Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
More details regarding Amazon’s upcoming music service: 20% off physical CDs for subscribers; non-subscribers get to download the CD in WindowsMedia format as soon as they order it. Some thoughts of ours regarding Amazon’s foray into the digital music arena can be found here.
BusinessWeek runs a piece on Tim Schaaff, Sony’s Senior VP of Software Development: the man who left Apple to undertake a huge task—make Sony’s software work. That means bringing the various departments closer, giving more power to software developers and keeping a low profile so as not to collide with the rather autonomous hardware engineers.
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The WSJ reports [via] that Amazon.com could be entering the music subscription services arena as soon as this summer—according to the paper, they’re in advanced talks with the major labels (EMI, Sony BMG, Universal, Warner). I was stunned to read that the company has already hired a staggering 3000 (that’s: three thousand) employees to work [...]