Apple : Kindle Unlimited looks a lot like Netflix subscription for ebooks |
| Kindle Unlimited looks a lot like Netflix subscription for ebooks Posted:  Read a lot of ebooks? Amazon customers may soon have access to more than 600,000 such titles for one low monthly subscription fee, judging from several test web pages spotted on the e-tailer's site. GigaOM today reported that Amazon may be planning to become the Netflix of ebooks, judging from mistakenly leaked product pages advertising a new subscription service called Kindle Unlimited. The pages in question were first spotted by publishers and readers on the Kindle Boards early Wednesday, although most of that evidence vanished from Amazon's website as quickly as it first appeared. Thankfully, Google Cache has come to the rescue, allowing those cached pages to be called up from the great beyond for further scrutiny ahead of Amazon officially launching the all-you-can-eat ebook subscription service. Freedom to exploreOne such screenshot touts "unlimited access to over 600,000 titles and thousands of audiobooks on any device for just $9.99 (about UK£6, AU$11) a month," which sounds a lot like what competing ebook subscription services Scribd and Oyster already offer. For the moment, available Kindle Unlimited content appears to be flush with titles already available through the Kindle Owners' Lending Library, which allows Amazon Prime subscribers who also own one of the e-tailer's hardware tablets to "borrow" one ebook free each month. Conspicuously absent from the test pages, however, are major publishers like Simon & Schuster or HarperCollins, both of whom already offer titles to Amazon's subscription-based competitors. One web page entitled "KU Test" which is still live at this writing displays a total of 638,416 available ebook titles, plus another 7,351 Whispersync for Voice-enabled audiobooks, which could offer Amazon a competitive edge over rivals.
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| Triple threat: Apple iWatch rumoured to arrive in three variants Posted:  In recent months we've heard plenty about Apple's rumoured plans to offer iPhone 6 size options for the first time. Speculation on Tuesday suggests the firm may be planning a similar strategy for the iWatch too. Reports out of Taiwan suggest the company is planning to launch not one, not two, but three iWatch variants later this year. According to the Economic Daily, the firm is plotting an iWatch with a 1.6-inch display and a further two with 1.8-inch displays, once of which featuring a sapphire crystal display. The site claims Apple is planning for a Q3 launch this year, but all recent speculation has pointed a holiday release for the long-awaited wearable device. Pads for a Pro?Interestingly, Economic Daily also claims Apple is still on track to launch an iPad Pro, an ultra-premium high end tablet with a 12.9-inch display. That talk was all the rage a few months back, but there's been little word lately as the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 talk begins to gather momentum. The report says it'll be available by the end of the year. As with all Apple rumours, it's important to take this latest information with a large shaker of sodium chloride. |
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