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Spotify’s New Streaming Video Takes On Apple, Google

Spotify, the world’s top music streaming subscription service, confirmed that it’s adding streaming video, ratcheting up competition in the hot digital entertainment sector against Google (GOOGL) YouTube and Apple (AAPL) iTunes. After word was leaked last week, Spotify at a New York event and on its website Wednesday said it’s adding video clips, podcasts and audio shows to the music mix. Additionally, following the example of Netflix (NFLX) and

Amazon, Microsoft, Google Squeeze Rivals In Cloud

Revenue in the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service market will jump 33% in 2015, says Gartner, but a shakeout is underway among providers as AWS, Google (GOOGL) and Microsoft (MSFT) step up investments and squeeze smaller rivals. “The competitive landscape is shifting,” Gartner analyst Lydia Leong said in a research report. “Few providers have the financial resources to invest in being broadly competitive in the cloud IaaS market.” Amazon Web

Google Cuts Cloud Prices; Amazon To Answer Back?

Google’s (GOOGL) new round of cloud computing services price cuts targets Amazon Web Services but will ratchet up pressure on Rackspace Hosting, Microsoft and other rivals. Google on Monday slashed prices on average 15% to 20% on three cloud products. AWS, part of e-commerce giant Amazon.com (AMZN), may need to fire back, says Oppenheimer analyst Tim Horan, in a report. “This is the second year Google has been a price cut leader, and we expect AWS