Unriddled: Google's Mass Exodus, Another Snapchat Redesign, and More Tech News You Need
Welcome to Wednesday, and the latest edition of "Unriddled": the HubSpot Marketing Blog's mid-week digest of the tech news you need to know.
This week is big on news from Amazon -- from
It's our Wednesday tech news roundup, and we're breaking it down.
Unriddled: The Tech News You Need
1. We Finally Know How Many Prime Members Amazon Has
In an annual letter written last week to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos disclosed a long-sought-after figure by analysts and tech writers alike: how many Prime members it has. The grand total, he wrote, has "exceeded 100 million."
Amazon Prime is a paid subscription model (for an annual fee of $99, or $12.99 per month) offered by online retailing giant Amazon, offering such perks as free two-day delivery on many products, as well as free streaming videos and music selections. In certain regions, a membership also includes free two-hour delivery of certain items through a service called Prime Now.
Just yesterday, Amazon announced the launch of In-Car Delivery, which allows Prime members to have Amazon packages delivered to their cars if they're parked at home, work, or near other locations in your address book." However, it does come with eligibility requirements, depending on the make and model of your car, and your location.
Source: Apple
Paid Prime membership numbers, as well as some of the other figures cited in Bezos's letter, are likely to come up the company's Q1 2018 earnings call, scheduled for this Thursday (April 26) 5:30 PM EST.
2. Instagram Will Now Let You Download Your Data
When people began downloading their Facebook data files -- present company included -- for many of us, things got weird.
But some, like Josh Constine of TechCrunch, wondered when other companies would follow suit -- especially those owned by Facebook, like Instagram.
Yesterday, Constine reported that Instagram has officially made a personal data download available, largely because it will be required to do so by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) -- which comes into force a month from today.
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