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TikTok US Launches Opt-In Local Feed for Precise Location
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (255+ words) TikTok US Launches Opt-In Local Feed Using Your Precise Location'Digital Music News TikTok US Launches Opt-In Local Feed Using Your Precise Location TikTok launches an opt-in local feed in the US, leveraging users" precise location information to display content related…...
YouTube Music Lyrics Now Locked Behind Premium Subscription
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (174+ words) YouTube Music Lyrics Now Locked Behind Premium Subscription'Digital Music News YouTube Music Lyrics Now Locked Behind Premium Subscription Lyrics in YouTube Music will now require a YouTube Premium or Music Premium subscription, with free users getting a handful of lyric…...
Amazon Music Quietly Increases Prices—But Undercuts Spotify
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (227+ words) Amazon Music Quietly Increases Prices'But Still Finds a Way to Undercut Spotify'Digital Music News Amazon Music Quietly Increases Prices'But Still Finds a Way to Undercut Spotify Amazon announces some pricing changes for its Amazon Music Unlimited plans, but still manages…...
TikTok US Off to Rough Start, but Oracle Says Hiccups Are Over
1+ week, 3+ day ago (383+ words) Last week, TikTok's U.S. operations were pummeled with technical issues and outages, which data giant Oracle has said have been the result of weather-related outages at Oracle data centers. However, that's not what caused users' For You pages to reset once…...
YouTube Blocks Background Play for Non-Premium Subscribers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (136+ words) YouTube Blocks Background Play for Non-Premium Subscribers on Third-Party Browsers'Digital Music News YouTube has been updated so that non-Premium users can no longer access background playback by accessing a third-party browser. YouTube's background play feature'the ability to play only the…...
So What is UpScrolled, Anyway?—The New TikTok Refuge Hideout
2+ week, 10+ hour ago (413+ words) So What is UpScrolled, Anyway?The New TikTok Refuge Hideout'Digital Music News TikTok Competitor UpScrolled Sees a Surge in DownloadsSo What Is UpScrolled, Anyway? No sooner had TikTok's US ownership taken hold than users started flocking to other platforms, like…...
US TikTok App Uninstalls Jump 150% Following Transfer
2+ week, 1+ day ago (333+ words) US TikTok App Uninstalls Jump 150% Following Transfer to US Ownership'Digital Music News US TikTok App Uninstalls Jump 150% Following Transfer to US Ownership TikTok users in the US are uninstalling the app at a nearly 150% increase in the five days since…...
TikTok Planning to Tighten Up Age Checks in Europe
3+ week, 4+ day ago (262+ words) After testing its new age-detection system in Britain over the last year, TikTok will start rolling out the tech across Europe in the next few weeks, according to a new report from Reuters. The move comes amid increased regulatory scrutiny…...
TikTok Realigns Stateside Staff Ahead of 'TikTok USA' Launch
1+ mon, 14+ hour ago (331+ words) Top-level details about the personnel recalibration came to light in a recent Business Insider piece. However, the changes" particulars, including the precise number of impacted roles and the post-divestment communication structure, haven"t been publicly disclosed. Per the mentioned report,…...
Spotify ‘Shadow Library’ Loses .Org Address—But the Ripped Archive Is Still Live
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (204+ words) Open-source shadow library search engine Anna's Archive has lost its .org domain, which was suspended and placed in "serverHold" status by the .org registry. The move is likely due to legal pressure from rights holders champing at the bit to…...