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Apple Has Acquired iCloud.com for $4.5 Million [Rumor]
Apr 28th
Om Malik of GigaOM has got a tip from an unidentified source who told him that Apple has acquired iCloud.com for $4.5 million. Apple has not brought the company, but rather the domain name iCloud.com for $4.5 million. The company has changed its name to CloudMe.com, and it appears that Apple is building a cloud based locker service similar to Amazon’s cloud storage services. Read More
Google Fails to Strike Deals With Record Companies, May Partner With Spotify
Apr 22nd
According to reports, Google hasn’t been able to sign deals with major record companies for its next cloud based music platform. Apple is way ahead in this arena, and apparently Google lacks somebody as dynamic as Steve Jobs to convince the music industry. To overcome this hurdle, it is reported that Google may partner with European based Spotify to power Google Music.
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Amazon Kills Apple and Google Music Offerings With New Cloud Based Music Service
Mar 29th
Amazon has just revealed its new cloud based music streaming and storage service dubbed “Amazon Cloud Player” and “Amazon Cloud Drive” that will kill Apple and Google’s music services. The new service from Amazon allows users to store music in the cloud, and then stream it from the cloud using the Web or an Android device. iOS devices are not yet supported by the Cloud Player. Read More
YouTube Next Will Help Video Creators
Mar 8th
Google has today acquired NextNewNetworks, a video network with a huge user base. While Netflix, Amazon and other companies provide a way to view licensed content at a premium, YouTube’s next step would be to increase its user generated content.
Amazon’s New “The Book Lives On” Ad Targets the iPad
Feb 21st
Amazon has released a new advertisement that promotes its flagship product, Kindle and takes a shot at Apple as well as the iPad (indirectly). The new Kindle Ad is titled “The Book Lives On” and showcases the Kindle Store which boasts more than 80,000 titles.
Kindle App Adds Open Supported Files, Background Downloading, and More
Jan 11th
Amazon has pushed out an update for its Kindle App for iPad and iPhone that takes the most amazing book reading application to version 2.5. The App now completely optimizes the iOS background capabilities and allows you to download a book in the background while you spend time on some other App.
Kindle for Mac Comes to the Mac App Store
Jan 9th
Amazon’s Kindle App for the Mac is now available for download via the Mac App Store for free. The application allows Kindle users to access their library from their Mac and even sync bookmarks, highlights, and notes using Kindle’s WhisperSync technology.
Amazon – Apple Products are the Most-Gifted
Dec 27th
In a recent announcement, Amazon revealed that Apple products were the most gifted items in all the categories in which it had products except television and video products.
Kindle for Android Updated With Amazing New Features
Dec 17th
No other company comes close to what Amazon has done with Kindle and the online Kindle Store. Amazon has pushed out an update to its Kindle App for Android that gives users access to more than 750,000 ebooks. Some exciting new features have been included with this update like the ability to buy and read kindle newspapers and magazines on Android, use volume rocker to flip pages, and share reading progress via social networks.
Extension of the Week – Invisible Hand
Aug 21st
Invisible Hand is a popular Chrome Extension that detects Google Product searches and automatically finds the cheapest price available from a wide selection of online retailers. Over 100 retailers are supported from the US, UK, Germany and Canada is to be added soon.
