May
27
2011
27
2011
Report: Apple music cloud service to auto-add iTunes Store tracks
The cloud music service Apple is widely believed to unveil at WWDC next month may have an important feature that the competition lacks. Instead ...
May
26
2011
26
2011
Amazon takes on Mac App Store with "Mac Downloads Store"
Amazon quietly launched an extension to its software download store, adding a range of just over 250 software and game ...
May
19
2011
19
2011
Apple has two licenses down, two to go for cloud music service
Apple is reportedly poised to finish signing licensing deals with all of the Big Four music labels in the near future, setting the stage ...
Apr
26
2011
26
2011
Amazon responds to Apple: "app store" is generic, toss the suit
Amazon has responded to Apple's trademark suit over the term "App Store" by saying that Steve Jobs himself uses the term in a generic ...
Apr
21
2011
21
2011
Apple reportedly ahead of Google with digital locker music plans
Apple may beat Google to the finish line when it comes to rolling out a cloud-based service for music, according to two sources speaking ...
Apr
14
2011
14
2011
Pressure from big labels seen driving Spotify free music cutbacks
Spotify has slashed the benefits of its free music service just ahead of its highly anticipated US launch. The company announced Thursday that it ...
Mar
30
2011
30
2011
Amazon on Cloud Player: we don’t need no stinkin’ licenses
"Cloud Player is an application that lets customers manage and play their own music. It's like any number of existing media management applications. We ...
Mar
29
2011
29
2011
How Amazon could loosen Google’s iron grip on Android
The Amazon Appstore for Android launched last week. Although the online retail giant's new software storefront still has some rough edges, it could eventually ...
Mar
29
2011
29
2011
Amazon beats Apple, Google to music storage, streaming service
There are plenty of cloud storage services to choose from, but there are few that are particularly good. Amazon hopes to become part of ...
Mar
26
2011
26
2011
Week in Apple: ZFS on Mac OS X, rogue tethering, DUI apps, and more
This week on Infinite Loop we interviewed the creator of a commercial ZFS solution for the Mac and offered a how-to on Automator and ...
Mar
25
2011
25
2011
Hands on: Amazon Appstore for Android surpasses Google in places
Amazon has officially launched its own application store for the Android mobile operating system. Its store interface, which is available today, allows users to ...
Mar
22
2011
22
2011
Apple sues Amazon over "App Store" trademark
Apple is suing Amazon.com for trademark infringement and unfair competition over its use of the term "App Store." The complaint, filed in US District ...
Mar
18
2011
18
2011
Netflix locks down House of Cards exclusive for late 2012
Netflix has won the exclusive rights to stream 26 episodes of the original series House of Cards. The company announced that it got the ...
Mar
15
2011
15
2011
Amazon looks on longingly as Netflix delivers 61% of digital video
The digital video market continues to grow as DVD sales tank, and Netflix is currently king. According to the latest data from the NPD ...
Mar
10
2011
10
2011
Apple way ahead of tablet competition, expected to hold 80% share
The latest analysis from market research firm IDC shows that Apple snagged nearly three-quarters of the tablet market during the fourth quarter of 2010. ...
Mar
01
2011
01
2011
Random House caves on agency e-book pricing, may join iBooks soon
Monster publishing house Random House has finally given in over the so-called "agency model" e-book pricing and will begin implementing the pricing changes on ...
Feb
22
2011
22
2011
Amazon takes on Netflix with movie streaming service for Prime
As expected, Amazon has announced its new and improved Amazon Prime service that now offers more than 5,000 streaming TV shows and ...
Feb
01
2011
01
2011
Amazon expected to roll out Netflix-like streaming service soon
Move over Netflix—Amazon wants to get in on the instant streaming action. The company briefly indicated that it would begin ...
Feb
01
2011
01
2011
Apple responds: we want a cut of Amazon, Sony e-book sales
Apple has responded to the furor over its supposed App Store policy changes that many believe could affect the popular Kindle, Nook, and Sony ...
