June 29, 2015

Apple’s much anticipated subscription based music service, Apple Music, will go live tomorrow morning alongside the launch of Beats Radio and an update to iOS 8 to enable support for both of these new products.

Originally revealed at this month’s WWDC Apple Music is cupertino’s Spotify competitor allowing subscribers to access millions of songs for a monthly fee. Priced at $10 for an individual account or $15 a month for a family plan Apple Music appears to offer some serious competition and surely the 90 day free trial will help Apple steal away subscribers from rival services.

Beats 1 is a 24 hour radio station that will stream music 24/7 for Apple Music subscribers from locations like London, New York and Los Angeles.

iOS 8.4 will roll out at 8 AM PST tomorrow with Apple Music and Beats 1 coming online at 9 AM PST.

It’s hard to believe that it has been 5 years since Sony introduced PlayStation Plus. Long before the instant games collection went live in 2012 or the PS+ requirement for online play on PlayStation 4 went into effect PS+ has been offering subscribers discounts on digital content across all of Sony’s consoles.

In a brief blog post Sony touched upon the fact that they’ve been able to provide subscribers with 350 games since the services launch. They’ve even got a surprise in the mail for those of you who have been subscribed since the very beginning – Sadly if your service even lapsed for one day you are probably ineligible.

Sony described their surprise for long time Plus members thusly:

To celebrate those of you that have been with us from the very beginning, a limited edition gift will be arriving in the mail for those of you that have been part of the journey since the very start. Think you may be one of them? Then keep a close eye on your emails as we’ll be getting in touch today.

Apple Music / iOS 8.4 Go Live Tomorrow Morning

PlayStation Plus Has Been Going Strong For 5 Years