Month: April 2019

Apple cuts Apple Music subscription rates in India

CompuScoop Staff April 6, 2019 0

“Close to four years after it was launched in India, Apple Music has revised its subscription rates in India and made it cheaper to access its large collection from across the world,” The India Express reports.

“The new pricing offers the service as a monthly subscription of Rs 99 for individuals and Rs 149 for families,” The India Express reports. “Students now get to stream music as just Rs 49 a month.”

“Incidentally, the move comes just weeks after both Spotify and YouTube Music started becoming available in India,” The India Express reports. “”Apple Music’s earlier subscription rates started at Rs 60 per month for students and the exact double for adult subscribers. Family users have to pay Rs 190 per month for full access. In comparison, Spotify Premium has a similar Rs 119 per month pricing. YouTube Premium is slightly more pricey at Rs 129 per month.

Read more in the full article here.

How to reset your iOS device back to factory settings

Dan Uff April 6, 2019 0

Preforming a factory reset of your iOS device is a good idea. Especially if you’re planning on selling it, giving it away, or to even take it to a local Apple Store for repairs.

Fortunately, Apple made it easy for you to do the above.

Here’s how:

From the main screen, select SETTINGS > GENERAL > RESET > ALL CONTENT AND SETTINGS.
Tap GENERAL.
Scroll down to RESET.
Choose RESET ALL CONTENT AND SETTINGS.
Enter your passcode if asked.
Enter your Apple ID and Password.
Thats it.

Samsung Electronics see quarterly profits slide 60%; Weakest in more then two years

CompuScoop Staff April 5, 2019 0

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it was heading for its lowest quarterly profit in more than two years as a glut in memory chips, slowing panel sales and rising competition in smartphones hit margins,” Ju-min Park and Heekyong Yang report for Reuters. “The South Korean tech giant said first-quarter operating profit likely slid 60 percent from a year earlier, missing market expectations and putting it on track for its weakest quarterly profit since late 2016.”

“Its semiconductor business is the main profit driver,” Park and Yang report. “‘In the second half, memory chip prices will have a soft landing, so falls will slow, and the release of new iPhones later seems like a good sign for Samsung’s display and memory chips,’ said Kim Yang-jae, an analyst at KTB Investment and Securities.”

Park and Yang report, “Samsung’s premium Galaxy smartphones meanwhile are struggling to be profitable due to rising costs of innovation, competition from Chinese rivals and the reluctance of consumers to upgrade, analysts have said.”

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Amazon is planning to take on Apple with its own Earbuds

CompuScoop Staff April 5, 2019 0

Amazon, Inc. is trying a new way to take its Alexa digital assistant mobile: wireless earbuds that mirror Apple Inc.’s popular AirPods,” Mark Gurman reports for Bloomberg. “The Seattle-based e-commerce giant is readying earbuds with built-in Alexa access for as early as the second half of this year, according to people with knowledge of the plans. Like the AirPods, the Amazonearbuds are designed to sit inside users’ ears without clips around the ear.”

“The headphones will let people use their voice to order goods, access music, weather and other information on the go. The Amazon digital assistant will be summoned by saying “Alexa.” There will be physical gesture controls, such as tapping to pick up and end calls and switch between songs, the people said,” Gurman reports. “The earbuds will come in a storage case that doubles as a charger.”

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