Last year, Google talked about the Google Music service. Apple is also rumored to be working on Cloud based service which it will be announcing with the release of Apple iOS 5 later this year.
But Amazon has beaten both of these Tech Tycoons with the launch of Amazon Cloud Music Service. Amazon has announced Cloud Player, a music player that lets users upload their music to Amazon’s servers and play them via the web or Android.
With the Amazon’s Cloud Player service you can now save your MP3s to Amazon Cloud Drive. It also has an option to upload music from a hard drive to a user’s Cloud Drive. Users are given 5 GB of free storage but can get 20 GB if they purchase an album through Amazon. It’s $1 per GB after that.
Cloud Player comes as a web-app as well as an Android app. Both players allow users to upload their music, create playlists and organize their music. And because it’s a cloud-based platform, users can access their music and settings from any compatible browser or an Android device.
Currently sites like Grooveshark and Last.fm provide cloud based music service. With the launch of Amazon’s Cloud Music, I think these might be coming in trouble. Amazon’s Cloud Player will certainly face stiff competition when Google and Apple launch their own streaming music services, especially given Google’s control over Android and Apple’s control over iPhone and iTunes.
Yahoo! has decided to officially shut down it’s MyBlogLog service on May 24, 2011. So, starting today, it has exactly three months to live.
All the Premium users will not be charged after this date. Any unused portions of their subscription amount will be refunded back.
This is what Yahoo! sent to it’s MyBlogLog users via mail:
Dear MyBlogLog Customer,
You have been identified as a customer of Yahoo! MyBlogLog. We will officially discontinue Yahoo! MyBlogLog effective May 24, 2011. Your agreement with Yahoo!, to the extent that it applies to the Yahoo! MyBlogLog, will terminate on May 24, 2011.
After May 24, 2011 your credit card will no longer be charged for premium services on MyBlogLog. We will refund you the unused portion of your subscription, if any. The refund will appear as a credit via the billing method we have on file for you. To make sure that your billing information is correct and up to date, visit https://billing.yahoo.com.
Questions? If you have questions about these changes, please visit the Yahoo! MyBlogLog help pages.
We thank you for being a customer on Yahoo! MyBlogLog.
Sincerely,
The Yahoo! My BlogLog Team
The MyBlogLog service helps bloggers and affiliate marketers to track the visits on their sites and gives traffic to their site. So, how will this decision affect your small businesses? Tell us in the Comments section.
WPPluginsBlog is holding a blogging contest. 3 winners will be selected and a total of $1000 prizes will be distributed among the winners.
The prizes include Thesis Theme, Keyword Winner Plugin, WordPress SEO Service, OIOPublisher Plugin, Thesis Customization Service and 1 year Platinum Membership from Blogengage. If you’re a new blogger, or planning to start a blog, these prizes are surely a golden cup for you.
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Participation rules are simple! You need to make a blog post about the contest and like WPPluginsBlog on Facebook. Also, there are some surprise cash prizes to be won. To win the surprise cash prize, you need to make a video about the contest and upload it on YouTube.
The winners will be announced on January 1, 2011.
You can head up to WPPluginsBlog and check out all the details.
Microsoft released Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista: Service Pack 2 on 26th May.
I earlier had Windows Vista Ultimate: Service Pack 1 on my Dell Lappy. I upgraded it to SP2. Here’s a screeny:
Before installing, here are few things you need to know:
Prerequisites
If you have any beta versions of SP2 installed, they must be un-installed prior to installing
Use the Control Panel applet “Programs and Features” and select “View installed updates” from the top left of the task pane, under Windows, look for KB94846
You must have a genuine copy of Windows Server 2008 with SP1 or Windows Vista with SP1 installed on the computer prior to installing SP2
Windows Server 2008 released with the Service Pack 1 code included
SP2 is the first post-release Service Pack for Windows Server 2008
Recommendations
If “vLite” was used to customize your Windows Vista installation, you may have removed required system components which prevent Service Pack 2 from installing. See KB 968279 for additional details before installing Service Pack 2.
Beta versions of Windows Server 2008 SP2/Windows Vista SP2 are time-limited software that will operate until June 1st, 2010. If you installed any beta versions of Windows Server 2008 SP2/Windows Vista SP2 it is highly recommended that you uninstall them before June 1st, 2010
Yahoo! has decided to officially shut down it’s MyBlogLog service on May 24, 2011. So, starting today, it has exactly three months to live.
