Amazon today launched a new music-locker service called Cloud Drive, sparking a new round of analysis over the potential impact of cloud music services and upsetting a number of major labels in the process. Amazon's director of music Craig Pape spoke with Billboard this morning to explain ... Read more...
Well, that didn't take long. JP Morgan has officially raised $1.2 billion for a digital growth fund, which will invest in late-stage tech startups. That's about double the amount that the fund was previously reported to be raising. It's not clear whether the previously reported amount was wro... Read more...
YouTube wants to start a subscription service of streaming movies a la Netflix and Amazon's new streaming service for Prime customers, the Post reports. They're planning to launch it first in the UK and Europe where there's less competition and they can test it, before rolling it out inte... Read more...
Wheat Prices – Source: Commodity Charts Never let a good crisis go to waste. The international bankers are taking advantage of the “food crisis” by driving up food prices in what is shaping up to be a classic case of a manufactured bubble. It is also looking like a clear model of Problem-... Read more...
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Cable operators, you have been warned. If anything underscores the long-term threat to cable companies' video service from the Internet, it is Wal-Mart Stores' purchase of Vudu -- a video-on-demand (VOD) Web service. Investors in Time Warner Cable and Comcast must hope they pay attention. Th... Read more...
Amazon.com has agreed to pay Microsoft an undisclosed sum as part of a patent cross-licensing deal between the companies announced on Monday. The agreement gives each company access to the other's patent portfolio and covers a wide range of products and technologies, Microsoft said in a statem... Read more...
Last night at the Highline Ballroom, Miss Info hosted Free/Jake One’s album release party with special guests Brother Ali & Joell Ortiz (although he’s not in this clip.) Props to Mikey Fresh for the footage. Go cop the Stimulus Package (like right now) at iTunes, Amazon, or your favor... Read more...
UPDATE: BitTerrorists Hold Lil Wayne Hostage: ‘We will leak Rebirth at 9’ Amazon.com: Mine was delivered yesterday by the post office, and is, indeed, a copy of Rebirth. Billboard: According to sources and an e-mail to Billboard from an Amazon customer, the online merchant sent copies of th... Read more...