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Amazon brings Kindle Unlimited to Canada, all-you-can-read ebooks for $9.99 a month

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Posted In: amazon, Apps, Around the Web, ebooks, kindle, Kindle Unlimited

Amazon launched Kindle Unlimited, its all-you-can-read subscription service, in the US last summer. Now it’s headed north to Canada. From today, Canadian Amazon customers can access 750,000 titles for $9.99 a month. You can test the service with a 30-day free trial. It’s available via Kindle e-readers, as well as Amazon’s apps for iOS, Android, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, PC, Mac and Windows 8. Kindle Unlimited’s Canadian rollout also includes 15,000 French language titles. It’s worth being slightly wary though, as the service was found to include a lot of self-published titles when it launched elsewhere. ➤ Kindle Unlimited [Amazon Canada]

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Facebook now lets you designate a contact to manage your account when you’ve died

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 12:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

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If you’ve wondered what will happen to your digital presence after your die, Facebook now has answers. The social network will soon allow you to nominate someone to manage your profile when you’re gone. Your Legacy Contact will be able to add a pinned post with a final message or notification about a memorial service, update your profile picture, and download your shared posts. You’ll be able to designate one Legacy Contact in the Settings menu, under Security. For profiles without a legacy contact, verified family members of the deceased users can request that Facebook memorializes the account. That adds…

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UK album charts to incorporate Spotify and other music streaming data from March

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 11:29 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates, UK

The UK’s official album charts will finally begin to reflect plays on streaming music services like Spotify and Deezer from the start of next month. The Official Singles Streaming Chart was introduced in 2012. As of February 23, online album streams will be counted. The first Official Album Chart to incorporate the figures will then be published by OfficialCharts.com on March 1. Data will be collected from plays via Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Google Play, o2 Tracks, Rara, Rdio and Xbox Music. It’s certainly a long overdue move for a company that touts itself as the official place to take the pulse of the UK’s…

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Google Japan’s 300 strong Android choir is oddly moving, or maybe just odd

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 10:28 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, phones, Shareables, singing, Tablets

To illustrate a point about Android “being together not the same“, Google Japan has strung together 300 smartphones and tablets featuring 300 different Androidify characters  singing. The character’s rendition of the hymn ‘Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee’ swings from oddly moving to just plain odd. If you happen to be in Tokyo between today and Sunday, you can see the Android Chorus perform in person at the Omotesando Hills shopping complex. ➤ Japan’s singing Androids [Google Japan]

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Rdio partners with AEG to personalize your music based on your favorite live artists

Feb12
by on February 12, 2015 at 9:46 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, streaming music

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Music streaming service Rdio is joining hands with AEG’s event ticketing business AXS to let users in the US tune into music from their favorite live artists when they buy passes to a show. Users who purchase concert tickets on AXS’ site will get free 30-day trial subscriptions to Rdio Unlimited, which unlocks on-demand access to the streaming service’s complete library spanning 32 million tracks. In addition, users will be notified when artists they’ve seen live release new music on Rdio’s platform. They’ll also enjoy personalized content tailored according to their concert history. AXS will allow listeners to extend their Rdio Unlimited…

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