The Department of Justice is looking into Apple’s business practices in relation to its upcoming music streaming service, reports the The Verge. According to multiple sources, Apple has been pushing major music labels to end licensing of free songs on music streaming services like Spotify. By reducing the amount of music offered on freemium services, Apple hopes to increase the demand of their upcoming streaming service, which is rumored to be announced at WWDC. DOJ officials have already interviewed high-ranking music industry executives about Apple’s alleged business practices. One source claimed that Apple has even offered to pay YouTube’s music licensing fee to Universal Music Group if the label stopped streaming its songs on YouTube. “All the way up to Tim Cook, these guys are cutthroat,” one source said. If Apple can convince the labels to pull their music from free streaming services, then it could severely hurt the competition. According to the New York Post, Apple is also being probed by the European Union’s Competition Commission regarding this same case. Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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These are instructions on how to add your favorite contacts as Friends on the Apple Watch.Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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A new report from AppleInsider claims the rumored 12.9-inch iPad Pro will feature a Bluetooth stylus, Force Touch, NFC, and a USB-C port.The site’s source who is ‘a person familiar with Apple’s future product plans’, confirmed the company is working on a 12.9-inch iPad. Leaked schematics have also confirmed the screen size and other dimensions.Their source said that the iPad is expected to include an NFC radio, perhaps to let the tablet serve as a payment receiving terminal for Apple Pay or make pairing with a new Bluetooth stylus easier.Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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The Meerkat app has been updated with phone verification, address book integration, mobbing, and the ability to push streams to your Facebook page.Meerkat allows you to live stream video from your phone to all of your Twitter followers at once. Press ‘Stream’, and instantly your live video stream shows up in your follower’s Twitter feeds. When your followers have the app, they will also get pushed notified with your live stream, watch, comment and interact with it using the app. The rules of Meerkat:[+] Everything that happens on Meerkat happens on Twitter.[+] Streams will be pushed to followers in real time via push notifications.[+] People can only watch it live. There are no reruns. [+] You can save your streams to your phone, but Meerkat will never keep them.[+] Watchers can retweet any stream to their followers in real time.[+] Everyone can watch on web.[+] Be kind.Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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These are instructions on how to install, arrange, and delete apps on the Apple Watch. To follow these instructions you will need to have paired your Apple Watch to your iPhone.Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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The Apple Watch is causing skin irritation, possibly due to an allergic reaction, for a few customers, reports the Italian site iSpazio. The news isn’t particularly surprising, considering there are some people allergic to the materials the various bands are made out of.For example, reddit user maserrano reported contact dermatitis due to the fluoroelastomer band/sport watch a few days ago:”Has anyone else suffered skin irritation because of the band/watch? I don’t wear mine too tightly, and I make sure it doesn’t stay wet in there after workouts, but I’m definitely dealing with an allergic reaction of some kind. I just got off of the phone with an Apple rep, who took information from me for about 20 minutes, including photos of the irritation and a medical history (all of this voluntary, at least partially for research purposes).”Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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Apple appears to be running out of supply of the 42mm Apple Watch. Shipping estimates for every model of the Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport have now been pushed back to July.Previously, many 42mm models had a shipping date of 4-6 weeks out or June. Now the online Apple Store indicates that every single variation of the 42mm Apple Watch and Apple Watch Sport won’t ship until July.The delay is notable considering Tim Cook just announced that Apple was hoping to expand the sale of the Apple Watch to other countries in late June. That may be rushing things a bit considering online orders are already in July and the smartwatch isn’t even available in stores yet.Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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Samsung has just posted its design video for the Galaxy S6 Edge and it’s looking very familiar. Specifically, the video looks a lot like Apple’s manufacturing video for the gold Apple Watch Edition.Samsung has already been criticized for taking design elements from the iPhone 6 for its new smartphone. Now it appears as though the company is taking advertising cues from Apple as well.Take a look at both videos below and let us know what you think in the comments.Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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Interestingly, the colored Apple Watch Sport Bands all have different weights.One would think that a simple color change wouldn’t affect weight but here are Apple’s listed weights for the various colors.38mm Sport Band? White = 47g? Blue = 44g? Green = 43g? Pink = 42g? Black = 37gShare Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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The Tweetbot app for iPhone has been updated with support for Twitter’s new Quote Tweet.Tweetbot is a full-featured Twitter client that’s fast, beautiful, and redesigned from the ground up for iOS7. Tweetbot has slimmed down to look and feel more like iOS7 and has also gained a lot of charm and speed in the process. Prepare to fall in love with your favorite Twitter client all over again.Brief Highlights: ? Completely redesigned from the ground up for iOS7. ? Native Push Notifications. ? Mute filters lets you block messages from users without unfollowing them. Mute services, hashtags, people, and even keywords (regex included).? Sync timeline position, direct message read statuses and mute filters between iPhone, iPad, and the Mac via iCloud or Tweetmarker. ? Customizable Navigation. The last 2 tabs are customizable and unused tabs are easily accessible. ? Support for multiple services like Pocket, Instapaper, Readability, CloudApp, Droplr, and more. ? Save drafts, add locations and POI’s, attach photos/videos, manage your lists, and much more. Share Article:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Email,   Reddit,   Digg,   Delicious,   StumbleUponFollow iClarified:Facebook,   Twitter,   LinkedIn,   Google Plus,   Newsletter,   App Store,   YouTubeAdvertise Here

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