Want to find a song? It’s probably on YouTube… but you might have to watch an ad before you can stream it, or put up with the occasional take-down notice when a song is uploaded without permission from the artist (or record label). Now there’s a new way to stream music from YouTube. Google is […]
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Would you pay a subscription for ad-free YouTube?
The head of YouTube says Google is considering offering a subscription-based version of the online video service. Speaking at the Code/Mobile conference this week, Susan Wojcicki suggested that one way to do that would be to offer subscribers an ad-free experience. What do you think? Would you pay a monthly fee to get rid of the […]
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CBS launches streaming video service for $6 per month: A la carte video fees could stack up
7 Comments on CBS launches streaming video service for $6 per month: A la carte video fees could stack upYesterday HBO announced it would launch a standalone online video streaming service in 2015, allowing you to access the network’s programming without a cable subscription. Now another US TV network has launched its own streaming video service. CBS All Access offers 6,500 TV episodes on demand for $6 per month. Of course, you could always […]
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Lilbits (7-29-2014): Why the Vivaldi open source tablet failed
Once upon a time a group of developers working on the open source KDE Plasma Active desktop environment for mobile devices figured it’d be cool if there was a tablet designed specifically to run the software. So they tried to find a device maker to offer truly open hardware with no proprietary components. It would […]
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Oyster’s Netflix-for-eBooks app now available for Android
Oyster is a subscription-based eBook service that lets you read all the eBooks you’d like for $10 per month. while that might not be a great value for casual, occasional readers, folks who buy a lot of books can save a lot of money with this sort of Netflix-for-eBooks type of service. Up until recently […]
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Amazon Prime Music launches, gives subscribers a million tunes to stream
Amazon’s new music streaming service lets subscribers listen to a million songs. Just browse the Amazon music store, add albums, songs, or playlists to your library, and you can stream them. While Amazon Prime Music doesn’t have as many songs as rivals Spotify or Google Play Music, lacks access to recent hits, and has no […]
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Netflix hikes prices by $1 per month (£1, €1 in UK, Europe)
Good news everyone! If you’re a current Netflix subscriber, you can continue paying the same monthly rate for the next 2 years. Oh yeah… that’s probably not really news, since it’s the same rate Netflix has been charging most customers for its instant video streaming service since inception. Here’s what’s new: the company has announced that new customers […]
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Lilbits (4-21-2014): Netflix price hike
Apparently Amazon’s not the only company in the mood for price hikes. Just days after the price of an Amazon Prime membership in the US jumped from $79 per year to $99, online video service Netflix announced plans to increase its monthly subscriber fee. Netflix mentioned the price hike in the company’s latest shareholder report. The […]
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Microsoft introduces Office 365 Personal for $70 per year
This spring Microsoft will offer a new, cheaper subscription option for its Office 365 service. For $6.99 per month or $69.99 per year, Office 365 Personal will let you install Office on one PC or Mac and one tablet. That’s $30 per year less than the price of Office 365 Home Premium, which lets you […]
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Amazon Prime price hike: $99 for free shipping, digital media
Amazon is raising the price for its Amazon Prime subscription service for the first time since it launched in 2005. Starting March 20th, 2014 the price will rise from $79 per year to $99 per year. New subscribers will have to pay the new rate, as will anyone renewing a subscription — although students can […]
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Would you pay for a premium YouTube music-on-demand service?
YouTube is reportedly getting ready to launch a music-on-demand service that will let subscribers listen to any song and watch any music video in the YouTube catalog at any time… which is something you can kind of already do for free. But Billboard reports the new service would let you cache music so you can […]
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Oyster introduces Netflix for eBooks: All-you-can-read for $10 per month
Netflix changed the way many people watch videos when the company started offering the ability to stream as many TV shows and movies as you’d like for as little as $8 per month. Now a company called Oyster wants to do something similar with eBooks. Here’s the pitch: You pay $9.95 per month and you […]