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