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.
Amazon
Roger Fingas
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.
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]
Amazon Channels may beat Apple to offering cable-like experience
Amazon's Channels program — which allows Prime subscribers to sign up for otherwise separate video services through a single platform — is proving surprisingly popular with streaming partners, and could evolve into a live TV service before Apple reaches that point, a report hinted on Tuesday.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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Daniel Eran Dilger
