going on with the revenue issue: the question and answer


Spotify opposes the commissions imposed by Apple and submits a complaint to the EU Antitrust Authority. The Cupertino company did not wait for his response.

The relationship between Spotify and Apple is quite tense. The music streaming giant has in fact accused the Cupertino company of abusing its control in the App Store before the EU Antitrust. How? Encouraging Apple Music and damaging rivals including Spotify .

The words of CEO Daniel Ek show that Spotify does not accept that Apple retain 30% of revenues from subscriptions subscribed through the App Store. This tax, said Ek, seems to have been designed to damage the streaming services that compete with Apple Music.

The CEO of Spotify therefore explains that with his Apple policy he would push users to switch to Apple Music , leveraging a more accessible subscription. But are there alternatives?

Spotify therefore asked Apple to be treated in the same way as many other apps on the Appe Store, such as Uber or Deliveroo, which are not subject to the Cupertino company fee and which are not damaged by the same restrictions .

Apple responds to the Spotify allegations
The Apple's response was not long in coming, and it arrived with a long and detailed press release .

The Cupertino giant, to protect its image, responded point by point to the Spotify accusation. On the commission and the alleged limitations Apple declares:

Apple, in the final part of its press release, underlines how important its contribution to Spotify's growth has been over the years:

Spotify to Apple: "monopolist!"
The question and answer between the two parties has now been enriched with a new chapter, the Spotify replica of the Apple press release reported by Variety :

The clash between Spotify and Apple seems to be far from over. But who will come out the winner and what will the decision of the EU Antitrust be? And in the case of Apple's debacle, will there be consequences for its management of the App Store?


How to take advantage of Apple Music using search feature


An interesting little novelty under the hood for Apple Music. Finally from today also in Italy comes the new search function of a song through the text.

The new feature was launched by Apple a little on the sly, with an activation on the server side, but surely many of you will have noticed in the search tab the appearance of a new message inherent to this new feature of Apple Music.

By pressing the confirmation button, we will be ready to take advantage of this new feature, which is very simple. Still using the Search tab, you can simply insert a portion of the text inside the search field at the top to start searching for the song with the related text, obviously paying attention to select the search on Apple Music if the song was in your library

As you can see everything is really very simple and in just a few minutes the search result will display the song we were looking for among the best results. We certainly do not find ourselves in front of some kind of function but certainly in front of a valid instrument to find, for example, the song that we have perhaps listened to outdoors and of which we have understood only the text.

Apple Music on Amazon Echo How Does It Fair

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Handshake between Amazon and Apple to bring the music streaming service of the bitten apple on devices of the Echo line at home. Starting next month, more precisely from December 17, you can connect the Apple Music account to the application of Alexa and then ask the virtual assistant to start playing a song, an album or a playlist.

You can therefore interact with the AI ​​through voice commands to start listening to one of the ladders curated by the team of Cupertino, dedicated for example to a particular genre (hip-hop, rock, classical and so on) or a period ( 80s). The catalog includes the Beats 1 station broadcasts with interviews and exclusive content. Since this is a premium access mode to the platform (subscription is required), the reproduction takes place without any kind of advertising interruption. Thus, Dave Limp, Senior Vice President of Amazon Devices, emphasizes the importance of the partnership.

Considering that HomePod is not yet available officially in our country, a move of this type makes the device less attractive for those who were waiting for it.

The integration of Apple Music on the Echo line confirms how much Amazon is focusing on support for third-party services to push the spread of its smart speakers, smart displays and Alexa . A vision confirmed by the words of Limp, which refers to the API made available to developers in order to make the most of the potential of the assistant.

40 hours of music every month on Amazon to fight Spotify, YouTube Music and Apple Music

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The great rush to tech streaming is increasingly a war of all against everyone. With each player aiming to occupy the market niches already guarded by their competitors. The latest move by Amazon : last since the last autumn of the premium audio streaming service Amazon Music Unlimited, the e-commerce platform founded by Jeff Bezos now offers free to all Amazon Prime customers the Prime Music service that provides music streaming or free download of something like 2 million titles.

