Amazon Launches Cloud Player
Looks like Amazon beat Google and Apple to the cloud-based music player with the launch of Cloud Player, a music player that lets anyone upload their music to Amazon’s servers and play them via the web or Android. The new Cloud Player adds a new “Save to Amazon Cloud Drive” button for saving MP3s to the cloud, as well as an option to upload music from a hard drive to a user’s Cloud Drive. Users will have 5 GB of free storage, but if they want a bigger storage they can get 20 GB by purchasing an album through Amazon. It’s $1 per GB after that.
Cloud Player is available in two flavors, an app for the web and an Android app counterpart. Both players enable users to upload their music, create playlists and organize their music. And thanks to its cloud-based platform, users will be able to access their music and settings from any compatible computer or Android device.
Kindle Subscribers to Get Free Access to NYTimes.com
In more Amazon news: Amazon has just announced that Kindle users who subscribe to The New York Times on their device will be getting access to the news site for free. No date has been announced yet when the access will be available tho. Only last week New York Times announced its paywall, which allows for free access to a set amount of content across digital platforms. The Kindle subscription for the New York Times costs $19.99 per month, and these users will not have to pay for any content when accessing the NYTimes.com. For non-home delivery subscribers, access to the NYTimes.com plus its Smartphone Apps starts at $15 every four weeks. For tablet access, the subscription will cost $20.
