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Flagging Kindle Fire to be stoked with update

Despite its name, the Kindle Fire – Amazon’s highly promoted tablet – has seen relatively lukewarm success with its early users; however, a soon to be released update will seek to rekindle the fire (pun intended). When the device first hit the market, Amazon insisted the Kindle Fire was a hot top-seller . However, enthusiasm has somewhat cooled as the list of user complaints have grown, including: no external volume control; an off switch that is easily hit by accident; no privacy on the device; sluggish touch screens; as well as the ‘fat finger problem’ – where items on the screen are too small, leading to tap errors and accidental activation. According to a recent report in the New York Times , the individual grievances recorded on Amazon’s website have received some confirmation. Nielsen Norman Group co-founder Jakob Nielsen said the Fire offered a “disappointingly poor” experience and added, “I feel the Fire is going to be a failure. I can’t recommend buying it.” All of this would be enough to augur an early death for even the most heavily marketed item, but Amazon sees the Kindle as critical to its future success, and is willing to acknowledge it is working on improvements. “In less than two weeks, we’re rolling out an over-the-air update to Kindle Fire,” said Drew Herdener, a company spokesman. The update will reportedly include improvements in performance and multi-touch navigation, as well as allowing customers to edit the list of items that show what they have recently been doing. As the New York Times put it, “No more will wives wonder why their husbands were looking at a dating site when they said they were playing Angry Birds.” Additionally, an improved version of the device itself is due soon, though Amazon has declined to say exactly when.

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YouTube acquires RightsFlow

YouTube has acquired licencing service RightsFlow, it has announced. The popular video-sharing website will use RightFlow’s muscle to help tackle online copyright issues and provide “smart copyright management” to its platform. “We’re excited to announce that we’ve acquired RightsFlow, a New York-based company that helps songwriters, recording artists, record labels, distributors and online music services manage music rights,” product manager David King wrote on the YouTube Blog . “As new ways of consuming music have emerged, RightsFlow has been at the forefront of solving the complex issues of licensing and royalty payment management. “By combining RightsFlow’s expertise and technology with YouTube’s platform, we hope to more rapidly and efficiently license music on YouTube, meaning more music for you all to enjoy, and more money for the talented people producing the music.” As YouTube has evolved, so have licensing agreements and copyright issues. In its earliest form, YouTube came under fire from critics who claimed the video site allowed and encouraged materials to appear on its site that infringed copyright laws. Both YouTube and its parent company Google have been involved in several legal disputes on the issue – including a class action suit lodged by a group of music publishers accusing YouTube of allowing pirated materials to appear on site. After reaching a settlement in August, the publishers said in a statement: “As a result of this resolution, music publishers will have the opportunity to enter into a license agreement with YouTube and receive royalties from YouTube for musical works in videos posted on the site.” YouTube has since worked to shake any pirated content out of its site with a filter system, and by adding RightsFlow to its arsenal the web’s most popular video-sharing service will conceivably be in a better position to help artists and groups tackle issues regards rights and distribution.

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Dabble Complies with Social Web Rights

The recently-proposed Bill of Rights for Users of The Social Web, has been complied with by rich media sharing portal, Dabble.com.

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Google Maps, Deployed by MediaScrape

TV Internet broadcasting company, MediaScrape, has chosen to integrate Google Maps, so that more broadcasters may be added to its portfolio, completing the YouTube Deal, CBC News deal.

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Submit Express Ranked on Inc. List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Submit Express, Inc., the leader among search engine marketing firms since 1998, has been named to Inc. Magazine\

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