Amazon Prime customers can listen to up to 40 hours of music every month, without advertising and without additional costs.

With Prime Music, Prime customers can choose to listen to music in any way they want. Songs and albums can be chosen individually and listened to several times. Music is available for streaming but also for downloading on mobile devices. This way Amazon Prime customers can access their favorite songs even without an internet connection. Prime Music is available through the Amazon Music app on Android, iOS, PC and Mac, as well as Tablet Fire, Fire TV and Fire TV Stick. Music lovers, in Italy, can also access the complete catalog of the subscription service Amazon Music Unlimited which allows access to over 50 million songs and latest releases and digital music downloads.

The range of services available to Prime customers, which already have Prime Video (access to Amazon Original and TV and movie series) and Prime Reading (access to hundreds of eBooks from the Kindle Fire, Kindle device or through the Kindle app for iOS and Android. And it is a message to Spotify, leader in the audio streaming market that looks at the segment they saw, and to Alphabet Google that with YouTube is the leader in the streaming video market but, with YouTube Music, it aimed the audio segment.

This feature however is only available to select markets only.

Youtube Music Finally Coming to the Philippines



YouTube launches YouTube Music, the web platform has announced that in the coming months will be active a new paid service of streaming music similar to Spotify and Apple Music.

The new service will allow you to watch videos without ads, to listen to music even by turning off the screen and creating personalized playlists.

Youtube Music will currently only be available in Australia, Mexico, South Korea, New Zealand and the United States. In the coming months it will also arrive in the country.

The new streaming music service like Spotify, but YouTube, will be paid, with a cost of $ 10 a month around 500 pesos, but there will be an initial free trial period.

With YouTube Music it will be possible to watch music videos without the interruption of advertising and you can listen to music even by turning off the screen, thus overcoming the limit between the biggest of the music platform.

Spotify instead in the last period  has canceled all accounts that used the premium version for free by circumventing the system through an unofficial application. On the market, however,  there are free alternatives that allow you to listen to music for free: without advertising, choosing songs as you like, but especially offline.

Here we have collected the  5 music apps like Spotify but for free.

Music streaming comparison services for free

Music streaming comparison services for free

Free and subscription music streaming to listen to favorite songs online with a simple click. How it works and what are the best services, sites, apps and free programs for PCs, tablets and smartphones Android and iPhone

The music streaming has supplanted cd and mp3. In recent years, technology has made great strides and the changes made by the digital revolution for fans of the seven notes were truly incredible. How does it work and which services to contact? Spotify, Apple Music and Google compete for the primacy of the music market: which one to choose? Here you will find a comparison on offers, prices and features of the various services.

With music streaming,  listening to songs for free or for a fee is really easy. Just a few simple clicks are enough to enjoy the entire catalog of your favorite artists. Are you still stuck to mp3 or cd and you want to know immediately what are the advantages? First of all it is not necessary to download songs by wasting time and occupying memory of smartphones or computers. In second you have available an infinite catalog of songs. And last but not least, this way of listening can be free in a perfectly legal way.

Listen to streaming music for free
The music streaming free made it possible to attract tens of millions of users. For fans there is the possibility to listen to millions of songs at any time from any support able to connect with the internet. Just a smartphone, a tablet or a PC and free apps that you can download below. The price to pay is advertising, or short spots to listen or watch among the songs. For those who do not want to be disturbed, subscriptions are available at really affordable prices.

The free music streaming and unlimited access at no cost in the music on the cloud clearly did not like at all to the music industry. But it is the only system that can compete with piracy and patience if small and big stars complain. After years and years of decline, today the turnover of music is growing again. Those who love to listen to canzo or choose to go against the trend, returning to the old vinyl or cassette, or do not have to decide which service to choose among the main protagonists of the moment.

With the streaming the record companies , producers and artists earn much less than in the past. Artists like Taylor Swift have always strongly fought against the concept of gratuity of the model of Spotify, market leader. Google has its own Youtube Music that offers playlists created through the Songza service that the company bought some time ago. The market is evolving and not all are aligned on the strategy to be adopted for users.

