Just months after SoundCloud launched its long-anticipated streaming subscription service, it’s attracted a rather large subscription of sorts from Twitter: the social networking platform has invested $70 million in the music service. [More]
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Amazon Extending Some Prime Benefits To Partner Sites
The way an Amazon Prime membership works right now, all of the perks of online shopping, like free two-day shipping, are benefits enjoyed only while purchasing goods on Amazon itself. But now Amazon is dipping its toes in the pool of friendship, as it’s joining up with partner sites to extend some of those benefits to shoppers buying stuff on other sites as well. [More]