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But is Apple Music enough to lure people away from Spotify? The early impressions are positive, but some have called the service complicated to use. .
It's worth noting that these aren't full reviews, but first impressions based on what it was like to use Apple Music for a day.
Walt Mossberg of Re/code says that one of Apple Music's biggest strengths is that you can integrate music you stream with music you've already bought from iTunes. This is a big deal, because if you're an iTunes customer using an iPhone, you'd previously have to switch between whichever app you use to stream music and A...
Mashable's Christina Warren particularly liked the recommendation aspect of Apple Music. She praised the For You tab in Apple Music, which recommends playlists based on the artists you listen to. She writes: "It's hard for me to over-stress how much I like For You. From the very beginning, the recommendations in playli...
Edward C. Baig of USA Today also enjoyed using the For You section, where he found numerous playlists tha fit under general themes like hanging out or cooking. He also liked the design of the app, which he used on an iPhone 6 Plus. But, like Mossberg, he also noted that the interface was a bit confusing. He writes: "Ap...
MTV News' Brenna Ehrlich liked the structure of the genre-based playlists curated by Apple's music editors. But, she did note that some of the song choices for the Indie playlist were a bit odd. She writes: I mean, the definition of "indie" music is really loose — but I don't generally think of artists like The Weeknd ...
Kory Grow of Rolling Stone thinks that Apple Music's "vast selection of music" and "smartly curated playlists" could make it a tough competitor for Spotify and Pandora. But, like other reviewers have noted, Grow writes that users will need to "dig around" to find some of the features that aren't immediately intuitive.
Coastguards have called off their search for geologist Keith Cox who is presumed drowned after a boating accident in Scotland.
Actor Patrick Mower paid tribute today to his mother Peggy Johnson, who has died aged 91.
Dr Donald English, chairman of the World Methodist Council, has died aged 68.
Police were today investigating a blaze which badly damaged a mansion.
A factory hit by a spectacular fire should be back into full production by next Wednesday.
Terry Bishop - whose wife Jayne was a victim of human mad cow disease CJD - has given evidence at the national inquiry into the lethal condition.
Children will be able to draw up their own contracts with teachers at an innovative school being established in the county.
Commuters drive us parking mad!
Thoughtless commuters whose cars clog up the entrance to an Oxford estate are getting the message - in the form of rude notices left on their windscreens.
OXFORD United boss Malcolm Shotton says he is "moving players around" for today's Division 1 game against Grimsby at the Manor Ground - but he will not throw £475,000 signing Dean Windass into the attack again.
OXFORDSHIRE bowls ace Les Gillett suffered an agonising 21-20 defeat in a dramatic EBA Championships singles final at Worthing.
Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors, Melinda Messenger, Ulrika Jonsson - just a few of the blondes who seem to have had more than their fair share of fun in their respective heydays, writes FIONA TARRANT.
One of Carterton's oldest shops is being brought into the 21st century.
After Queensbridge native Ron Artest openly campaigned for a trade to New York, Knicks coach Larry Brown labeled him “tremendous,” and former teammate Jamal Crawford lauded him as a great teammate who lifts an entire club.
And while Artest’s agent, Mark Stevens, told The Post Indiana was loath to send the St. John’s product to any Eastern Conference rival, Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh told The Post he’d make any deal that helps his club, and that includes sending the former Defensive Player of the Year to the Knicks.
But they certainly may. It’s unclear what the Knicks could offer or what the Pacers would want. The first name off the Pacers’ lips is likely to be rookie center Channing Frye, but he is considered untouchable. Quentin Richardson’s salary is a near-match for Artest’s $6.5 million.
Knicks president Isiah Thomas declined to comment yesterday, but he did coach Artest for two seasons in Indiana and the latter reportedly held him in high regard. And Brown, a staunch proponent of tough defense, gushed over the 26-year-old forward.
If traded, Stevens said Artest – under contract next season for $7.1 million and $7.8 million the year after, with an $8.5 million option for 2008-09 – would opt out of his final year and sign with the Knicks.
NEW DELHI: In a new Juvenile Justice Bill to be brought in Parliament after repealing the existing Act, the government has said that revealing names or addresses of victims in news reports will entail a minimum sentence of six months or a fine which may extend up to Rs 2 lakh or both.
Furthermore, no media can publish the picture of any such child. However, “the Board or Committee, as the case may be, holding the inquiry may permit such disclosure, if in its opinion such disclosure is in the best interest of the child,” provided that reasons are given for such permission.
The Women and Child Development Ministry today placed the new bill on its website wcd.nic.in and asked stakeholders to send in their comments within 15 days to vivek.joshi@nic.in with a copy to ashi.kapoor@ nic.in, jyotimathur@yahoo.co.in.
The Ministry wants suggestions/comments from the civil society organisations, non-government organisations and individuals.
US senate agrees to drop $50bn bailout fund in bill \| City A.M.
THE US Senate made progress on a financial regulation reform bill yesterday, approving two amendments aimed at preventing a repeat of the massive taxpayer bailouts of Wall Street in 2008.
