Samsung Electronics is acquiring cloud-based entertainment service mSpot. It plans to use the California-based business to provide music, video and radio services to Samsung customers and says it’ll extend mSpot’s cloud and streaming solutions to a broader consumer base.
Entertainment from mSpot will be integrated with new Samsung mobile devices.
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Google has transformed its Android Market store into Google Play.
The new service also incorporates Google Music and the Google eBook store, providing a single location to search and download apps, music, movies and books to Android phones and tablets.
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Dolby is demonstrating HDR (High Dynamic Range) photo encoding on a smartphone at Mobile World Congress this week.
The technology combines a number of photos with different exposures to produce a final image that captures shadows and highlights without over-exposure or under-exposure. Each photo is saved as an JPEG-HDR file, which enables it to be viewed on conventional photo viewers. However, the additional HDR information remains in the image file, offering the opportunity of returning to the image after it was taken and using HDR software to adjust the exposure.
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The BBM Music service, which enables BlackBerry owners to share their favourite tracks with friends, has introduced an offer that gives up to six months free access for new users in the UK, Spain and Italy.
New US and Canadian users will receive up to four months usage.
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Mobile music discovery service Shazam has launched its own music player for iOS devices.
The Shazam Player, which is available on the Apple App Store, enables customers to browse through their music library and add more tracks via iTunes. It’ll also play YouTube videos and includes social networking options along with Shazam’s LyricPlay ‘streaming lyrics’ feature.
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