Amazon's Music Unlimited upgrades with monthly & annual Family plans

Amazon on Wednesday launched two Family plans for subscribers to Music Unlimited, its recently-launched competitor to on-demand services like Spotify and Apple Music.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 16

Led by Air & mini, Apple's iPad grows lead in shrinking global tablet market

Even with iPad shipments and the market as a whole shrinking year-over-year, Apple still managed to grow its share of the tablet industry in the September quarter, according to research data published on Monday.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 22

Apple claims huge swaths of 'genuine' accessories on Amazon are counterfeit in new lawsuit [u]

Apple has filed a lawsuit against a vendor called Mobile Star, accusing it of violating copyrights and trademarks by selling counterfeit accessories on Amazon and Groupon. Coincidentally, the iPhone maker claimed that a large chunk of supposedly genuine Apple accessories sold on Amazon are fake. [Updated with Amazon statement]

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 39

Amazon launches Music Unlimited to challenge Spotify & Apple Music

Breaking out of the confines of its existing Prime Music service, Amazon on Wednesday launched Music Unlimited, directly targeted at the current leaders in on-demand streaming, Spotify and Apple Music.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 19

Google poaches ex-Apple senior director, Amazon Kindle head for hardware focus shift

Design executive David Foster, once a senior director at Apple, and most recently responsible for Amazon's Echo, Kindle, and Kindle Fire development has moved to Google, and will head up the search engine giant's smartphone push that is expected to start on Tuesday.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 21

AI initiative counts Google, Microsoft, IBM among its ranks, Apple declines invite

Six companies including Microsoft and Google have launched a cross-disciplinary partnership to steer the future of artificial intelligence development, but as of yet, Apple has not signed on.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 9

Plex Cloud beta launches, uses Amazon Drive subscription to store user media

The Plex developers have commenced testing of Amazon Drive as a storage venue for media, with future versions of the Plex app on iOS and tvOS able to stream stored video without the need for a network attached storage device, or a home server.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 6

Amazon looks to debut Echo-only streaming music service, undercut industry pricing by half

In a move that undercuts the entire streaming music industry, online retail giant Amazon is reportedly developing $4 or $5 per month subscription service that could see release next month. The catch: the service only works with Amazon Echo hardware.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 26

Apple iPad grows share of global tablet market despite declining sales

Apple and its chief rival — Samsung — both saw worldwide tablet shipments decline in the June quarter, although Apple managed to increase iPad marketshare in spite of moving fewer units.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 8

iDevices HomeKit accessories add Amazon Alexa voice control

The Siri-friendly iDevices stable of smart home gadgets has now been enhanced with Amazon Alexa compatibility, giving users more flexibility in voice control options.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 2

Audible's new Channels service pits Amazon against Apple in podcasts

Amazon's Audible division on Thursday launched Channels, a service with exclusive short-form audio content that looks to challenge Apple's current dominance of the podcasting space.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 3

Amazon launches thinner, lighter $80 Kindle e-reader with double storage

Amazon on Wednesday announced its latest entry-level black-and-white Kindle reader priced at $79.99, featuring a more rounded design than previous models, for easy holding in one hand or at any angle.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 18

Amazon preparing standalone streaming music service to compete with Spotify, Apple Music

Putting it in more direct competition with rivals, Amazon is readying a standalone music streaming service independent of regular Prime subscriptions, a report claimed on Friday.

Roger Fingas 10 years ago 4

WWDC 2016: Apple's Siri and the future of voice vs. Amazon's Alexa Echo, Google Now, Microsoft Cortana

While a variety of tech commentators have played up a dramatic "voice-first" rivalry ostensibly led by the Amazon Echo, a yet-unreleased Google Home and Microsoft's Cortana (and apparently miserably trailed by Apple's Siri), real data shows that's not actually the case.

Daniel Eran Dilger 10 years ago 24

I/O 2016: Google's new Home hardware takes on Apple's HomeKit and Siri

The smart home battle between Apple, Google and others continues to heat up, with Google on Wednesday announcing Home, a new voice-activated hardware kit that brings the Google assistant service to any room in your house.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 55

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