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Amazon combines Prime, LoveFilm Instant services
2014-02-21 10:48:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Amazon is combining the Amazon Prime and LoveFilm Instant subscription services in the UK from 26 February. Amazon Prime offers members unlimited one-day delivery on more than 7 million items and access to 500,000 Kindle books to borrow. LoveFilm Instant includes unlimited streaming of more than 15,000 popular movies and TV episodes. When the two services combine, Prime will be offered for GBP 79 a year, a saving of 35 percent compared to the two previously separate services. As a special offer, for one week only, new customers can secure a full year of Prime at GBP 49. As LoveFilm Instant becomes Prime Instant Video, Amazon is also boosting its investment in exclusive content and original programming only available through Prime. This new combined service is also being rolled out in Germany, with Prime Instant Video costing EUR 49 per year there, a 56 percent saving compared to the two separate services. Customers signing up early can get Prime for EUR 29 for 12 months.
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'Mosaic' landscapes reduce fire risk, boost climate resilience in Peruvian Amazon
2014-02-20 08:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ricardo Vásquez Sánchez glances up at the dry thatched roof on the wood-framed platform that is his home in Peru's sweltering Amazon lowlands. "If a spark lands there, it'll go up in flames,' he says. It is a very real danger, especially in the driest months of the year -- June through September, when his neighbors set fire to fields and pastures. A rogue gust of wind could whip the fire toward his home, burning through his cacao bushes and fruit trees, forcing him to flee with his wife and...
Amazon Expands Virtual Currency Coins to Android
2014-02-19 21:33:42| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Those in the U.S., U.K., and Germany can now buy, spend, and earn Amazon Coins on their Android phones and tablets.
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Amazon rainforest growth spurts were NASA satellite error
2014-02-18 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Surprising dry season growth spurts spotted in the beleaguered Amazon rainforest are fake, the result of misleading satellite data, a new study finds. Most plants sprout new growth during wet seasons, and conserve their energy when it's dry. So scientists were surprised when they discovered the Amazon forest turns green during the tropical dry season from June through October even during an extreme drought based on data from NASA's Terra satellite. The initial findings were published in the...
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Amazon Prime price hike might not lead to defections
2014-02-18 12:20:54| IT Services - Topix.net
Ever since Amazon.com said it's considering raising membership fees for its Prime free-shipping service, there's been plenty of speculation that customers would walk away from the service.
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