Pearson launches Netflix-style subscription for textbooks in US

Pearson launches a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US By Tom Harmsworth For The Daily Mail Published: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 30 July 2021 Pearson has launched a Netflix-style subscription model for its digital textbooks in the US.  For £11 per month, students will be able … Read more

Bicycle subscription firm Bike Club goes up a gear

Bicycle subscription service Bike Club agrees new funds to ramp up its service after surge in interest from customers By Neil Craven, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 3 July 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 3 July 2021 Bicycle subscription service Bike Club has agreed new funds to ramp up its service after a … Read more

Twitter said to be working on a £2 subscription service

Twitter is working on a subscription service called ‘Twitter Blue’ that will provide users with some exclusive new features, according to a leak.  Twitter Blue, which will cost $2.99/month (about £2), will include an ‘Undo Send’ timer for tweets, says Hong Kong-based app researcher and tipster Jane Manchun Wong.  Undo Send previously leaked online in the form … Read more

Twitter said to be working on a £2 subscription service

Twitter is working on a subscription service called ‘Twitter Blue’ that will provide users with some exclusive new features, according to a leak.  Twitter Blue, which will cost $2.99/month (about £2), will include an ‘Undo Send’ timer for tweets, says Hong Kong-based app researcher and tipster Jane Manchun Wong.  Undo Send previously leaked online in the form … Read more

Spotify users FURIOUS as it increases UK subscription prices by up to £2 a month

It’s the go-to music streaming service for millions of people around the world, but news of a subscription price increase has left many Spotify users reeling.  Spotify has confirmed plans to increase the prices of its premium subscriptions in the UK from April 30. The Premium Student, Premium Duo and Premium Family plans will all … Read more

Spotify users FURIOUS as it increases UK subscription prices by up to £2 a month

It’s the go-to music streaming service for millions of people around the world, but news of a subscription price increase has left many Spotify users reeling.  Spotify has confirmed plans to increase the prices of its premium subscriptions in the UK from April 30. The Premium Student, Premium Duo and Premium Family plans will all … Read more

Spotify users are FURIOUS as it announces it’s increasing its subscription prices

It’s the go-to music streaming service for millions of people around the world, but news of a subscription price increase has left many Spotify users reeling.  Spotify has confirmed plans to increase the prices of its premium subscriptions in the UK from April 30. The Premium Student, Premium Duo and Premium Family plans will all … Read more

Netflix cracks down on users who share passwords after hiking subscription fees

Netflix is testing a feature that asks viewers to verify that they share a household with the account holder, the company said on Thursday, a move that could lead to a clampdown on sharing of passwords.  A small number of Netflix users are receiving a message asking them to confirm they live with the account … Read more

BBC is TWICE value of Netflix and would cost £400-a-year as a subscription service, Tim Davie claims

The BBC has claimed it is better value for money than streaming rivals like Netflix. Yesterday the broadcaster released a report which claimed that while ‘each hour of BBC TV watched by a household costs it around 9p’, for an ‘equivalent’ streaming service the cost per hour ‘consumed by the household’ was about 15p.   It … Read more

Apple Fitness+ subscription service launches around the world

Apple has launched its hotly anticipated Fitness+ exercise service with video sessions for everything from yoga and cycling to mindful cool down and dance.  The service was first announced at the launch of the new Apple Watch Series 6 in September and has been designed around the wearable device. It ‘dynamically integrates personal metrics’ from … Read more