Google Books now offering Life Magazine
Google is collaborating with magazine companies to bring their archives to their Google Books service.
The company has for now launched the Life Magazine archive on their books platform.
This means you can now go through issues of this magazine online from 1936 to 1972.
Google said that they [...]
Variety to charge for some online content
Variety has announced that they are going to change their policy of providing all of their online content for free.
The publisher said that they would move some of the content and sections behind a subscription based service.
They have been providing their entire online archive for free [...]
Rupert Murdoch: Online news should not be free
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch has practically dismissed the idea of advertising based online news services.
This means that The Wall Street Journal is unlikely to become a freely accessible news service supported with online ads.
Murdoch said: “The people are used to getting everyone on the net for [...]
CBS promotes channels and shows through Apple App Store
Apple App Store is home to thousands of applications related to productivity and gaming.
CBS is one media giant which is using the Apple App Store to promote their products and services.
The company has launched a free Harper’s Island application on the Apple App Store.
This [...]
Spotify: The latest music service in town
Spotify is the latest music service in the market. The developers behind the service say about Spotify:
Spotify is a new way to enjoy music. Simply download and install, before you know it you’ll be singing along to the genre, artist or song of your choice. With Spotify you are [...]
MySpace Mobile launches video streaming in partnership with RipCode
MySpace has announced the launch of mobile video streaming service in collaboration with mobile video company RipCode.
They are now the first and only social networking service to offer this service.
With this they are taking on YouTube mobile edition.
The company said that their service is designed [...]
Amarok 2.0 Beta 1 is now out
The developers behind the Amarok project have announced the release of first beta of Version 2.
This release has been codenamed Nerrivik and they are working hard to release a stable version.
The developers said in a blog post:
The highlights of this first beta version are the scripting interface, AFT, new [...]
Open Media Stack: Sun working on an open source video codec for the web
Sun Microsystems has said that they are working on developing an open source video codec and media system.
They are going to provide this technology royalty free.
The company said in a statement: “The main benefit is that you don’t have that now [...]
