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The Apple deal to acquire Beats, which was supposed to have happened weeks ago, has dragged out far too long. If a deal were to be made, we expect it … Continue reading

Beats Music is a relatively new on-demand music streaming service. Due to its intelligent recommendation features the service has actually become quite popular over the past few months. While the app is free to download users must pay $9.99 per month after their 7-day free trial ends. Previously Beats Music circumvented Apple’s in-app purchase system to let potential subscribers pay through carrier billing or its own website, that way it wouldn’t have to give Cupertino a 30 percent cut. Now though Beats Music lets users subscribe to the service from straight within the iOS app through in-app purchases.

Its possible that Beats Music might not have been happy with the previous means of subscription simply because they might not have been driving a great number of new subscribers. For average users it is much easier to subscribe from within the app since they already have their payment methods setup with iTunes. The downside for Beats is that for every subscriber that comes through an in-app purchase, it has to give Apple $3 out of the $9.99 it earns.

A recent update to the Beats Music application brings an improved “The Sentence” feature, which is one of the pivotal recommendation features of this service. Other improvements include better offline playback and social features.

Beats Music Embraces In-App Subscriptions To Drive Subscriber Base

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Today Beats Music opened its API to the public, a lure to bring in developers who can then, with the right amount of ambition and coffee, spread the subscription service … Continue reading

Earlier this year, Beats Music launched their own music streaming service which would be a competitor to other streaming services out there, such as Pandora, Spotify, Rdio, iTunes Radio, and more.

However if there is one differentiating factor is that unlike the other services that offers up a free listening tier, Beats Music only has a trial period, after which listeners will have to subscribe if they wish to continue using the service. That being said, it seems that Beats Music is hoping to make their service more attractive as they have recently announced the acquisition of Topspin Media. (more…)

Beats Music Acquires Topspin Media original content from Ubergizmo.

The other day we reported that Beats Music for Windows Phone would launch on the 24th of January, but unfortunately it looks like the release has since been put on hold. According to the Beats Music website, it reads that the service/app will be making its way onto Windows Phone “soon”, as opposed to previously when a more specific release date was offered instead. It is unclear why they decided to delay the release of the app for Windows Phone devices, but we wonder if it might have anything to do with the fact that new signups were recently put on hold due to overwhelming demand. It would make sense since there is no point in downloading an app if you can’t sign up for the service, right?

Either way we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more updates, but in the meantime it looks like Windows Phone users will have to remain patient. Beats Music was launched last week and is expected to be a competitor to the likes of Spotify and other music streaming services. If there is one advantage Beats Music has is that they have experienced people behind it who have been in the music industry for decades who have helped create many great hits. However the drawback is that Beats Music does not have a free tier, unlike Spotify. This means that after the 7-day free trial period is over, listeners are expected to fork out $9.99 a month if they hope to continue using the service.

Beats Music For Windows Phone Further Delayed original content from Ubergizmo.