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Amazon Signs Streaming Agreement with NBCUniversal

July 27th, 2011 Kevin Martinez

Amazon announced on Thursday it signed a licence agreement with NBCUniversal Domestic TV Distribution that allows its Prime members  free streaming access to select Universal Pictures movies through Prime Instant Video. Amazon said the deal will bring the total number of Prime instant videos to over 9,000 movies and TV shows from 8,000 previously.

Amazon Prime customers will be able to instantly watch popular Universal movies with no extra fees. Universal titles available to Prime customers will include popular movies such as “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Elizabeth,” and “Gosford Park.” For the kids, there’s “Babe,” “Flipper,” and “Jetsons – The Movie,” as well as other favorites like “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” “Notting Hill,” “Being John Malkovich”, “Fletch,” and “Billy Elliott.”

“We are very excited to offer Prime members popular Universal films at no additional cost,” Cameron Janes, director of Amazon Instant Video said in a statement. “Our customers love movies and now we offer them mor

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Tags: Agreement, Agreement Nbcuniversal

Welcome Cynthia Johnston: IBN’s Local Director: Gatlinburg, TN

July 26th, 2011 Kevin Martinez

I know these announcements are coming fast and furious. I did not expect the deluge of interest from IBN members who are excited about expanding their sphere of influence locally! Im thrilled, and feel like Im getting a mini tour of the country via informative conversations with my members about the small business climate in their towns. I hope you are enjoying these glimpses into life in other cities. I am sharing them with you as they occur so I dont get behind!

Cynthia Johnston

So far, Ive introduced you to the new IBN leaders in Louisville, State College, Cincinnati, New York City, Louisville, Baltimore, Los Angeles and also in Northern New Jersey, Portland, Or, and Boston. Today, Im thrilled to introduce you to Cynthia Johnston, IBNs Local Director in Gatlinburg, TN. Cynthia is CEO of Moonmaid Botanicals and has been a member of IBN since September 2007. She makes handmade aromatherapy creams and balms from the organic herbs she cultivates in her garden. Read all post…

Tags: Local, Local Director

iRiver Story HD to come With Integrated Google eBooks Platform

July 24th, 2011 Kevin Martinez

This morning Google announced on its official blog that it’s partnering with iRiver to launch the first e-reader device with integrated Google eBooks platform. The iriver Story HD e-reader will be available starting July 17 at Target retail stores across the US and on Target.com.

The device will cost $139.99 and will allow users access to more than 3 million free titles and thousands of paid titles in the Google eBooks storefront that they can buy and read over Wi-Fi. The company says you’ll also be able to store your ebooks library in the cloud.

The iriver Story HD comes with a QWERTY keyboard and it is the lightest e-reader of its class. The device has a high-resolution 6-inch display, long battery life and fast page-turn performance.

“With the Story HD you can now browse, buy and read Google eBooks with your e-reader through Wi-Fi, rather than downloading and transferring them from computer to e-reader with a cord as you can already do with more than 80 compatible devices,” Pratip Banerji, Google Books Product Manager wrote in a blog post.

The search giant launched its eBooks platform in December, enabling users to read Google eBooks on any device with a modern browser, compatible ereaders, the Chrome Web Store as well as Android and iOS mobile devices through the Google Books mobile apps. Since Dece

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Tags: Ebooks Platform, Iriver Story Hd, Platform, Story Hd

Microsoft: Building Business in the Cloud

July 24th, 2011 Kevin Martinez

During the first day of this year’s Microsoft WPC the company’s execs discussed how partners can benefit from the transition to cloud the cloud by helping customers improve agility, focus on business goals and reduce costs.

Emphasizing that cloud computing is the biggest shift ever seen in the IT, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella said that  together with the company’s partners, Microsoft will help customers through the transition. “By betting on Microsoft’s comprehensive approach to cloud computing, partners can embrace this transformation and build strong and vibrant practices that will advance how business gets done,” Nadella said.

Nadella also announced that partners can now sell their applications through the Windows Azure Marketplace to reach more customers and help grow revenues. This capability builds on the extensive set of partner data offerings already available for sale through the Windows Azure Marketplace. Recently Microso Read all post…

Tags: Cloud

Video: What Ants Teach Us About Community and Collaboration

July 24th, 2011 Kevin Martinez

I enjoyed watchingThe Secret World of Ants this morning on CBS. Watch this fascinating video trailer from the show. (Sorry for the commercials before and after the video but it is worth watching.)

It is interesting to see what ants can teach us about the benefits of cooperation and collaboration. Here are three things ants can teach us about how cooperation and collaboration make us all better.

  1. Smarter together.

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Yelp Reaches 20 Million Reviews

July 22nd, 2011 Kevin Martinez

Yelp has reached an important milestone announcing that the social reviews and local search service now has more than 20 million reviews. To mark the big accomplishment, the company has created an infographic presenting various interesting stats.

The heatmap of reviews or as Yelp calls it “The United States of Yelp” outlined the most reviewed businesses, zip codes with most check-ins and other interesting facts, and proclaimed Chicago, IL as the “Third Yelpiest City in the World.”

The infographic also shows the growth path of the company since its inception in 2004. Yelp had hit its first million reviews in 2007 and climbed to 10 million in three years time. In little over a year, Yelp doubled that number. The company noted that the service now has 53 million unique monthly visitors.

“From day one we’ve remained vigilant on ensuring that the quality of content on Yelp is top notch and that very approach has led to 53 million unique users relying on us each month — whether it’s to find a hot dog vendor in London, eyelash extensions in New York or The Bronze Fonz in Milwaukee,” Yelp CEO, Jeremy Stoppelman wrote in a blog post.

Among other interesting stats is that it would take 42 years for the site to be read out loud in its entirety, and highest number of reviews written in one day is 32, 425. People using the ser

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Tags: 20 Million, 20 Million Reviews, Million Reviews, Reviews
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