The Senate voted 93-5 for a plan that would set up a new government protocol for seizing and dismantling large financial firms that are in distress.
The measure seeks a middle path between the widely criticised 2008 bailouts of firms such as AIG and the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers.
Under the plan, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp would manage an “orderly liquidation” process for troubled firms whose collapse would pose risks to the banking system. The plan excludes a $50bn (£33bn) liquidation fund previously proposed, opting instead to cover the costs of liquidations from asset sales and, in ca...
This report was written by Nolan Hicks of the Austin bureau, with additional reporting by Rick Dunham in Washington.
In the week since the federal government denied Gov. Rick Perry‘s request to have most of Texas granted major disaster status, leading Republicans have knocked FEMA’s decision, leaving the impression Washington is not assisting the fight against the massive wildfires plaguing rural counties.
It is an impression disputed by officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who awarded Texas its 26th grant Sunday to help cover the cost of fire fighting efforts.
“This administration, through FEMA, has been working closely with the state throughout the duration of these fires, and we are supporting the fire fighting efforts,” FEMA spokeswoman Rachel Racusen said.
Those 26 grants will reimburse 75 percent of the costs related to fighting designated fires throughout the state. It is the same reimbursement rate the state would have received if Gov. Perry’s request for major disaster status had been accepted.
But Texas Republicans scoff at the administration’s assertions.
GOP lawmakers tweaked Obama for declining Perry’s invitation to visit fire-stricken Texas communities.
Granting a major disaster declaration allows the federal government to help pay for the costs of reconstruction and direct aid to victims of the fires. Perry only requested ‘Category B’ funding, which provides reimbursement for the same activities as the fire management grants the state currently is receiving.
In his letter to the President, Perry’s office said that the wildfires were so bad that major disasters should be declared in 252 of Texas’ 254 counties; including Harris, Bexar, Dallas, Tarrant and Travis counties.
Perry also wrote that the “severity and magnitude” of the fires was so great that FEMA should direct other federal agencies to step in and help run the fire-fighting effort in those counties.
Perry spokeswoman Lucy Nashed said the aid promised by FEMA was insufficient because it only covered the 26 major fires, not the 9,000 fires the state’s application cited in applying for the aid. She said that Texas had used a nationally accepted definition to determine that the state should receive a disaster declarat...
That definition includes no standard for the size or intensity of the fire, but the standards for receiving federal grants do. To qualify for federal fire assistance, a state must be demonstrate that it has a need, such as a threat to lives, homes, government facilities and economic impact.
The fires covered by the grants for federal reimbursement constitute the list of major fires the state has been combating for the past couple of months, said Kelly King, a spokesman for the Texas Forest Service.
Kylie Jenner just can’t stop posting pictures of her luscious lips. Even when dressed casually — bomber jacket and a beanie — she is determined to put her best made-up face forward. It probably meant that the color was from her own collection. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star even had the matching nail color on...
Her pout looked bigger than usual, just like in the photo Kylie had posted the day before. Does this mean she’s just had fresh fillers? The Inquisitr had reported that the reality TV star showed off a very plump pucker the day before she had posted a picture in casual attire. And it’s not like Kylie Jenner is unaware o...
In fact, Kylie says she doesn’t understand what the big deal was and that she thinks it was crazy her lips were still the topic of conversation.
“The fact that we still even talk about my lips is so crazy,” she said after she showed off how she uses the right camera angle can make her lips look bigger, the Daily Mail reported.
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star says that people think she keeps making her lips bigger and then went on to say that it wasn’t true at all.
“Everybody thinks I keep making my lips bigger, but this is normally,” Kylie said.
She posted the video of all the poses on her Snapchat to show how lips can seem smaller or bigger depending on the angle of the camera and face. She captioned the pictures as “puckered lol” and “normal,” showing her fans how the size of her lips can be changed just by changing the way she poses for the camera.
And it’s not like Kylie Jenner has hidden her forays in plastic surgery from the world. Kylie admitted to having temporary lip filler, and she has Khloe Kardashian to back her up.
Well, it’s true that Khloe has never been secretive about her views on plastic surgery either, the Inquisitr previously reported.
She’s right about that one, and extra points for not trying to hide her interest in plastic surgery.
While the rumors and conversations around her lips refuse to stop, Kylie has just added a new color to her very successful lip color line, Kylie Lip Kits (her cosmetic line is called Kylie cosmetics).
Kylie even thanked her fans for buying all the available lip kits.
“All sold out! Thank you thank you thank you for a very successful day. You guys are so beyond amazing and appreciated. Congrats to everyone who snatched a kit!!!!” Kylie captioned a picture with a shot of her Kylie lip color box.
It looks like fans are certainly keen to get a pout like Kylie Jenner — whether fake or not.
Kylie has plenty of praise for her plastic surgeon, saying that he makes sure the lips look as natural as possible.
Do you think Kylie Jenner is increasing the size of her lips?
