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Spotify Lands In US

Spotify streaming music service is currently in an invite-only beta phase, but you can sign up for an invitation or jump the queue right into the service’s Unlimited ($5) or Premium ($10) monthly subscription tiers and with sign up you can start piping millions of free tunes directly to your desktop. Spotify has something like 13 million available tracks for you to listen to with Mac and PC clients designed to help you setup your service and there are mobile clients for iOS, Android, Symbian, webOS, and older Windows Mobile devices………….

Microsoft Licenses GeoVector

Microsoft licenses GeoVector’s augmented reality search for local guidance and potentially opening the door to pointing-based local search being included in future mobile devices like Windows Phone handsets. While much of the technology relies on GPS and a compass for directional-based discovery, the licensor also holds intellectual property for object recognition and it’s unclear whether this element falls within the agreement…………..

Microsoft Invests Billion Into Partners

Microsoft announced that it will invest 5.8 billion dollars into the Microsoft Partner Network in fiscal year 2012 and the expenditure will be a combination of tools, training and incentives. Microsoft is also starting a new communications competency in which partners can obtain Gold or Silver competencies and offering monetary incentives and license mobility through Microsoft Software Assurance for Hyper-V, System Center and SQL Server to help software hosting partners boost sales by allowing customers to deploy server application licenses with Software Assurance either on-premise or in the cloud………….

New Android Market Update With Movies And Books

Google announced a new and improved Android Market for phones, which will offer more top app lists, books, movies and an improved layout this week, is a noticeable improvement over the old clunky looking marketplace. The new look will start rolling out to phones over the next month and the biggest disappointment is that rooted phones do not have access to movies. It will require Android 2.2 Froyo or higher and floks over android police show how to get the new Android Market with Movies & Books now, you will find the steps end of this post………….

Sony HD-PG5 External Hard Drive

Sony has decided to delve in to the world of external USB drives with the company’s first USB 3.0 drive and introduced its first external hard drive, the HD-PG5, which is designed for use with Sony Bravia TVs, Playstation 3 and of course PC, Mac and Laptop. Sony HD-PG5U USB 3.0 drive is finished with a scratch-resistant paint to ensure that when you’re traveling around it’s not going to get easily scratched and has 500GB of storage and will work with Windows, as well as being compatible with Mac OS X…………….

ODAT Tracker App Can Monitors Deals From 19 Merchants

Hunter Research and Technology, LLC has announced the of release of ODAT Tracker 2.0 on the Mac App Store. This free app tracks deals from 19 online merchants of outdoor gear and apparel, covering both “one deal at a time” sites and daily deals. ODAT Tracker 2.0 includes the merchants in the list bellow.

Sony VAIO Z Series Laptops Arrives In US

The Vaio Z series was already the cream in Sony’s sea of half-and-half rigs with prices to match, but this update goes a long way to validating the $2,000 price tag and that’s just for the base model. Sony announces world’s lightest 13-inch standard voltage PC and VAIO Z series laptop packs a heavyweight performance punch into featherweight design, which arrives in the US, goes up for pre-order starting at $2,000…………..

AT&T To Sponsor Kindle 3G With Special Offers

Amazon already launched an sponsored version of their WiFi Kindle earlier in the year which is available for a reduced price and now they announced a 3G spored version of the Kindle 3, called the Kindle 3G with Special Offers. Kindle 3G with Special Offers comes with a data connections from US mobile carrier AT&T and there are no monthly fees or connection charges for the connection. New Kindle 3G with Special Offers is supported by adverts and it will retail for $139. The new option joins the already announced ad-support WiFi model, which will run you $114 and replaces the $164 non-AT&T-sponsored 3G version and this cheaper Kindle is actually a replacement for the older ad-supported 3G model…………….