Both here on iTechrport.com.au and Delimiter.com.au there is much gnashing of teeth about Google releasing innovative products and services and excluding Australia from them. However, Amazon has been rapidly expanding its consumer services and blocking the Antipodes from accessing them. So what services are there? Amazon MP3 store Amazon Video streaming Amazon Android App Store Amazon Cloud music service (which is tied into their music store) Amazon Prime (free delivery and access to streaming content) [...]

Google has confirmed it’s Web Store for applications will be available later today with 500 launch apps. Submissions for applications from developers opened earlier this year, with applications available from companies including New York Times, NPR, Sports Illustrated and Amazon, with the search giant citing issues between developers and getting their apps known as the reason behind the store. “From a developers standpoint… it’s very hard to monetize applications”, Sundar Pichai, Google Vice President of [...]