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Apple Music in action. Apple AAPL -0.3% has thrown its hat into the music subscription-service ring, but how do the numbers match up? Apple music After vacuuming up popular DJs, working on licensing deals right up to the wire and purchasing Beats Electronics for an astonishing sum, Apple Music is finally here.

Apple News is a major Flipboard rival – Image credit Apple This was somewhat glossed over in the keynote, but is vital to many: iOS updates will be drastically shrinking their space requirements so users can get them quickly and more easily.

iOS 9 Proactive – image credit Apple Touchdown! Today Apple has officially unveiled iOS 9 and, despite a very similar appearance, the ninth edition of iOS comes jam packed with welcome changes from its troubled predecessor . So let’s get straight to it and break down exactly where Apple has made the biggest changes from iOS 8 and the benefits they will bring to your iPhones and iPads: Proactive Assistant In recent years Apple has made a conscious attempt to reduce its reliance on Google and the highlight of iOS 9 illustrates this strategy once more. Leaked late last week ‘ Proactive ’ is essentially Apple’s version of Google Now: an assistant which aggregates data across Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook, and third-party apps to create contextually aware real-time information. This ranges from map directions before a meeting (taking into account current traffic conditions), boarding passes ahead of a flight and automa...

Sadly a 4-inch premium iPhone 6S (proportional representation) looks unlikely There was a time when Apple was the master of secrecy, not anymore… Another leak in the company’s Swiss Cheese supply chain has given away the date all eager iPhone 6S upgraders wanted to know: when the handset will go on sale.

Sony Xperia Z3 (image: Ewan Spence) Taking a look back at seven days of news across the Android world, this week’s Android Circuit includes the leak of two new Galaxy handsets, the Galaxy S6′s weak sales numbers, nine secrets of Android M, Samsung’s new adverts attacking Apple, Sony’s job cuts in R&D, the poor PR around the Xperia Z4, Google Map’s improvements to real-time transit data, and Nokia’s updated Z Launcher. Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many things that have happened around Android in the last week ( and you can read the weekly Apple news digest here ). Samsung’s New Galaxy Handsets For The Summer After the launch of the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, the Galaxy S6 Active was discovered. To be honest it was more confirmation than surprise, as the pattern followed Samsung’s device playbook from the S4 and S5 days. So again, it’s not a surprise t...

Samsung Pay / Credit: Samsung. Every year at the IFA tradeshow since 2011, Samsung announces the new generation of Samsung Galaxy Note devices. This September, Samsung is expected to unveil the Galaxy Note 5.

A full solution to the problem is coming in a software update, Apple says. Apple has released an official workaround for the “effective power” iPhone bug, advising how to bring an iPhone back to life if it is struck by the problem.

Because the cable works both ways, as well as being able to be plugged into pretty much anything, it could make phones and computers much more useful The next version of Android will support USB Type-C — making phones able to charge other phones, as well as a range of other things.

Judge Malcolm Brinded (R) said Askwar Hilonga's water filter could change lives all over the world A water filter which absorbs anything from copper and fluoride to bacteria, viruses and pesticides has won a prestigious African innovation prize.

Microsoft MSFT +1.24% announced today that Windows 10 will debut in 190 markets on July 29 th , 2015. The OS has been said to debut sometime this summer, but this is the first time an official date has been attached. As previously announced by Microsoft, Windows 10 is a free, automatic upgrade for anyone running Windows 7 or 8.

Wireless Charging The iPhone 6 (image: Ewan Spence) Sir Taking a look back at another week of news from Cupertino, this week’s Apple Loop looks at the new contextual service ‘Proactive’, force touch in iOS 9, legacy devices and iOS 9 support, stability for the next OSX update, reviewing the mistakes of the new MacBook, Target’s Apple Pay plans, native apps for Apple Watch, and Sir Jony Ive’s oblong issue.

The new Surface 3 is a great surprise. Unlike most high profile devices these days, Microsoft MSFT -1.2% got the smaller, lighter and cheaper version of its excellent Surface Pro 3 out of the door without a single leak. But given the two machines look virtually identical, what exactly are the differences between them? Let’s break it down:

The Windows 10 product family – image credit Microsoft The too-good-to-be-called-Windows-9 platform represents a make or break moment for Microsoft MSFT -1.2% and as a result it packs in some of the most exciting and controversial features we’ve seen from Windows in a decade. What’s more we know now when you can get it…

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge (image: Ewan Spence) Taking a look back at seven days of news across the Android world, this week’s Android Circuit highlights a number of stories including the reveal of Android M, Google Now on Tap, Project Brillo and ‘The Internet of Things’, Google Photos spins out of Plus, Android loses market share to Apple, Samsung’s new camera control, The Sony Xperia Z3+, and how the Galaxy S6 beats the iPhone 6.

Improbable's founders Herman Narula and Rob Whitehead outside the converted barn where they started their company. (Photo: Jillian Edelstein for Forbes) Every Friday just after lunch, the videogame developers at Bossa Studios in London’s East End take a break from all the coding to try out their own work. This spring they were putting the finishing touches on Worlds Adrift, a so-called massively multiplayer online role-playing game in which thousands of people floated across a virtual sky on ships, attacking one another.

iOS 8 will leave an interesting legacy. It has been one of the most regularly updated , ambitious, mysterious and controversial generations in iOS history. That said Apple AAPL +0.88% appears ready to move on… iOS 9 is coming. In fact we will get our first look at the new OS on 8 June when Apple holds its annual Worldwide Developers’ Conference (WWDC). So it should come as no surprise that the first two key details – a major feature and a new look – have now leaked out courtesy of the ever reliable 9to5Mac.

New iPhone 5C/6C shown with clear Touch ID home button – Image credit Apple Apple AAPL +0.82% , famed as the world’s most secretive technology company, has accidentally posted photos of a new, unknown iPhone straight to its Apple Store website.

iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Vs Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge In a world of endless next generation leaks, there is one reassuring constant: release dates. For years now Apple AAPL +0.14% and Samsung have released their flagship phones on a precise annual schedule. But is that about to change? Multiple reports this week claim both Apple and Samsung are looking to bring forward the release dates of their next major smartphones. For Apple they are the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus and for Samsung it’s the much anticipated Galaxy Note 5.

Twilio is a rocketship of a vendor. The company offers a broad communications platform that third-party application developers can build into their apps. What that means is that say, for example, you’re building the next Uber, and you want to allow your customers and suppliers to communicate via SMS, voice and other means. Rather than trying to build in all of that functionality yourself, you simply “plug in” Twilio, and it takes care of it all for you. For a company like Uber that not only scales incredibly quickly in terms of load, but also in terms of geographical spread, the benefits through using a developer tool are immense.

Photo Credit: Cindy via photopin ( license ) Congratulations, class of 2015! Another generation of students are tossing their caps into the air and setting forth into the talent pool. From my home base in Cambridge their elation and optimism is palpable, infectious, and admit it: slightly daunting. They live on their smartphones. Most likely that will turn into smartwatches in the blink of a screen.