Feb
01
2011
01
2011
Change in Apple policy has e-book fans worried about their apps
The Kindle app—and other e-book apps like it—may disappear from the App Store if the latest buzz about Apple's policies ...
Jan
07
2011
07
2011
Hell no, we won’t go… out of our way to collect sales taxes
Amazon is no fan of collecting state sales taxes, and it's ready to play hardball once again in its attempt to avoid the levy. ...
Jan
05
2011
05
2011
Amazon details pricing, approval process for Android app portal
Android developers: start your engines. Again. Amazon has opened a beta of its new Appstore Developer Portal in order to allow developers to begin ...
Jan
03
2011
03
2011
LimeWire seeks data from Amazon in bid to avoid big payout to RIAA
As LimeWire awaits its jury trial to determine how much it owes the recording industry, the company is trying to get the inside scoop ...
Dec
17
2010
17
2010
Apple owns 66% of online music market, Amazon second at 13%
Despite unrelenting competition from numerous online music vendors—particularly Amazon—iTunes has managed to actually increase its market share. The music service now makes up 66.2 ...
Dec
15
2010
15
2010
Amazon’s latest Kindle deletion: erotic, incest-themed fiction
Amazon may be in the process of stirring up some more trouble for itself thanks to reports that the company is deleting certain kinds ...
Dec
01
2010
01
2010
Wikileaks kicked out of Amazon’s cloud
The Wikileaks website migrated to Amazon's cloud hosting service yesterday after being hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. Amazon decided to ...
Dec
01
2010
01
2010
iPad leading e-book reader demand despite Kindle price advantage
The Amazon Kindle is an excellent e-reader, and the latest version is a good value at $150. Yet Apple's iPad ...
Nov
30
2010
30
2010
Wikileaks moves to Amazon’s cloud to evade massive DDoS
Controversial information disclosure site Wikileaks reportedly faced an intense distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack this morning. The site was temporarily disrupted by the ...
Nov
19
2010
19
2010
Amazon lets gift givers put virtual books in virtual stockings
Dead tree fans like to argue that e-books destroy the experience of giving books as gifts to your friends and loved ones, but Amazon ...
Nov
17
2010
17
2010
Amazon offers cash, exposure to budding filmmakers
Amazon is getting into the movie production business with an offer of $2.7 million to those who submit the best films in 2011. The ...
Nov
10
2010
10
2010
No: Pedo Book On Sale For Amazon Kindle
Despite always turning down my manuscripts, apparently Amazon doesn't really care what kind of books it sells for its Kindle e-book reader. Case in point: The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure. You dun goofed, Amazon!
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Nov
02
2010
02
2010
Feature: Kindle 3: e-book readers come of age
During a stint in California, I once wandered into a ramshackle San Diego bookstore and began browsing the back shelves ...
Oct
12
2010
12
2010
Paying for (short) content: Amazon to publish "Kindle Singles"
Amazon is rolling out a separate section of its Kindle store meant for shorter content—meatier than long-form journalism, but shorter than a typical book. ...
Oct
06
2010
06
2010
A Book Full of Drew Struzan’s Poster Art? Yes, Please!
The stores have decided that it’s already HalloweenGivingNewYearMastime, which means that it’s time to start thinking about gifts. And a new book of art from Drew Struzan is going straight on my Amazon wishlist.
“The Art of Drew Struzan,” released in ...
Oct
05
2010
05
2010
Classical-only Ariama offers lossless files, strange selection
Classical music aficionados can be a picky bunch, especially when it comes to music downloads. When they're not complaining about lack of selection, they're ...
The Protomen - Rock Music and Mega Man Combined.
An Irrelevant Take on the Zombie Goodness of the Walking Dead
Halloween Fear Fest - Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus
Amnesia: The Dark Descent will induce heart problems.
Redline - 7 Years in the making and damn, it looks good.