Starbucks to offer iTunes access in stores
Apple Inc., and Starbucks Corp have joined hands in a deal that will allow people to buy songs wirelessly from Apple's iTunes music store in Starbucks coffee shops. This service is available without paying for WiFi connection. The companies have said that the new service will start at more than 600 Starbucks stores in New York and Seattle starting October 2. With the launch of the service, Starbucks hopes to boost its coffee sales and its new music business. Apple's iTunes will seek to sell more downloads and customers will also be able to see what song is playing in the Starbucks store and buy it with one click through the iTunes online store.
UN launches web portal to tackle global warming issues
The United Nations has introduced a web portal CDM Bazaar, to start a market-driven trading service designed to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the parent treaty of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol unveiled the cost-free CDM Bazaar. This new service will enable information exchange among consumers and service provides involved. CDM Bazaar allows users to post information, such as certified emission reduction (CER) credits available for sale, buyers looking for carbon credits to purchase, employment opportunities, and other related information.
Microsoft launch suite of Windows Live services
Microsoft Corp. launched a suite of Windows Live online services all packaged into a single download in its latest effort against its competitors offering an array of applications delivered over the Web. The world’s largest software maker introduced the “beta”, version of the free online software package available in a single download. The version will include versions of e-mail, instant messaging, photo gallery, blogging software and a security program. Microsoft plans to extend its dominance in desktop software running on computer hard drives into a new array of services through an internet browser.