Music streaming which to choose?
When it comes to streaming music, the first thing that comes to mind is Spotify. The revolutionary concept of being able to listen to music without having it is linked to this small Swedish startup, which has become a global reality in the distribution of music on the cloud . A continuous stream of notes that makes even download superfluous and that is perfect in an era where everyone is perpetually connected with their smartphones. Spotify, launched in 2008, is the service with more paid and non-paid users. Apple Music was born in June 2015, while YouTube Music in 2018.

Which service to choose? For those who are fond of the Apple ecosystem there are no doubts and vice versa for those who love Android, there are many alternatives. If you are simply looking for the best offer to listen to music, all streaming services offer the same catalog of music to discover, simple and fast interfaces, radios and offers based on the family with an identical price. Perhaps on this last aspect Apple has something more, but these are periodic offers: prices are updated frequently to compete in a battle that for once can only encourage users.

Free or paid music?
In addition to the name of the service then in some cases you have to choose between preemium and free. If you are undecided about which system to adopt, take a test, then you can decide. The free services have many limitations, you can not choose the songs and it is more or less frequently interrupted by a pounding spot on dance rhythm. For example, if you like classical listening, interrupting a Bach prelude in this way is not the best. But somebody could do it.

In the future probably the totally free listening to songs of your choice in exchange for advertising will be abandoned. Already today the various services offer a mode that allows you to listen for free, in exchange for commercials, not so much singles or albums, but playlists of their artists, as on a radio. To hear exactly the song or album of the desired artist, instead you need to pay a monthly subscription.

Stream music catalog
The catalog of songs of the major music streaming services is practically infinite, with over 30 million songs. These platforms include a radio function with playlists created ad hoc with algorithmic systems, by users, or with a programming chosen by characters, known musicians or DJs. There are also exclusive interviews, guests and much more for genres ranging from independent rock to pop classics. Everything is designed to make users discover new music.

The industrial system of streaming is no longer enough for fans to become attached to a handful of artists and listen to them for life. Subscribing makes sense if you are always looking for news. To make the offer attractive, from Spotify to Apple Music, we offer compilations, playlists and rankings of new and constantly updated songs. In addition to the latest releases of the music market, special algorithms suggest the songs to listen based on the tastes of the audience  and what each user has previously heard.

Better Spotify or Apple Music?
Apple Music is paid and lets you listen to music only by subscription, except for the first months of testing. After having trampled from the top of his position as a leader of the mp3 services with iTunes, he still wants to be protagonist thanks to the privileged relationships with the majors. Also asking the labels to stop the licenses for free versions of streaming services. So much so as to force the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to investigate for abuse of a dominant position in the United States.

Spotify has the free option and from the beginning has bet everything on the gratuity of its services, losing millions of dollars every year and then listed on the stock exchange . thanks to over 140 million free users and over 70 million premium subscribers. Certainly the attempt of the music industry is to turn all freemium users into paid users in the belief that only in this way the streaming can become economically sustainable.

Best music streaming services
In short, that of free or paid music streaming is a varied and constantly evolving panorama. The industry's attempt is to turn free premium services into a risk-free operation. Users might decide to go back to torrents, peer to peer, or stream ripping , rather than drop a quart. In the middle there is the future of the music market. Here are the best and most used free and subscription services where you can listen to songs online.

Spotify It is the service to listen to the most famous and used free streaming music in the world and contains an endless catalog of songs. Tens of millions of songs of all kinds of music to listen on smartphones and tablets in various ways. It starts from the free one in exchange for advertising, ending with the subscription with the possibility to download the favorite music on each device

YouTube Music A simple interface to listen to songs streaming from a catalog of 35 million songs with a subscription 9.99 euros per month valid with PC, smartphone and tablet Android and IOS

Apple Music Allows you to listen to songs in streaming but does not offer the possibility to listen to music for free. The service is always reserved for paid subscribers

Amazon Music Unlimited  Fifty million songs to listen to in subscription without advertising even in offline mode. The first thirty days of trial are free

Deezer Just register for free on the official website to listen to music: create your own playlist, follow the favorite artists and even save albums and tracks and then listen to them even without connection. Also tips, song lyrics and videos are to discover online

Tidal wants to bring the world of hi-fi on the cloud. In practice subscribing to this service you can listen to songs in high fidelity, or with a higher sound quality than normal

Last Fm Lets you listen and discover new music based on previous ratings. It also contains information on artists, albums and tracks, to search for albums, discover similar artists, see events, explore new genres, listen to music and watch videos.

