• Google to publishers, we’re a better fit than Apple

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiz_2c_QpOQ] Just one day after Apple made its App Store subscription service available to publishers, Google says hey anything you can do we can do better.  They have a similar service for its Android platform. It will also work in Web-based clients and Chrome OS since that is all it is anyway. This will let publishers hit multiple platforms with one…

  • I was wrong first one to leave AppStore over subscriptions may be Rhapsody not Sony

      Rhapsody has issued a statement, which says that it’s not going to play ball and even levels a bit of a threat: “We will be collaborating with our market peersin determining an appropriate legal and business response to this latest development.” The big trouble stems from the fact that Apple requires anybody offering a…

  • Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store

    So let us see who jumps ship first. Sony, Amazon or Nook. My money is on Sony… Below is the press release; Apple Launches Subscriptions on the App Store CUPERTINO, California-February 15, 2011-Apple® today announced a new subscription service available to all publishers of content-based apps on the App Store℠, including magazines, newspapers, video, music,…