It's Wednesday, October 12th, and it's game on Amazon as its new streaming music service called Music Unlimited kicks off today for eight bucks a month or $80 a year users can stream Tunes from Amazon's considerable catalog and if you've got an Amazon Echo homebot you can get music unlimited for just $4 a month. The service offers many of the same features as those it competes with such as Pandora, Apple Music, and SPO. Amazon says playlists are curated by both humans and computers and yes Alexa can take over DJ duties for you including requests by voice of course there are also radio stations based on artists genres and even particular decades along with lyrics and even commentary from artists about their music in an interesting feature called side by side.

You can use Music Unlimited free for 30 days before deciding if you need yet one more streaming service. Amazon has been expanding its entertainment offerings in recent years, and this is just the latest move in that direction. The company's decision to launch a new music streaming service is seen as a way to compete with other major players in the market.

Yesterday, we told you about the big VW and Audi recall over a possible fuel leak problem. Today comes news that one of the highest of high-tech cars, the Toyota Prius, has also been bit by the recall bug. Toyota is telling owners of 2016 and 2017 models of the popular hybrid to get them back to dealers so a problem with the parking brake system can be fixed apparently crashes and injuries have already been tied to the defect.

The recall affects nearly 340,000 cars worldwide and about 94,000 cars in the US. We've got a link below so you can see if your Prius is affected but suffice to say that if you recently bought one it probably is.

Samsung continues to circle a deep level of tech hell due to its exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and apparently they are still in the dark as to what exactly is making them go boom according to a story of the New York Times. Samsung has not been able to get a note 7 phone to overheat and pop under lab conditions despite trying following the initial recall of the devices in September.

Samsung issued a software patch that limited the battery from charging to over 60% capacity which of course greatly hobbled the phone stamina didn't help then Samsung told buyers of the original phone to immediately trade them in for new safe Replacements and placed blame for the problem on a battery supplier. Didn't help Samsung also changed battery suppliers that also didn't help.

However, Samsung has been burned to the tune of having almost 20 billion in market cap wiped away in the stock market and of course they are now Pariah among safety agencies Airlines and millions of customers. They've also had to restate expected earnings with a huge drop in expected profits. Can this incident take down the whole company? Not likely, Samsung is a seriously huge company and smart phones while important are just one of hundreds of products they make.