Play.me To listen to songs and customize a radio with favorite artists. It also allows you to read the lyrics of the songs heard for those who love singing or karaoke

Music streaming for audiences and artists
In addition to the major music streaming services we have seen to listen to the most famous artists, it is called Soundcloud  the largest online platform dedicated to musicians. With this service, amateurs and professionals of all kinds can make the whole world listen to their songs in streaming. The site does a bit with the music that YouTube is for the videos and in fact only a small percentage of users who propose their songs has behind big labels.

What is Soundcloud? Listening to the sounds of the NASA space rather than a song from the last singer in the world. Combining the high and the low is the feature that made the success of YouTube and it will not be a coincidence if Soundcloud, born in 2008, already boasts 350 million users of which 175 million active. You can load music for free for up to 3 hours of audio recordings. for those who want more space there are season tickets that offer unlimited space.

The business model is therefore centered on small independent artists and musicians, even if its users are tempted by the major record labels that have entered into agreements to enter the catalog. Users can listen to them for free in exchange for advertising, on the model of other streaming sites. But as always when there are millions of clicks, investors and finance move, so much so that Soundcloud is talking about a valuation of 700 million dollars and in the future could be acquired by a large company like Apple or Google.

Hit Songs On The Radio Are Getting Shorter and Shorter and Here Is Why

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The analysis on the rankings of the last few years suggests yes, and it has to do with - you guessed it - the music in streaming

Between 2013 and 2018 the average length of the songs in the Billboard Hot 100, the most cited for international pop music, has dropped from 3 minutes and 50 seconds to 3 minutes and 30 seconds. The calculations made them the American site  Quartz, which also analyzed the duration of a series of famous pop and hip hop records of the last few years to show that pop songs are getting shorter.

This is not really new: critics and music experts have long highlighted this phenomenon, attributing its main causes to the expansion of streaming music services. Last year, in fact, the streaming has exceeded the digital downloads and sales of physical copies of the albums regarding the total revenues of the world record industry. Services like Spotify and Apple Music have tens of millions of paying subscribers in the world (the most recent data date back to last summer, when the two services had 83 and 40 million subscriptions respectively).

The way in which the artists collect from the streams follows different logics than the traditional supports: it is estimated that their actual profit for each single reproduction is between 0.004 and $ 0.008. Streaming services consider a song "played back" when the listener exceeds a certain threshold of seconds, generally around 30. These are very low figures, and in fact the music industry market has been inexorably shrinking for years: but above all it is a type of reproduction that has changed the logic followed by the artists. To simplify a lot: for 15 minutes of reproduced music, an artist who has made five 3-minute songs will earn more than one who has made three 5-minute songs.

Of course there are many artists who prefer to continue to follow different logics, and decide the duration of their songs on more "artistic" bases. And there are artists who do both. Another thing to consider is that it is not news that the support given by listeners influences the average duration of the songs: up until the fifties the records could contain a maximum of three minutes of music on each side, and in fact the songs did not exceed them hardly ever. Things changed radically in the sixties with the spread of LP, which could hold a few tens of minutes per side, for the joy of progressive rock bands, which without that kind of support could not make their songs long. Cassettes and CDs further extended these possibilities,

One of the most critically acclaimed albums in 2018 was Whack World by American rapper Tierra Whack, made up of 15 one-minute songs each. It is a record all in all niche and sought after, so there are good reasons to believe that it was a predominantly artistic choice: but it is representative of a general trend. Last year ye came out  , the latest record by rapper Kanye West: it lasted less than 24 minutes, against 66, 40 and 68 of his three previous albums. Quartz has also analyzed the records of Kendrick Lamar, the most celebrated and successful rapper of recent years: in  Good Kid, MAAD City  of 2012 the fifth song came at minute 19. In  To Pimp a Butterflyin 2015 it was instead at minute 16, and in  Damn of 2017 already at minute 13.

