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Apple officially fined $41 million for secretly slowing old iPhones

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Back in 2017, evidence emerged that Apple had been using software updates to limit the performance of older iPhones in an attempt to encourage users to upgrade their devices. The updates had a lot to do with the hardware capacity of the older phones, but lack of consent from users was the main focus of the controversy. Apple admitted that the updates were in an attempt to save the phones’ battery life, but that didn’t stop lawsuits in California and Illinois from being brought forward. Over in France , Apple was  facing a criminal probe following multiple complaints, and a preliminary investigation began in early 2018. Now, France’s Directorate General for Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Prevention ( DGCCRF ) has determined that Apple’s initial lack of transparency breached its guidelines, and fined it €25 million euro ($41 million). “The DGCCRF has indeed shown that iPhone owners had not been informed that the updates of the iOS operating system (10.2.1 and 11.2) they
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Tidal Reported $148 Million Global Revenue In 2018, But Dropped 20% In The U.S.

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Tidal ‘s latest reported global revenues jumped to $148 million in 2018, but no thanks to the United States. According to new documents filed at UK Companies House, the platform’s parent company  Project Panther Bidco grew 26.4% year-over-year to $147.6 million in 2018. However, revenue dropped 19.7% in the U.S. from $71.5 million in 2017 to $57.4 million that same year. Overall, the company saw a profit of $44.7 million in 2018. With 60 million songs and 250,000 videos streaming in high quality, and often times exclusive audio/visual content, Tidal attributes 97.7% of its revenue to direct subscriptions. The financial docs state: “the Group continues to invest in technological and marketing platforms, with significant enhancements to its product in the form of new user-friendly features (such as algorithmic mixes), new advanced sound capabilities and expanded performance-based growth and retention marketing.” Tidal was founded in 2014 by Jay-Z . Today, it’s available in 54 coun
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Avicii Receives Two Posthumous Swedish Grammis

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Avicii’s posthumous album  TIM was released last year, following his death in April 2018. In recognition of the album, it was awarded two Grammis (the equivalent of the GRAMMYs in Sweden): Song of the year for “SOS” feat. Aloe Blacc and Best Electro/Dance of the year for the album,  TIM . Carl Falk shared the news on social media, stating, “Congrats everyone involved for receiving two Swedish Grammys for the album Tim. We worked hard all of us and the smile on Klas face says it all. Well done.” He continued in a second post, “I took the chance yesterday during my short speech to talk how important it is today to talk about mental illness and how stress, performance anxiety and burnout is something you deal with a lot as an artist, songwriter or producer. We all love to spend that extra hour in the studio to make a deadline or play that extra show when you really need a day off. And the bad thing about always being strong is that no one asks if you’re okay.” Falk was responsible
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Girl Talk Officially Reveals First Full Tour in 8 Years

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It’s been eight years since Girl Talk hit the touring circuit — but that’s all about to change in 2020! The king of top 40 mashups just announced the good news. Girl Talk kicks the jaunt off in Cleveland in late April, then hits major cities including Chicago, Denver, Vancouver, and Austin throughout May. The tour wraps up in June with a set at NYC’s Governors Ball. Only in Girl Talk’s world will Jay-Z, Prince, Nine Inch Nails, Miley Cyrus, Beastie Boys, Kraftwerk and more exist in the same musical space — but that’s just scratching the surface when it comes to the 373 samples used on his most recent album, All Day .  Will there be a new body of work to go with the upcoming tour? We sure hope so. Get tickets here and see the full list of dates below. Plus, check out Girl Talk’s latest tracks here . I'm going on tour!! Tickets on this Friday at https://t.co/rzUtXc1yy5 ! pic.twitter.com/SWVEmMU0kS — Gregg Gillis (@girltalk) February 10, 2020 Girl Talk – 2020 Tour Dates
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Matroda – Jack The House

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Finishing 2019 strong with Wax Motif collab and landing ‘Walk The Spot’ on Tiesto’s Musical Freedom, Matroda is kicking off 2020 very strongly. The new single “Jack The House” is the debut release on his freshly launched record label, Terminal Underground. If you have a case of the Monday's and need a pick me up, The post Matroda – Jack The House appeared first on EDM Sauce . from EDM Sauce https://ift.tt/2H8R7QP via IFTTT
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Tiësto Won’t Be At Ultra 2020, The First Time Since 2006 & Only Second Time In 20 Years

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Every year since 2002, with the sole exception of 2006, Tiësto has played Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Only one other DJ can match his number of appearances at the festival, Carl Cox, but it’s tough to say anyone else has had the impact on the legacy of the festival that Tiësto has. Now, for the first time in 13 years, and only the second time since 2002, Tiësto will not be on the lineup this year. The DJ confirmed he will not appear in the final phase of the festival lineup in the comments on his most recent post on Instagram. With artists like Flosstradamus , What So Not , and Hardwell on indefinite hiatuses, and Tiësto not playing Ultra for the first time in over a decade, it begs the question whether there will be a changing of the guard soon. Certainly with artists like Subtronics, Kayzo, Fisher, Charlotte de Witte, The Chainsmokers, Marshmello, and Martin Garrix — all  very young  artists — championing their genres and selling out stadiums (some of them, at least), the t
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SCNDL, Flaremode, & Casper Yu Team Up For Gigantic Single, “The Cross” [Generation Smash]

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As Generation Smash continues on an elevated, on-the-rise 2020 schedule, the Smash The House offshoot from Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike shines a light on fresh producers shaking up the scene; this time with Melbourne maverick SCNDL, Italian titans Flaremode and Chinese newcomer Casper Yu. Bringing a transatlantic fusion of the trio’s inevitable flair together, they rock “The Cross” with militant beats, throaty low end vocals and winding synths from the get go. From bad boy-delivered toplines, juxtaposed with processed tones that catch the listeners’ attention, it’s a union of horn-tooting mayhem injected with attitude, bite and presents an urban stance before double-time beats whirr the scale up past 11. A sure-fire, stadium-slaying anthem that is undoubtedly here to devastate dance floors as this introduction presents itself with a talent way beyond the trio’s years spent in the scene. Stream “The Cross” by SCNDL, Flaremode, & Casper Yu below! This article was first publishe
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