The head of Amazon Video and Music will be leaving the company after a 15 year stint. Bill Carr, a 47-year-old vice president, announced his decision internally Tuesday.It is unclear whether or not a competitor has given him a better offer.According to the Wall Street Journal Carr has been instrumental in Amazon’s push to compete with Netflix and Hulu in streaming online … [Read more...] about Amazon Video and Music Chief Leaving the Company
Archives for September 2014
Blackberry Launches New Passport Phone
Blackberry is hoping to appeal towards the corporate and government segments with their new keyboard enabled Passport phone. This new device features the Amazon Android App Store built into it, which has more quality content than Blackberry World.BlackBerry held simultaneous events in Toronto, London and Dubai. The smartphone, which has a large touchscreen and a modified … [Read more...] about Blackberry Launches New Passport Phone
Amazon Starts Hiring More Engineers for Connected Home and Smart Watches
Over the course of 2014, Amazon has been relentless in the number of new hardware offerings they have released to the public. They have a new television box, smartphone, Amazon Dash, and 8 new e-readers and tablets. According to a new report, this is just the beginning, as Amazon is hiring more hardware engineers and intends on entering the connected home segment and a new … [Read more...] about Amazon Starts Hiring More Engineers for Connected Home and Smart Watches
Wattpad and International Festival of Authors Team Up for Online Book Festival
Wattpad, the world’s largest community of readers and writers, has partnered with the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) to launch the event’s first Online Festival. The Online Festival will run from October 1 through October 22, before the official kickoff of the IFOA in Toronto, which runs October 23 to November 2, 2014.As part of the Online Festival, Wattpad will … [Read more...] about Wattpad and International Festival of Authors Team Up for Online Book Festival
Amazon Kindle Unlimited Available in the UK
Amazon made international headlines when it unveiled its Netflix for eBooks concept entitled Kindle Unlimited. This program allows users to pay a low monthly fee and read as many titles as they want per month, from a pool of 650,000 digital books. All of the major publishers have so far refused to contribute their titles, so the lack of bestsellers is not very appealing. At any … [Read more...] about Amazon Kindle Unlimited Available in the UK
Google Adding Transparency to In-App Purchase Prices
According to Google, price ranges for in-app purchase will be listed on their detail pages within the Play store --including those fees payable for virtual products and subscriptions. Recent changes had already indicated whether in-app purchases were present within each title, but this takes it a thankful step further.I expect reactions to this change will be mixed. In … [Read more...] about Google Adding Transparency to In-App Purchase Prices
Major Fruit Ninja Update Coming in Early October
Fruit Ninja is one of those games that is cleverly simple but difficult to master; it is face-paced enough to keep you engaged, but quick enough to play it easily passes the time in waiting rooms. Fans of the existing 'swipe and slice' styling may be excited to discover that the game is being rebuilt from the ground up in early October, with a fresh user interface and new menu. … [Read more...] about Major Fruit Ninja Update Coming in Early October
Kobo Disables eBook Downloading
Barnes and Noble experienced a maelstrom of negative publicity last week when it was revealed that they have disabled the ability to download eBooks. Many readers alluded that this would be the final nail in the coffin and a great reason to switch to another online retailer. You might want to think twice about dealing with Kobo as we have breaking news that they also are not … [Read more...] about Kobo Disables eBook Downloading
AT&T Offers 1 Free Year of Amazon Prime
AT&T will be offering customers one free year of Amazon Prime with the purchase of their new internet program. The new offer also comes with a subscription to HBO and AT&T’s version of basic cable for a one-year intro rate of $39 per month. This arrangement makes sense for Amazon as it tries to build a viable streaming video competitor to Netflix, pushing both new … [Read more...] about AT&T Offers 1 Free Year of Amazon Prime
Play Alien Creeps: Tower Defense Extraterrestrial Style
There are plenty of games around just like it, but sometimes you need a little tower defense strategy game time to help you unwind. To that end, Alien Creeps TD is a game worthy of your attention. Brought to you by the developers at Outplay Entertainment, Alien Creeps TD is equal parts challenging and addictive. A quick tutorial when you begin the game will get you started, and … [Read more...] about Play Alien Creeps: Tower Defense Extraterrestrial Style
Patent Reveals Possible New BlackBerry Keyboard Design
Since the beginning of the smartphone, BlackBerry has held fairly strong (with very few exceptions) to the idea that users want a physical keyboard. With the upcoming BlackBerry Passport, this philosophy stays true --and if a patent application that was recently discovered is any indication, nothing will be changing anytime soon.Text from the patent application indicates a … [Read more...] about Patent Reveals Possible New BlackBerry Keyboard Design
Amazon Unveils New Crowdsourcing Program for KDP Authors
Amazon Publishing currently has 15 different imprints that span every single literary genre. These books are not only sold online for Kindle e-readers but also physically printed and sent over to bookstores. Finding the next great book to throw their marketing engine behind has always been a risky proposition. Amazon is quietly approaching authors who self-publish under Kindle … [Read more...] about Amazon Unveils New Crowdsourcing Program for KDP Authors
The Maze Runner Game Arrives on Android
The Maze Runner phenomenon is running wild --beginning with a book series by James Dashner and evolving into an action film currently in theatres, the trilogy is now complete with an officially licensed mobile game released by PikPok (developed by Sticky Studios). Players are invited to follow a group of teenagers known as the Gladers around a complex maze in which they have … [Read more...] about The Maze Runner Game Arrives on Android
BOOM! Studios Innovates Digital Comics with Sleepy Hollow
The second season of Sleepy Hollow is all set to debut on September 22nd and Boom! Studios is hoping to capitalize on the demand. The comic book company is releasing a series of digital shorts that focuses on the central characters prologues.The first two prologues are already online, via the show’s Facebook page and BOOM!’s Tumblr page, and center around Ichabod Crane and … [Read more...] about BOOM! Studios Innovates Digital Comics with Sleepy Hollow