CE Newswire - 05.30.14

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Today's Top 3 Stories #1 Amazon Prime To Offer Music Streaming Service — With 6-Month-Old Songs   Amazon will expand its Prime membership offerings by adding a stockpile of old and newish music for subscribers to stream on demand. The Prime music service, which is scheduled to launch this June or July, will not include recent releases but instead restrict its catalog to songs and albums that are 6 months old and older, five music industry sources familiar with the company's plans confirmed to BuzzFeed. (BuzzFeed) Why This Is Important: Seems like the company is trying to justify the $20 Prime rate hike announced in March by adding value to the popular membership program. #2 Report: Oculus Rift Is Helping Samsung With Its Own Virtual Reality Headset   We've heard rumors that Samsung is working on a VR headset, which should really come as no surprise. What is a surprise is that, according to Engadget, Samsung has help from the big guys: Oculus VR.  (Gizmodo) Why This Is Important: The Facebook-owned Oculus has drawn some criticism for the quality of the display screens in its existing VR headsets. A deal with Samsung could give them access to a supply chain of much more sophisticated screen panels for future models. #3 Acer's First Wearable, The Liquid Leap Fitness Tracker, Will Only Ship With A Phone   Acer has disclosed a few more details about its first wearable: The wristband is called the Liquid Leap, and it will ship as a package deal with the high-end Liquid Jade Android smartphone starting in the third quarter. (PCWorld) Why This Is Important: The Liquid Leap marks another attempt by struggling Acer to transition its focus from computers to portable devices.  4. What To Expect From Apple's WWDC Keynote On Monday (Ars Technica) 5. Apple Paying $500 Million For Beats Music, $2.5 Billion For Beats Electronics (Wall Street Journal) 6. Analyst: Apple Will Kill Off Pandora, SiriusXM (Seeking Alpha) 7. Microsoft Prepping Always-On Smartwatch (PCMag) 8. Buying Vs. Building -- What's Driving Retail Mergers &Acquisitions? (Forbes) 9. Test Your ISP's Video Quality With YouTube Tool (PCMag) 10. Acer's "Build Your Own Cloud" Wants To Turn Your PC Into Personal Data Center (PC World) "There are going to be Windows devices and there are going to be other devices and we have to make sure our services run on all of them. It's time for us to build the next big thing." -- Microsoft CEO Satya Nadellaz Blog Post of The Day NASA Uses Smart Sandals To Stop Astronauts Cheating Their Exercise Routines By Sharif Sakr A happy byproduct of zero gravity is an astronaut's ability to totally fake a power-lifting session. (Oh gosh this barbell is so heavy, Houston, do you copy?) Then again, given the rate at which the human body loses bone and muscle strength in a weightless environment, such cheating would almost certainly backfire. More » Upcoming Events E3 June 10-12 Los Angeles Convention Center Los Angeles www.e3expo.com D&H Education Back to School Show June 18 Lancaster Marriott & Convention Center Lancaster, Pa. www.dandh.com Azione Unlimited Fall Conference Oct. 8-10 Sheraton Austin Austin, Texas www.azioneunlimited.com Was this copy of CE Newswire forwarded to you? Start your own subscription by clicking here. TWICE Editorial Team Stephen Smith, Editor In Chief Phone: (917) 281-4754 | Email Greg Tarr, Executive Editor Phone: (917) 281-4760 | Email John Laposky, Managing Editor Phone: (917) 281-4736 | Email Lisa Johnston, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4733 | Email Joseph Palenchar, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4746 | Email Alan Wolf, Senior Editor Phone: (917) 281-4769 | Email

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