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Streaming Music Services Google, Amazon, Apple, Spotify and Pandora Will Have to Pay Musicians More In Royalties

By |January 29th, 2018|Categories: Amazon, Apple, Economy, Entertainment, Featured, Music News, National News, Pop Culture, Tech News, United States, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

Copyright Royalty Board has Helped Raise Rates for Songwriters by 43.8 Percent A major victory has taken place in the music industry regarding an increase in royalties to be paid tos musicians within streaming music. In a recent ruling by the Copyright Royalty Board, which has yet to be made public, the court has decided to require streaming services such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Spotify and Pandora to pay 15.1 percent of their revenue to songwriters and music publishers. In the past the rate was close to 10.5 percent. This will most likely result in an increase in cost that will

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Apple Releases a Statement on the Meltdown and Spectre Vulnerabilities

By |January 4th, 2018|Categories: Apple, Featured, Google, National News, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

Processors by Intel, AMD and ARM May Be Effected A new computer virus has hit millions of devices by Microsoft and Apple. These vulnerabilities are currently known as Meltdown and Spectre. Currently Microsoft, Google and Apple are all working on patches to help resolve this issue. Meltdown and Spectre uses a technique that abuse memory on digital devices. It involves the misuse of the computer's kernel as a malicious app running on a device. Google has reported three known variants of the issue: Variant 1: bounds check bypass (CVE-2017-5753) Variant 2: branch target injection (CVE-2017-5715) Variant 3: rogue data cache load

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A Lack Of Transparency at Apple with iPhones Creates A Poor User Experience

By |December 27th, 2017|Categories: Apple, Chicago, Economy, Featured, National News, Pop Culture, Tech News, United States, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

iPhone, iPads and Other Devices Experience A Problem of Security and User Experience Apple is in hot water following a series of lawsuits filed against them for not providing adequate information on the shelf life to their products. Experienced consumers with decades of history with digital devices have come to expect two to three years of use from different devices. After a series of security updates, the devices start to slow down from the software taking up more room in comparison to the hardware. Reuters reported recently on Apple's move to slow down iPhones: “Rather than curing the battery defect by

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Scan Over the Winners to the 2017 Apple Design Awards

By |June 25th, 2017|Categories: Apple, California, Entertainment, Featured, National News, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Apple Design Awards were held earlier this month and the event honored some of the best games and applications on IOS platforms. Browse over a list of the winners. Watch and preview a select group of applications via the YouTube Playlist. Blackbox Splitter Critters Mushroom 11 Old Man’s Journey Severed Lake Bear Kitchen Stories Things 3 Elk Enlight AirMail 3 View and browse over additional information for the 2017 Apple Design Awards. [td_block_video_youtube playlist_title="Apple Design Awards Winners | YouTube Playlist" playlist_yt="tJ29Ql3xDhY, ibE62kG48Ng, 2-3mRQeficQ"]

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3D Sensing Technology Pushes Release Date for iPhone 8

By |April 11th, 2017|Categories: Entertainment, Featured, National News, Pop Culture, Tech News, YouTube|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Apple and Samsung continue to rival for marketshare within the smartphone industry. Both brands with be releasing new products this year, and Apple is developing and refining their iPhone 8 to out perform the Galaxy S8. Apple is looking to have the edge over Samsung with their 10th Anniversary of the iPhone. CNBC reported and spoke with analyst Brian White: "However, our contact strongly believes the 5.8-inch iPhone will be delayed by several weeks due to challenges around the 3-D sensing technology but still in time for the December holidays." - Brian White, analyst  Apple and CNBC have reported the

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Apple Event hosts their fall release and updates for the IOS

By |September 9th, 2015|Categories: Asia, California, China, Clean Energy, Economy, Fashion, Film News, Gaming, Global, National News, Pop Culture, San Francisco, Tech News, United States, World News|Tags: , , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='Apple heads into 2016 with updates and mobile responsiveness' tag='h3' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] The Apple Event fall edition premiered new models that their iPhone 6s, iPad Pro and iWatches at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in downtown San Francisco on Wednesday, September 9. Overall, the event featured updates from preexisting products by Apple. Their watches, iPhone and iPad's will have new models coming out around the holiday season. 3D Touch 3D touchscreen monitors will be rolling out for the iPhone in the near future. Apple is taking the resources available, and

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MTV VMA 2015 Nominations Announcement

By |July 20th, 2015|Categories: California, Fashion, Los Angeles, MTV, Music News, National News, New York City, Pop Culture, Previews, United States|Tags: , , , , , , |

[av_heading heading='And the Nominees Are' tag='h3' style='blockquote modern-quote' size='' subheading_active='subheading_below' subheading_size='15' padding='10' color='' custom_font=''] Written by: Matthew McGuire [/av_heading] MTV has teamed with Apple Radio Beats Channel 1 to announce the nominees for the 2015 Video Music Awards. Apple is rolling out a new streaming service with perks such as breaking news, three free month trial, featured new music featuring The Pharmacy with Dr. Dre, and plenty of music to dig into. The VMA telecast will air on Sunday, August 30 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on MTV from the Microsoft Theater, formerly Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. [av_image src='https://crescentvale.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/la-et-ms-nokia-theatre-changes-name-to-microsoft-theater-20150609.jpg' attachment='10523' attachment_size='full' align='center' animation='no-animation'

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