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Google Launched Music Beta Without Label’s Consent, All Eyes on Apple

Cody Lee ∙ Updated March 18, 2019

When we reported yesterday that Google unveiled its cloud service, we mentioned why it was such a shocker. Earlier rumors suggested that Google's talks with major record labels had come to a halt, so it was certainly strange to see them launch so quickly.

Apparently, losing support of the music industry wasn't enough to stop Google from launching their new cloud-based music service. CNET is reporting that the search giant moved forward with Music Beta, without obtaining any licenses from record labels...

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Google Beats Apple’s Cloud Service to the Punch

Cody Lee ∙ May 10, 2011

Google just spent the last few hours unveiling new technology and services at their global developer conference, Google I/O. Perhaps the most interesting announcement was that their new cloud service, Music Beta, is ready to go.

The completely cloud-based music service will compete directly with Amazon's newly released Cloud Drive, as well as whatever Apple has up its sleeve. It's surprising that Google was able to unveil the service so quickly, as their talks with record labels had been rumored to have soured...

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Amazon Cloud Player Now Works on the iPhone

Guest Author ∙ May 8, 2011

According to a report from TechCrunch, Amazon's Cloud Player has magically started working on the iPhone and other iOS devices. The service, which was initially available to only PC and Android users, seems to have gained iOS support.

When you visit the Amazon Cloud Player webpage, the website will inform you that your device is not supported, but after ignoring the message, all features seem to be working flawlessly. 

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Cydia Finally Back Online

Guest Author ∙ April 24, 2011

Cydia is finally back online! Literally, after 86 hours of downtime due to Amazon's EC2 outage, Cydia is up and running.

Cydia's founder, saurik (aka Jay Freeman), announced the good news via Twitter. You will now be able to proceed with regular Cydia operations, such as purchasing packages, use of the Theme Center, and managing your Cydia accounts... 

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Cydia Operating “Below Capacity,” Saurik Updates Homepage with News about Amazon EC2 Outage

Alex Heath ∙ April 24, 2011

Cydia's backend has been extensively affected by Amazon's EC2 outage. Towards the end of last week, Amazon's popular EC2 cloud computing service went offline and affected many heavily-trafficked services across the internet.

When EC2 went under, Cydia's store and account infrastructure went with it. Any type of account activity remained unavailable until EC2 slowly started kicking back in over the weekend.

Cydia's creator and admin, saurik, has posted an update to Cydia's homepage explaining the issues that Cydia has been experiencing for the past 84+ hours.

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Some Cydia Functions Remain Offline Due to Ongoing Amazon Cloud Outage

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 23, 2011

I think we can pretty much agree that Amazon's EC2 cloud computing reputation has taken a severe hit over the last couple of days.

It's now officially Saturday, and while a lot of the sites that were initially impacted by Amazon's massive cloud computing outage are back up, there are still quite a few casualties out in the wild.

One such casualty hits particularly close to home for the jailbreak community, that of course being Cydia.

Cydia is still partially down as of me writing this, and there is no sure-fire ETA to look forward to...

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Apple Gets Cozy With Two Major Music Labels, Seeks Dates With Remaining Two

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated November 13, 2019

Yesterday we informed you that Apple's Cloud Music Service was finished, and ready to go live ahead of major competitor Google.

Today, news corroborating those reports have surfaced, and it's been revealed that Apple has already completed negotiations with two of the industry's four major record labels.

The major record labels consist of EMI, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony. The reports fail to mention which of the two that have given Apple the green-light, but it's largely expected that all four will eventually give Apple their blessings...

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Cydia Experiencing Issues Due to Amazon EC2 Outage? [UPDATED]

Alex Heath ∙ April 21, 2011

According to a recent tweet from big-name jailbreak dev chpwn, it appears that Cydia is experiencing connectivity issues due to a prolonged outage of Amazon's EC2 cloud computing service.

EC2 is a service used by many heavily-trafficked services on the internet, and Amazon has been experiencing an EC2 service outage for an astounding 16+ hours. Some say that Cydia is working fine, but the jailbreak store has been experiencing intermittent connectivity issues since the EC2 outage began.

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Apple’s Cloud Service Almost Ready to Launch

Cody Lee ∙ April 21, 2011

We've heard a lot of talk regarding this cloud thing Apple's been working on. It's supposed to allow iTunes customers to store their media on a remote server, and then access it from anywhere they have an internet connection.

It's obviously coming. Apple built that huge data center in North Carolina and rented all that digital storage space for something. We've heard rumors that the service could launch right alongside a revamped MobileMe sometime this spring, but will Apple be able to meet expectations?

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Amazon Running iPhone 5 Advertisements

Jeff Benjamin ∙ April 11, 2011

I'm all for planning a good strategy, being proactive, and all of those other productivity buzzwords.

But when a product hasn't even been announced, let alone released, I think advertising an unannounced product that you had no hand in creating might be going too far.

That's the circumstance that Amazon finds themselves in right now, because if you perform a Google search for "iPhone 5" it'll return iPhone 5 advertisements that point to Amazon.

So what exactly happens when you click the link? Where does it take you?

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Apple Files Lawsuit Against Amazon Over ‘App Store’ Trademark

Guest Author ∙ Updated October 23, 2016

Amazon has had an "appstore" developer portal since January; a place where developers can submit mobile applications for approval and then sell them on Amazon's website.

Bloomberg reports that Apple has filed a lawsuit against Amazon Inc. on March 18th over the “App Store” trademark used in their developer portal...

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