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amazon is now in the business of selling you a plumber painter or pilates instructor I'm Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update if you bought a book case on amazon you can also shop on amazon for someone to put it together for you the retail giant launched amazon home services it lists more than 2 million professionals to help with handyman projects for your home your car and your garden there are also more personal services offered such as music lessons or private yoga instruction the prices vary by job for example $100 gets you two hours of housecleaning amazon curates reviews and does background checks on all companies listed which directly competes with Yelp and Angie's List you'll likely see these services pop up as suggestions when you're buying related items on Amazon if you purchase a TV amazon will suggest a professional nearby to help you hang it on the wall it's launching across the u.s. now and if the job isn't done right amazon will work with customers to address the problem in other news spotify has a new rival with some serious music star power title is a streaming audio service that launched last year and was recently purchased by rapper and entrepreneur jay-z title costs twice as much as spotify its twenty dollars a month because it streams high-definition sound it's similar to CD quality it also will feature HD videos and can be played on Android and iOS devices as well as so no speakers reports say some big artists will be streaming their songs first on title before other services like Spotify jay-z has pulled in some major artists to support title including Madonna Kanye West Nicki Minaj Coldplay Usher and of course jay-z's wife Beyonce that celebrity backing will be a formidable Challenger to whatever new music streaming service Apple is cooking up meanwhile Spotify is now playable for free through PlayStation music the new PlayStation streaming went live on Monday with the entire Spotify music catalog is the first time you do not have to pay for Spotify to listen through a television but of course you'll hear ads between songs you also don't have to have a PlayStation Plus subscription PlayStation music is unique and that you can listen to music while playing video games you can also control music remotely from a smartphone and in other news android owners can once again create and save custom routes in the Google Maps app Google's my maps tool lets you create and save a map with your own pinpoints and route which is handy for planning a vacation recently Google made you download a separate my maps app but that's no longer the case within the main Google Maps app just go to your places and you'll see your custom maps that's your tech news update and there's always more on cnet com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey