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In a move designed to bridge the gap between digital and physical worlds, Amazon introduced Kindle MatchBook, an awesome new service that allows customers to buy for $2.99, $1.99, $0.99 or free the Kindle edition of print books they have purchased new from Amazon. Print purchases all the way back to 1995 will qualify once…
Mobile data and network analytics company WeFi has been keeping an eye on Wi-Fi and cellular network speeds across the United States since the start of 2013. Just recently, they’ve unveiled their findings on both upload and download speeds on iOS and Android devices for the second quarter of the year. Some of the trends…
Qualcomm Spark prepared a neat infographic to highlight the great moments in mobile video. Here are the highlights: 2003. MobiTV launches as the first mobile TV service in the US, gaining 500,000 subscribers by 2005. 2005. Apple launches a new version of iTunes with video support and the ability to purchase movies and TV shows.…
Google keeps expanding the reach of its Play Music All Access service. Up until this point, the search giant’s Spotify competitor was available in just few countries — including the Australia, New Zealand and the U.S. — and now select Europeans got a chance to join the party, as well. Among those “affected” are people…
Sounds from the famous Vienna Boys’ Choir will come preloaded on the soon-to-be-launch LG G2, the Korean company has announced. LG worked closely with the choir on a series of “unique harmonic sounds” including 9 ringtones and 5 notifications and alarms, as well as 4 musical chimes like Bach’s Air on the G String. Those…
Google Play Books is now available in few additional countries, including the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden. With this addition, the number of markets where users can buy books from Google has climbed to 26. And that’s more countries than what Google Play Movies and Google Play Music support…
Google is bringing its Play Books marketplace to 4 additional countries – Austria, Belgium, Ireland and Portugal. Guess dealing with publishers isn’t as easy as Google has hoped for when we see the service rolling out at a such slow pace. Google Play Books is now live in total of 18 countries, including Australia, Austria,…
Mobile TV and video is set for a major growth with more and more people owning big-screen smartphones and tablets. Moreover, the rise of short and easily shared video clips, and the success that many streaming providers such as Netflix have achieved online also contribute to “something”… According to Juniper Research, there will be more…
Mobile content revenues from handsets and tablets is expected to increase by nearly $25 billion over the next three years, Juniper Research says in its latest report. The $65 billion mark will be reached by 2016 with game, video and eBook purchases via tablet devices and Direct Carrier Billing on smartphones driving the growth. At…
A new report, commissioned by Associated Press and produced by Deloitte with research by GfK, says that video is increasingly important for online news services to consider offering their readers. The findings suggest that 86% of British consumers access news online frequently, and 47% of these users watch video news clips on a regular basis.…