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Amazon increases price of Prime membership: 90 Seconds on The Verge

2014-03-13
it's Thursday marks 13 2014 I'm David Pierce and despite Austin's best effort I made it out without a single barbecue stain on my shirt dreams do come true this is 90 seconds on the verge for the first time ever in the US amazon is raising the price of its prime membership to ninety nine dollars a year up twenty bucks from what it's been for nearly a decade while no new services are being added amazon is citing primes increasingly substantial offerings as reason for the jump including more items eligible for free shipping and the addition of Amazon's instant video service the price change goes into effect on April seventeenth so you've still got a few weeks left to renew at the cheaper price actually I should do that now apple just released iOS 7.1 this past Monday so that's old news let's talk about iOS 8 a pair of screenshots posted to a wave whoa account today we're reportedly confirmed by 9to5 mac in them we see the icon for a new health book app which is said to track your vitals and supposedly sync up with the oft rumored apple SmartWatch the screenshots also show placeholder icons for new text edit and preview apps it's an unusually early time to see iOS screenshots which is likely to be unveiled this summer Syria getting on my case over fluctuations in my weight is just what I need and finally voiceover artists Hal Douglas has died at the age of 89 and while you may not know him by name you certainly know the legacy he's left behind douglas's legendary voice made him a go-to in Hollywood movie trailers for decades those films include Forrest Gump lethal weapon and meet the pants Paramount Pictures Rosie the bad guys those daily shoes meet the parents that's it for today's top stories coming up tomorrow I kiss a complete stranger but you know each other
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