Spotify shares fall as Apple and Amazon give subscribers free access to ‘lossless music’ services 

Spotify stocks tumbled nearly 3 percent Monday as Apple and Amazon both announced they’re offering millions of lossless songs to subscribers at no additional charge.  Lossless audio maintains CD-quality sound in small files sizes, allowing listeners to hear songs ‘the way the artists created them in the studio,’ Apple said. Apple Music will add some 20 million … Read more

Apple rejected or removed 1m malicious apps from App Store in 2020 and stopped $1.5bn transactions

Apple rejected or removed more than 1 million malicious apps from its App Store and stopped more than $1.5 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2020.  The US tech giant said its combination of ‘sophisticated technology and human expertise’ kept customers on its online store safe for the year.  Apple also deactivated 244 million customer … Read more

Drawn on an iPad during lockdown, the artist’s masterpieces light up London, writes ROBERT HARDMAN 

While others were hunkering down at the start of this pandemic, stockpiling loo roll and binge-watching hours of TV rubbish, our most successful living artist had other ideas. In all weathers, at all hours — at the age of 82 — David Hockney was out in his garden capturing the micro-mayhem of spring breaking out … Read more

Van life couple convert their humble ute into an incredible luxury camper in Australia

Van life couple convert their humble ute into an incredible luxury camper – complete with adjustable lights, an iPad dock and a cosy bed Sydney couple Amber Moran, 21, and Clark Russell, 25, are touring Australia  They set off on their cross-country trip in January and are now in Queensland In a TikTok video, they showed … Read more

Londoners gather at Piccadilly Circus to view David Hockney’s new video artwork

Londoners gather at Piccadilly Circus to view David Hockney’s new video artwork made on his iPad which features an animated sunrise David Hockney ‘Remember You Cannot Look At The Sun Or Death For Very Long’ was shown in London tonight Was created by Hockney, 83, on iPad during lockdown and represents a message of hope … Read more

Brightening up the world: David Hockney sunrise digital art will be broadcast worldwide 

The two and a half minute sequence will appear on billboards in London, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Seoul in the month of May David Hockney’s newest piece of art – a digital sunrise sequence – will be broadcast simultaneously on billboards worldwide in May.  The six image sequence will appear on digital billboards … Read more

David Hockney, 83, prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris

David Hockney, 83, says working has given him a ‘new lease of life’ as he prepares to unveil mammoth 288-ft long Bayeux tapestry inspired picture in Paris The 83-year-old has been in Normandy, France, painting the arrival of spring  Royal Academy of Arts show will capture season with 116 of Hockney iPad prints  Painter told … Read more