Tech news from around the web:
Online music streaming group Spotify is to open up its nascent US service, chief executive Daniel Ek told TechCrunch. Spotify in the US will no longer be invite-only and essentially be free for a user’s first six months of using the service.
Research into customers’ loyalty to their mobile handsets has found that 89% of iPhone owners have indicated they would stick with Apple for their next handset, Apple Insider reports. According to UBS Investment Research, the nearest rival hardware manufacturer is HTC, which earned a 39% retention rate, while the biggest loser was Research in Motion, whose retention rate dropped from 62% to 33% in the last 18 months.
Blockbuster, the video and DVD rental group acquired out of bankruptcy in April by Dish Network, is holding a press event on Friday titled ‘A Stream Come True’, CNN Money says. The group is widely expected to unveil its own streaming service and take on Netflix.
From the FT:
Whitman replaces Apotheker at HP
Logitech admits portfolio ‘not good enough’
Alibaba in $1.6bn private equity deal
