Shoppers have still found watching shows, films and reading a very pleasurable experience, and with up to seven hours of reading, surfing the web, watching video and listening to music, the battery life is impressive too.

Instead, they wanted to be able to sell the content to multiple bidders. Sources familiar with the Obamas' Spotify deal, said the couple felt exclusivity limited their audience. The couple are pictured in an undated photo with their daughters who are now adults Spotify would eventually gain access to it.

'We are thrilled to welcome two of the most profound voices of moral and intellectual leadership of our times into the Audible fold, and to be able to elevate President and Mrs. Obama's singular ability to provide hope and uplifting guidance—needed now more than ever—through their voices.' 

Apple isn't being completely altruistic, as the move is part of a settlement with the Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTP), applying to apps that 'do not offer in-app digital goods and services for purchase'.



The company produced the docuseries Our Great National Parks which showcases the planet's greatest national parks and wild spaces Higher Ground also has an exclusive film and TV production deal with Netflix.

Unlike the Apple solution, which is just a simple in-app link to the service providers website, cutting Apple out of the process, Google will still get a cut even if a customer opts to user an alternative billing system.



If you're on a budget but are looking for a tablet that will stream your favourite TV shows, browse apps like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, as well as keep you entertained with e-books and games, then this could be a brilliant and sensibly priced buy.

However, Apple will still take a cut of any money made from sales within the app - so if Netflix offers a way to subscribe in-app, they will pay Apple a cut, but this will offer an alternative, that includes access to existing payment details.

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'At Higher Ground, we have always sought to lift up voices that deserve to be heard — and Audible is invested in realizing that vision alongside us,' Barack said in a statement. 'I'm looking forward to partnering with them to tell stories that not only entertain but also inspire.'





'For so long we have been inspired by the Obamas. Their passion, curatorial style and ingenuity is reflected in the content they have created across all mediums, as well as the talented team they have assembled at Higher Ground.

He told DailyMail.com: 'The deal should cost Audible just north of 20 million and the Obama's will need to contribute two shows with an estimated appearance cap of 8 episodes each for Barack and Michelle.

Phillips, 57, a freelance reporter, was doing research for a Book Store on the trip with Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, a former head of isolated and recently contacted tribes at federal indigenous affairs agency Funai.

"We live on these lands and we want to continue to live in harmony with nature as our grandparents did," said Nihua, wearing a crown of white, yellow and scarlet parrot feathers and with bars of red - a colour symbolizing strength and joy - painted above her cheeks.



Authorities have said a main line of the police investigation into the disappearances has pointed to an international network that pays poor fishermen to fish illegally in the Javari Valley reserve, which is Brazil's second-largest indigenous territory.

"The ruling set a precedent," said Jorge Acero, a lawyer with Amazon Frontlines, an advocacy group supporting the Cofan. "It can be applied to any indigenous group, and judges across the region are taking note."

A fragile culture makes it harder to stay united and ensure traditional knowledge is passed down to indigenous youth - something Nihua says is a priority as she guides her community as its elected president for the next three years.



Yet across most of the Amazon basin, which spans nine countries in South America, deforestation is surging as trees fall to agricultural expansion, oil exploration, illegal gold mining and production of coca, used to make cocaine.

A team of Brazilian police divers recovered the speedboat that was used by British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira to travel Brazil's Amazon before they were killed.





Lasso, an ex-banker who took office in May 2021, issued two decrees in his first days in office meant to facilitate the development of oil blocks and attract billions of dollars in foreign investment for mining and oil projects.

Amarildo ‘Pelado' Oliveira, 41, who had been under arrest on a firearm ammunition possession charge since June 7 and was held in temporary custody as part of the investigation, confessed to shooting Phillips and Pereria last Wednesday.