Mobile cloud music is a highly competitive arena these days, and some of the biggest players in mobile and music have entered the game. Even a few surprising entries are trying to build a business in the newest entertainment space. Amazon made a big splash when they launched their cloud player with virtually no warning, […]
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Amazon Cuts Ties With Affiliates In California To Dodge Sales Tax
Today marks the first day Amazon.com would have been required to start charging California customers a 7.25% base sales tax on their purchases, after Governor Jerry Brown signed a new piece of legislation to that effect two days ago. The catch? The justification for requiring this state sales tax hinged on the fact that Amazon […]
Segues: The Future Is Here And It’s Horrifying
Each Segues column starts with something tech-related before quickly branching out from there into a tangentially related thread. These articles are born from my thought and speech patterns that regularly contain quickfire transitions. For one of my birthdays, a friend made me a crown that said “King of the Segues”. Actually, it said “King of […]
A Bit About Bitcoins
If you’ve been following the news recently, you’ve probably seen at least a mention of bitcoin. The latest was negative press about hackers compromising a major Bitcoin trading web site and plunging the value of the virtual coinage from around $17.50 per coin to around one cent. But what’s the fascination with bitcoin and is […]
SnApp Judgments: PBA Bowling 2
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is PBA Bowler 2 by Concrete Software, Inc. […]
Google Music Beta Strikes The Right Notes
“Welcome to Music Beta, a new service from Google that lets you store your personal collection online and access it instantly without the hassle of wires or syncing.” I received that message about a week and a half ago, and I’ve been using the service since. Before I go any further, just remember, I’m commenting […]
Look Out Facebook, Here Comes Google+
Google doesn’t have the best history when it comes to their attempts at social networking. There was Orkut, a social network that never took off, which actually predates Facebook, and was designed as a competitor to Friendster. Then, there was the disastrous launch of Buzz. I was never quite sure which was more fatal to this […]
Google Sneakily Asks What Do You Love?
Do you love Google? Google sure hopes you do. Although it hasn’t been announced anywhere, go to www.wdyl.com or google.com/whatdoyoulove, type in a search string, and it creates a sort of mini-portal where it runs the search through every Google product. So, instead of individually having to look up a Google Map, YouTube, Trend, and photo album […]
Sony Music Unlimited, Isn’t.
Last week, Sony released an Android app for its streaming music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity (not the shortest name in the industry, that’s for sure). Until now the service has been available only on computers and Sony internet-connected devices, like the PS3, but the new app puts it in direct competition with a […]
Segues: Social Networks’ Eyes Are Watching You
Each Segues column starts with something tech-related before quickly branching out from there into a tangentially related thread. These articles are born from my thought and speech patterns that regularly contain quickfire transitions. For one of my birthdays, a friend made me a crown that said “King of the Segues”. Actually, it said “King of […]