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Amazon launched its own streaming music service called Amazon Cloud Drive. You can now store music and digital files on Amazon’s servers and access them from any web-ready device. Five gigabytes of data will be offered for free, with an upgrade to twenty gigabytes if you purchase an MP3 album. In other news, Nokia believes that Apple is violating its wireless patents, using their innovations to build the iPhone. The lawsuits cover forty-six patents, some of which existed up to ten years before the iPhone. Nokia is looking to protect over $60 billion in research and investments. And finally, after pressure from high-profile Israeli leaders, Facebook removed a page that asked Palestinians to rise up against Israel. The page had over 350,000 fans and urged people to take the streets on May 15th. Facebook said that it would continue to take down any page that directly calls for violence.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with AI strategy, implementation and governance, as well as technology, media and marketing. Named one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices in Technology, he is a bestselling author, covers tech and business for Fox 5’s Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN, and writes the popular daily business blog Think About This. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.