Amazon has launched its first mobile handset, dubbed the Fire Phone, with 3D effects, gesture controls, and a feature that detects objects and digital media purchasable (preferably) from Amazon’s online stores.
With Cannes Lions well underway, celebrating creativity in the digital media industries, Exacttarget from Salesforce looks back at some of the key trends to come out of the festival so far.
Amazon has been teasing a new product for weeks, and today Amazon is holding a launch event to show off the fruit of their labours. Through leaks and Amazon’s own teasers the device looks to be a smartphone running a forked version of Android that re-introduces 3D to the arena and likely brings Amazon’s services … [Read more…]
YouTube has attracted controversy with its new music subscription service, that will see artists on independent labels blocked form the site over a payment dispute.
Amazon has boasted that it tripled the number of applications on its Android app store in the last year alone, but the online retailer still siginificanly trails Google Play and the Apple App store in terms of overall downloads.
Amazon is launching a Prime Music, a streaming service available at no additional cost for Prime members, offering one million tracks to stream… compared to Spotify’s 20 million.
A new feature of Apple iOS 8 will give privacy-concerned iPhone users the option to use DuckDuckGo as their default search engine in Safari.
Apple has introduced new apps for iPhones and iPads that will help users monitor their health and control devices in their homes, as the firm looks to rival the likes of Google’s smart thermostats and Samsung’s SAMI fitness software.
What is the world’s most valuable brand? According to the latest Millward Brown data, the first place in no longer occupied by Apple, which has been overtaken by a more aggressive Google, currently valued at $159B. This infographic from FinancesOnline presents the top 10 most valuable brands of 2014 that also tries to explain the … [Read more…]
Apple has bought Beats Electronics, the music and headphone company owned by rapper Dr Dre for $3bn- marking the most expensive deal in the tech giant’s 38-year history.