Recently the former director of the music site  Pitchfork has endorsed the theory that the main responsibilities of this trend are due to the streaming, writing on Twitter that "there has never been this kind of economic incentive to make shorter songs". In the same discussion, the people responsible for the popular musical podcast  Switched On Pop said they were skeptical about the theories that see the causes of this phenomenon in the lower attention span of people today.

There is another point to consider. In the last two years there has been a new musical genre that has reversed the balance of mainstream music, in the United States as in Italy: trap music . The vast majority of the artists who do it are very young and have made themselves known on the internet, on YouTube or SoundCloud, and have always preferred short songs, often under three minutes. The fact that the trap is so popular means that there are more and more songs trap in the rankings of the most listened songs, further reducing the average duration.

Deezer Now Has Its Own Radio App but only in UK

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Deezer Now Has Its Own Radio App

While there are many music streaming services to choose from, there are those who want to have the opportunity to listen to the "old" radio stations. Deezer is one of those apps, but now it also wants to offer this option to its user base. The company announced the release of its app for Android called Radio by Deezer .

At the moment, the app is limited only to those in the United Kingdom. This new app is quite simple. Users will be able to access more than 30,000 popular radio stations from the app and will not even be required to register or log in to stream any station.

Radio by Deezer will be available for all countries

Obviously, if you want to take advantage of the other features, it would help if the user already had a Deezer account. For example, if you come across a song you like, you can save it in your favorite song library. And with your main Deezer app and account, you'll be able to listen to these tracks whenever you want. If you come across a song on the radio that you do not know, you will also be able to find out the name of the song directly from the radio app.

Radio by Deezer has three main tabs: " Explore ", " My Stations " and " My Music ". The first is, of course, the place where the user will be able to browse and search all the thousands of available radio stations. The second section is where all the stations most recently played are shown. And in "My music", you can find your favorite tracks.

In addition to music, users will be able to listen to talk about radio and sports. But for now, only those in the UK will be able to download and access the Radio via the Deezer app. If you live there, you can download it from the Google Play Store .

In Other Countries Like Italy, internet radio stations playing music without paying rights is a crime

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Web radio law does not violate copyright legislation, which transmits music by paying only partly the SIAE rights and not at all those to the phonographic consortium if the non-existence of the profit and the only insertions emerges advertising concerns non-profit organizations without giving an economic return. Also, the configurability of other criminal hypotheses should be excluded if the intentionality of the conduct is lacking.

This was clarified by the Court of Cassation , third penal section, in sentence no. 1652/2019 (hereinafter enclosed) rejecting the appeals of the civil party and the Public Prosecutor against the sentence that had acquitted the defendant, manager of a web radio, from the crime of reproduction and diffusion of works protected by copyright in the absence payment of the amount due to the SIAE and the SCF.

In particular, the referring court had found that the purpose of profit was absent in the disputed conduct , since the execution of advertising advertisements did not emerge, nor the achievement of other revenues from the activity of the web radio.

Furthermore, the defendant's good faith emerged as to the lawfulness of his conduct: before proceeding with the radio broadcasting of musical pieces, he had asked SIAE the necessary steps to proceed and had followed the instructions provided by that body, having, among other things, obtained the consent of numerous record companies (consortium members in the SCF) to the radio promotion of the pieces transmitted.

In the case in question, following the investigation carried out in the merits, it was found that the radio was made by the daughter of the accused and a group of his friends: the young people, having completed the university course in journalism, had achieved a on-line journal and, subsequently, an audio channel to spread the same news.

It was only later that music was also broadcast, for which the necessary authorizations were obtained and obtained from the SIAE the necessary authorizations, with the signing of a license that allowed the loading of the music files in the digital database of the radio.
Web radio, SIAE and SCF authorizations and absence of profit

The Supreme Court recalls the provisions of art. 171-ter of the law 22 April 1941, n. 633, on the protection of copyright and other rights related to its exercise, emphasizing that the purpose of profit is an essential feature of the criminal hypothesis referred to in the first paragraph, which therefore requires this element for its configurability.