But it could be a long road back for a family-owned company that had risen from obscurity to become an icon of the rise of South Korea's now booming tech industry. Hey if you have a Note 7 shut it off trade it in and move on we've got a link below to help you get a new phone or refund. Get the rest of the day's Tech news at digital trends.com, we'll see you again tomorrow.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's Wednesday October 12th and it's game on Amazon as its new streaming music service called Music Unlimited kicks off today for eight bucks a month or $80 a year users can stream Tunes from Amazon's considerable catalog and if you've got an Amazon Echo homebot you can get music unlimited for just $4 a month the service offers many of the same features as those it competes with such as Pandora Apple music and SPO Amazon says playlists are curated by both humans and computers and yes Alexa can take over DJ duties for you including requests by voice of course there are also radio stations based on artists genres and even particular decades along with lyrics and even commentary from artists about their music in an interesting feature called side by side you can use Music Unlimited free for 30 days before deciding if you need yet one more streaming music service yesterday we told you about the big VW and Audi recall over a possible fuel leak problem today comes news that one of the highest of high-tech cars the Toyota Prius has also been bit by the recall bug Toyota is telling owners of 2016 and 2017 models of the popular hybrid yeah the brand new ones to get them back to dealers so a problem with the parking brake system can be fixed apparently crashes and injuries have already been tied to the defect the recall affects nearly 340,000 cars worldwide and about 94,000 cars in the US we've got a link below so you can see if your Prius is affected but suffice to say that if you recently bought one it probably is Samsung continues to Circle a deep level of tech hell due to its exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and apparently they are still in the dark as to what exactly is making them go boom according to a story of the New York Times Samsung has not been able to get a note 7 phone to overheat and pop under lab conditions despite trying following the initial recall of the devices in September Samsung issued a software patch that limited the battery from charging to over 60% capacity which of course greatly hobbled the phone stamina didn't help then Samsung told buyers of the original phone to immediately trade them in for new safe Replacements and placed blame for the problem on a battery supplier didn't help Samsung also changed battery suppliers that also didn't help however Samsung has been burned to the tune of having almost 20 billion in market cap wiped away in the stock market and of course they are now Pariah among safety agencies Airlines and millions of customers they've also had to restate expected earnings with a huge drop in expected profits can this incident take down the whole company not likely Samsung is a seriously huge company and smart phones while important are just one of hundreds of products they make but it could be a long road back for a family-owned company that had risen from obscurity to become an icon of the rise of South Korea's now booming tech industry and hey if you have a Note 7 shut it off trade it in and move on we've got a link below to help you get a new phone or refund get the rest of the day's Tech news at digital trends.com we'll see you again tomorrowit's Wednesday October 12th and it's game on Amazon as its new streaming music service called Music Unlimited kicks off today for eight bucks a month or $80 a year users can stream Tunes from Amazon's considerable catalog and if you've got an Amazon Echo homebot you can get music unlimited for just $4 a month the service offers many of the same features as those it competes with such as Pandora Apple music and SPO Amazon says playlists are curated by both humans and computers and yes Alexa can take over DJ duties for you including requests by voice of course there are also radio stations based on artists genres and even particular decades along with lyrics and even commentary from artists about their music in an interesting feature called side by side you can use Music Unlimited free for 30 days before deciding if you need yet one more streaming music service yesterday we told you about the big VW and Audi recall over a possible fuel leak problem today comes news that one of the highest of high-tech cars the Toyota Prius has also been bit by the recall bug Toyota is telling owners of 2016 and 2017 models of the popular hybrid yeah the brand new ones to get them back to dealers so a problem with the parking brake system can be fixed apparently crashes and injuries have already been tied to the defect the recall affects nearly 340,000 cars worldwide and about 94,000 cars in the US we've got a link below so you can see if your Prius is affected but suffice to say that if you recently bought one it probably is Samsung continues to Circle a deep level of tech hell due to its exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and apparently they are still in the dark as to what exactly is making them go boom according to a story of the New York Times Samsung has not been able to get a note 7 phone to overheat and pop under lab conditions despite trying following the initial recall of the devices in September Samsung issued a software patch that limited the battery from charging to over 60% capacity which of course greatly hobbled the phone stamina didn't help then Samsung told buyers of the original phone to immediately trade them in for new safe Replacements and placed blame for the problem on a battery supplier didn't help Samsung also changed battery suppliers that also didn't help however Samsung has been burned to the tune of having almost 20 billion in market cap wiped away in the stock market and of course they are now Pariah among safety agencies Airlines and millions of customers they've also had to restate expected earnings with a huge drop in expected profits can this incident take down the whole company not likely Samsung is a seriously huge company and smart phones while important are just one of hundreds of products they make but it could be a long road back for a family-owned company that had risen from obscurity to become an icon of the rise of South Korea's now booming tech industry and hey if you have a Note 7 shut it off trade it in and move on we've got a link below to help you get a new phone or refund get the rest of the day's Tech news at digital trends.com we'll see you again tomorrowit's Wednesday October 12th and it's game on Amazon as its new streaming music service called Music Unlimited kicks off today for eight bucks a month or $80 a year users can stream Tunes from Amazon's considerable catalog and if you've got an Amazon Echo homebot you can get music unlimited for just $4 a month the service offers many of the same features as those it competes with such as Pandora Apple music and SPO Amazon says playlists are curated by both humans and computers and yes Alexa can take over DJ duties for you including requests by voice of course there are also radio stations based on artists genres and even particular decades along with lyrics and even commentary from artists about their music in an interesting feature called side by side you can use Music Unlimited free for 30 days before deciding if you need yet one more streaming music service yesterday we told you about the big VW and Audi recall over a possible fuel leak problem today comes news that one of the highest of high-tech cars the Toyota Prius has also been bit by the recall bug Toyota is telling owners of 2016 and 2017 models of the popular hybrid yeah the brand new ones to get them back to dealers so a problem with the parking brake system can be fixed apparently crashes and injuries have already been tied to the defect the recall affects nearly 340,000 cars worldwide and about 94,000 cars in the US we've got a link below so you can see if your Prius is affected but suffice to say that if you recently bought one it probably is Samsung continues to Circle a deep level of tech hell due to its exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and apparently they are still in the dark as to what exactly is making them go boom according to a story of the New York Times Samsung has not been able to get a note 7 phone to overheat and pop under lab conditions despite trying following the initial recall of the devices in September Samsung issued a software patch that limited the battery from charging to over 60% capacity which of course greatly hobbled the phone stamina didn't help then Samsung told buyers of the original phone to immediately trade them in for new safe Replacements and placed blame for the problem on a battery supplier didn't help Samsung also changed battery suppliers that also didn't help however Samsung has been burned to the tune of having almost 20 billion in market cap wiped away in the stock market and of course they are now Pariah among safety agencies Airlines and millions of customers they've also had to restate expected earnings with a huge drop in expected profits can this incident take down the whole company not likely Samsung is a seriously huge company and smart phones while important are just one of hundreds of products they make but it could be a long road back for a family-owned company that had risen from obscurity to become an icon of the rise of South Korea's now booming tech industry and hey if you have a Note 7 shut it off trade it in and move on we've got a link below to help you get a new phone or refund get the rest of the day's Tech news at digital trends.com we'll see you again tomorrow\n"