Apple fires back at Spotify over music streaming claims

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SAN FRANCISCO/STOCKHOLM: Apple Inc fought back against Spotify's claims that the US tech giant had hampered competition in music streaming by rejecting an update to the Swedish service's iPhone app. 

The two companies have gone head to head in the battle for music streaming customers since Apple Music was launched in more than 100 countries last year.