It consists of an economically appreciable gain or a capital increase, since it is not sufficient, to consider it subsistent, any other advantage, not economically appreciable (see Cassation, No. 45567/2010).

Both the newspaper and the radio were supported by donations from a non-profit association , which, in turn, was powered almost entirely by donations from the defendant (or sometimes by some of the young people in the group). Therefore, the lack of a profit in the management of the radio by the defendant seemed obvious, that, indeed, he was the financier without drawing any profit from it .

In addition, there was no advertising link between the radio and the online newspaper: the advertisements on the web radio site concerned non-profit organizations and were not remunerated, and even the advertising banners in the newspaper, in favor of the radio, had only the purpose of f a greater diffusion of the latter in the network , so that the same had determined, in a year, revenue, not collected, for about 50 dollars (moreover in favor of the newspaper and not the radio).
Save the web radio that does not pay the rights to phonographs, but transmits non-profit

On the basis of these elements, the Court of Cassation believes that the non-existence of a profit-making role in the management of the web radio has been confirmed, since no usefulness has emerged that is likely to be appreciated as a result of the exercise, albeit stable and professional. (through the issue of the required administrative authorizations and the signing of license agreements with the SIAE), resulting from the exercise and management of this web radio by the accused

On the contrary, this management was characterized by amateur and popular aims, animated by a group of young students and, above all, not generating any economic utility that could be evaluated for the defendant, who funded the activity of the radio. The accused also had numerous interlocutions with various phonographic producers, who had given express consent to the radio promotion of the pieces.

Correctly, conclude the Ermellini, the configurability of other criminal hypotheses was also excluded , as a consequence of the diffusion of musical pieces in the absence of the payment of the due rights to the SCF, given the lack of the relative subjective element and the good faith of the defendant, who , lacking technical knowledge on the subject, before starting the dissemination of music through the radio, had asked SIAE what were the necessary requirements and had followed the instructions provided by this.

How Much Is The Nokia Pro Wireless Earphone and Nokia True Wireless Earbuds in the Philippines



Together with the Nokia 7.1 , yesterday HMD Global also presented two models of earphones, one of which is full wireless: they are called Nokia Pro Wireless Earphone and Nokia True Wireless Earbuds and at first glance they seem to promise well.

Let's start from the first model: the Pro Wireless Earphones are Bluetooth headsets to be placed on the shoulders, support Qualcomm aptX technology that should ensure good sound quality and minimum audio latency, resist splashes and sweat, and have a declared autonomy of 10 hours. But above all, stand out for some goodies that make them stand out compared to many other competitors' earphones: they have the cables covered with rope, vibrate to signal the call and are equipped with magnets, which automatically pause the music by joining the two earphones . The price for Europe should be 4,207.26 Philippine Piso, which could make them great rivals of the excellent (but unavailable) OnePlus Bullets Wireless .

As for the Nokia True Wireless Earbuds , stand out immediately for the particular shape of the houses: cylindrical and elongated, substantially different from the classic boxes that we are used to. Also in this case we find resistance to sketches and sweat (IPX4 certification), an enviable declared autonomy of 3 and a half hours with a single recharge (which comes to 14 hours with the extra battery provided by the case) and Bluetooth 5.0 . The recharge is via USB-C, each headset weighs only 5 grams and the price is competitive: 7,865.75 Philippine Piso.

Obviously we will have to try them with our hands before we can express ourselves better on this, but at first glance it seems that Nokia could have hit the mark with these two models of earphones.

According to reports, Nokia Pro Wireless Earphone and Nokia True Wireless Earbuds are expected to arrive in November in the UK and by the end of the year in the rest of Europe.

Review of the Xiaomi Sports Bluetooth Headphones (Youth Edition)



Xiaomi has announced the new Sports Bluetooth Headset Youth Edition earphones  , designed for athletes and offered at a very low price. Although they are cheap products, their data sheet is, however, very interesting. These earphones have removable plastic arches and are IPX4 certified to withstand splashes of water or sweat. On the wire of the earphones there is also a mini controller with microphone and three keys to control the various functions to which they can perform how to handle calls or start and stop music playback.

