Apple buys media analytics company Semetric

Apple just purchased media analytics company Semetric which owns Musicmetric tracking service. The company can track music sales, downloads, social networking stats for various artists and labels. Musicmetric also partnered with eminent streaming service Spotify to integrate data gathering for subscribers. Apple purchases a variety of smaller companies for various reasons, be it technology or personnel as well as integration into existing projects. The Semetric purchase is seen as a component to Beats Music, which Apple acquired last year and which many are expecting to be relaunched in 2015.

Source: The Guardian via  Macrumors

Apple adds Beats Music app to ‘Made by Apple’ list on App Store

Just in case you forgot that Apple now owns Beats. The Cupertino-based tech giant has added the Beats Music streaming app has been added to the App Store’s “Made by Apple” list. The free app’s developer is still listed as Beats Music, LLC, though because this keeps in line with Apple’s promise that they are treating the brand as a separate entity.

Source: AppleInsider

Shazam for iOS gets a Listen Now feature for Apple's Beats Music

Shazam users have spotted something on their iOS apps: a Listen Now feature with Apple-owned Beats Music. Much like what Shazam lets you do with iTunes Radio, Rdio, and the like, you can tag a song on the app and it can instantly play that on Beats Music. The catch is you would need to have a Beats Music subscription or are availing the 14-day free trial of the service. You also need to have the latest version of Shazam installed.

Source: 9to5Mac

Beats Music will still be available on Android and Windows Phone

Apple has a tendency to shut down services after they acquire a certain company. But they seem to be taking a different approach with their Beats acquisition. Tim Cook confirmed to the Financial Times that the Beats Music app will continue to be available for Android and Windows Phone users because “it’s all about the music.” We’re not sure how long this will last but for the meantime Beats Music users can still enjoy the service on their non-iOS devices.

Beats Music will still be available on Android and Windows Phone after the deal, @Tim_Cook tells @FT. "It’s all about music." Story @FT soon

— Tim Bradshaw (@tim) May 28, 2014

Source: The Verge