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Mobile Minutes: Free iTunes Radio shuttered; Blizzard orders on Seamless; Ignoring ad blockers; Amazon’s shipping costs

Screen Shot 2016-01-29 at 2.40.04 PMFree iTunes Radio closes shop: Apple Inc. nudges customers to Apple Music after shuttering ad-supported service
The free ride on iTunes Radio is over. Apple on Friday cut off access to its ad-supported streaming music stations, which served music in a similar fashion to Pandora.
Read more on International Business Times

New Yorkers order milk, cake and hot chocolate on Seamless during a blizzard
Forbes asked the online delivery firm Seamless to track how New York orders changed between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, during storm Jonas.
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Why most Web sites look the other way on ad blockers
Randall Rothenberg doesn’t want anyone to forget the dangers posed by software that hides online advertising.
Read more on Bloomberg

Amazon’s shipping costs swell in holiday crunch
Amazon.com Inc.’s biggest quarterly profit and Wall Street’s swift punishment for missing expectations overshadowed a trend that is worth keeping an eye on.
Read more on The Wall Street Journal