Starting today, customers in the U.S. can request early access to Amazon Luna, a new cloud gaming service designed for instant play!
Introducing Luna—Amazon’s New Cloud Gaming Service Where it’s Easy to Play on the Devices You Already Own.
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Paper Girls graphic novel ordered to series by Amazon.
Paper Girls is heading to Amazon! The project comes from Legendary Television and Plan B and is based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel of the same name. Toy Story 4 writer Stephany Folsom wrote the adaptation while Vaughan and Chiang will act as executive producers for the project. Paper Girls, from…
As feared, FCC and big ISPs plan to roll back Net Neutrality rules – ISPs win, consumers lose
As feared, the FCC has decided to dismantle Obama-era net neutrality rules, rules that protected consumers from ISP throttling. The winners of course, are ISPs, cable companies, and wireless companies. The losers – the American consumer. The changes are expected to be approved at a Federal Communications Commission meeting in mid-December.
WTF, I just found this racist Halloween mask depicting a black man on Amazon
I was searching for lifelike mice on Amazon today (long story) and found this unbelievably racist Halloween mask of a black man. Tiny ears, white eyes, big lips – just like the racist cartoons of the 50’s. My gut reaction was shock and I began to wonder how the seller would justify placing an item…
Microsoft OneDrive: Let us clarify, when we said “unlimited storage”, we didn’t really mean “unlimited storage”
Just when I assumed the era of goofy Microsoft business moves was over, they go and do it again. Yesterday Microsoft announced that they were doing away with their unlimited OneDrive storage option. According to Microsoft, some users had abused the “limit” by storing “entire moving collections and DVR recordings”.
The Jetsons future has arrived – your home responds to commands with new Amazon/Vox technology
We just took a giant step closer to Jetsons-like futuristic living. With Amazon and Vox’s newly announced partnership partnership, if you run out of toothpaste, you simply stand in your bathroom, say “Vox, send me toothpaste”, and Amazon will make sure it’s on its way to your doorstep.
Deliveries by unmanned aircraft (UAV’s or drones) – a reality in the making or head in the clouds idea?
When 60 Minutes broke the well-timed Cyber Monday story that Amazon intended to offer product deliveries with a 30-minute turnaround time using automated flying drones, people wondered, can this be true? Could drones be used to make personal deliveries to our homes? In short, yes, it can, and will be done – and the FAA…
Amazon improves Cloud Drive – new version allows file synchronization (but doesn’t support Android or iOS yet)
Amazon today announced the availability of their improved Amazon Cloud Drive cloud storage service. The new version of Amazon Cloud Drive allows file synchronization via a desktop app for Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8, and Mac OS 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. No word on when support for Android, iOS, or other mobile platforms will…
Amazon announces “Coins” – its own “virtual currency” to be introduced in May 2013
It’s going to be interesting to see what direction Amazon takes with its newly announced virtual currency – “Coins”. The new concept could be promotional in nature, or possibly used to Amazon’s benefit by promoting customer loyalty and/or reeling in app developers and locking them in to Amazon’s App Store platform. Amazon Coins are a…
Amazon’s US-East data center agony – takes Netflix offline for 18 hours on Christmas Eve
Amazon’s US-East Region 1 data center is a popular choice for their ELB (Elastic Load Balancing) service because it’s cheap and typically is the first data center to get new services when Amazon rolls them out. It also tends to be a headache for US-East customers who rely on its CDN delivery network. On Christmas…