To enhance audio playback, these earphones come with a 10 mm driver and a diaphragm made of PET. In this way it is possible to optimize the low and medium frequencies that reduce the distortions. The Xiaomi Sports Bluetooth Headset Youth Edition headsets connect to smartphones through Bluetooth 4.1 connectivity . Thanks to the 120 mAh rechargeable battery, the earphones have a range of up to 6 hours of music playback. The autonomy can vary considerably depending on the volume level.

These earphones can be purchased for only 99 Yuan, that is, around 10-12 euros. This is a low price that would be destined to rise in the case Xiaomi decided to bring these earphones also outside the Chinese market.

For athletes, however, these are really interesting products if the goal is to listen to music during physical activity.

How Good Are Microsoft Surface Headphones Here Is a Review


The anticipations of the previous days had always described, with little details, the new hybrid tablets, the new laptops and the new desktop computer designed for the creatives. No one, however, expected that Microsoft could show up at the event last October 2, 2018 with a pair of headphones with noise canceling technology . Instead, when everything seemed to take place according to the script, the Surface Headphones , the first headphones ever made by Redmond's house, appeared on stage.

And, mind you, this is not an impromptu company: according to what was said during the event dedicated (mainly) to the new Surface PCs , Microsoft engineers have worked on the development of these headphones for three years , with the The objective is to compete with the various Bose, Sony and Sennheiser in an increasingly competitive and increasingly attractive market (both for users, but above all for producers). In short, a well-calculated risk and built entirely in-house , taking advantage of laboratories, designers and production facilities all within the company created by Bill Gates.

At first glance, the work of the technicians of the Redmond house was more than excellent: the Surface Headphones are headphones over ear with a classic look , but not for this dated or "boring". Completely wireless , they connect via Bluetooth and are compatible with Windows 10 systems (you can connect them instantly with any Windows PC thanks to Swift Pair technology ), macOS, Android and iOS . Equipped with internal battery, offer a range of 15 hours of audio playback with Bluetooth, noise cancellation and active Cortana (yes, natively support Cortana without the need for an Internet connection); if only the audio reproduction and the cancellation of the noise remain active, the autonomy increases to 50 hours. Among other features, we also report the so-called head on : just wear them or remove them to activate or stop the audio playback.

For an optimal user experience, Microsoft engineers have implemented a double control system : on the one hand volume and noise cancellation level can be controlled thanks to the rings mounted on the outside of the audio pavilions; on the other side it will be possible to check the functionalities (audio playback, answer calls, control audio reproduction) thanks to a touch surface on the outside of the pavilions.

Surface Headphones features summary
Pavilions weight and dimensions : 296 grams, 40 mm pavilions
Microphones : 8 microphones (4 per pavilion) including 4 beanforming
Autonomy and recharge . 15 hours of audio playback with Bluetooth, noise canceling and active Cortana; 50 hours of audio playback with Bluetooth off and active noise cancellation. Equipped with fast charging, it offers up to 1 hour of playback with a charge of 5 minutes
Audio and equalizer . Thanks to the smartphone app that accompanies the headphones, the user can choose between 13 different preset audio modes, so as to play their own music with the bass levels that you prefer
Connectivity . Bluetooth 4.2, USB type-C
Controls . Double ring on the outside of the pavilions to control volume and noise cancellation level; touch surface for checking the functionality of the headphones
Voice assistant . Naturally compatible with Cortana, even without a connection to the Net. To activate the assistant, it will suffice to say "Hey Cortana"
Microsoft headphones are not immediately available, but can only be purchased in a few weeks. Even if the Microsoft Headphones release date has not been made known, it is easy to assume that they are put on sale just before the Christmas holidays, as a Christmas present for the home audiophiles. It must be said, however, that Microsoft headphones should not reach our latitudes. Or at least, they should not do it immediately: the initial launch, in fact, is only provided for the United States. The retail price is 350 dollars.
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