Operations on seriously ill children are being cancelled across the country because of chaotic criminal record checks, surgeons have warned.
Paediatric surgeons often travel from hospital to hospital at short notice to treat rare conditions and to cover sick leave and other absences.
But backlogs in the vetting and barring checks introduced last October prevent many from sharing their specialist knowledge.
In addition, confusion about how to apply the new rules has led to many trusts demanding they do their own check with the Criminal Records Bureau - meaning some surgeons have to go through the time-consuming clearing process time and time again.
As a result operations are being cancelled, waiting lists are growing and children's health is being put at risk, the Royal College of Surgeons claims.
It wants its members to be issued with 'passports' which allow staff that have already been cleared by one health trust to work for another without any further checks.
A spokesman for the Royal College of Surgeons said: 'We are not saying there shouldn't be checks. It is absolutely right that people's backgrounds are checked if they are working with children.
'The problems is that there needs to be some flexibility in implementation. Is the NHS a national service or not?
'One check should be enough. If you have had one enhanced Criminal Records Bureau check by one NHS trust, it is not beyond the wit of Man to have a system of mutual recognition, to say, you've checked them, that's fine.
He said that fear of being sued means that trusts are being over-zealous in their interpretation of the new rules, which require surgeons to undergo more detailed checks than before.
Examples include a family who moved three hours away from the area covered by the specialist bladder surgeon who had looked after their child for some years.
The youngster required major surgery but the surgeon was barred from helping with the operation by the new hospital because it had not carried out its own records check.
Trainee paediatric surgeons, who move from hospital to hospital to learn from the best, are also being caught up in the confusion.
Some have only received the necessary clearance after their six-month placement has finished.
Others have been subjected to more than 10 CRB checks in just two years.
Su-Anna Boddy (CORR), a consultant paediatric urologist at St George's Hospital in South London, said: 'We are meant to be training expert paediatric surgeons of the future, yet training opportunities are being wasted due to the unnecessary bureaucracy of re-checking doctors who have already passed rigorous CRB checks.
John Black, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said: 'The College have flagged up this situation with the Government on three separate occasions in a three-month period and we were reassured that a solution would be reached within a week.
Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb said the situation was a disgrace.
He added: 'When top surgeons have already been CRB checked, it’s madness to restrict them to one hospital when they are needed all around the country.
'Protecting children must always be a top priority, but the situation has descended into complete farce with potentially dire consequences for patients and NHS staff.
'Ministers have buried their heads in the sand despite mounting evidence of how badly flawed this system is.
The Department of Health said it was working on revised guidance which would have 'an emphasis on common sense' and is due to be published this spring.
The Wake Forest Woman’s Club meets the first Thursday of each month, September through May, at the Community House, 133 W. Owen Ave., Wake Forest. The Feb. 7 meeting will begin with a social at 6:30 p.m. followed by a community service program and business meeting at 7 p.m. For more information, email Kathy at wakefore...
Cynthia Shaffer of N.C. Audiology Associates will speak on senior hearing loss at the meeting of the Falls River Community Senior Club at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, at Arbor Oakridge Apartments, 10810 Sandy Oak Lane, Raleigh. Visitors welcome. For more information, call Judy Sanner at 919-847-7045.
Margaret Mitsock, PTA of Total Motion Physical Therapy, will address the Raleigh Arthritis/Fibromyalgia/CFIDS Support Group at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, at Heritage Senior Living, 1200 Carlos Drive, Raleigh. For more information, call Esther at 919-782-6784.
A meeting for grandparents of children with autism is set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at the Autism Society of North Carolina office, 505 Oberlin Road, Suite 230, Raleigh. To RSVP, email Eileen Hancox at ehancox27@yahoo.com.
MOOREFIELD — The Washington softball team remained undefeated after winning the Bub Riggleman Memorial tournament on Saturday.
The championship came down to a Berkeley County matchup as the Patriots took on Hedgesville and eventually picked up a 10-0 win in four innings.
Washington scored three runs in both the second and third innings to jump out to a 6-0 lead.
In the second, Madison Carlisle hit a two-run homer, while Madi Cenate hit an RBI single.
Katie Dubyak was responsible for all three runs in the third, driving a three-run homer over the center-field fence.
The Patriots sealed the game in bottom of the fourth with four runs. Hannah Ruffner hit Washington’s third home run of the game, this one for three runs. Madi Cenate capped the win with an RBI single to center to put the mercy rule in effect.
Alexis Myers led the Eagles with a pair of hits.
Brown went the distance in the circle for the win, allowing just three hits and striking out four.
The Patriots picked up three wins heading into the championship earlier in the day.
The day stared off with a big 23-0 win over Hampshire in three innings. The Patriots scored 17 runs in the first inning and added six in the second to seal the win.
Brittany Cenate, Julia English, Kylie Condon, Ruffner, Carlisle and Madi Cenate all recorded two hits. Condon paced the team with four RBI, and Madi Cenate knocked in three. English, Ruffner and Dubyak drove in two runs each. Ten different Patriots knocked in runs.

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