Amazon.co.uk has announced that starting today, free shipping will be available for delivery to customers in 17 European nations, as long as they spend over GBP 25 on their order.
Until last year, the UK was the only nation to receive free delivery, with Ireland joining in October 2009.
As of today, the service is extended to Italy, Spain, Poland, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Luxembourg and San Marino.
“Free delivery has been an important part of the great value Amazon shopping experience for many years and we are delighted to announce its availability to even more European customers in time for Christmas,” added Brian McBride, Managing Director of Amazon.co.uk. “The aim is for European customers to be able to purchase anything they want to buy online at a low price from a vast selection of products. Now, tens of millions of customers in Europe can also benefit from delivery to their door, absolutely free of charge.”
Amazon UK has recently expanded its selection, adding electronics, home and garden, baby, watches, clothing, shoes, sports and leisure, health and beauty and tools sections.
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Google has launched the popular free Maps Navigation turn-by-turn GPS in 11 new nations, says the search giant, while adding new language packs, as well, to the Search by voice feature.
Android 1.6+ users in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland can now use the turn-by-turn voice guidance, as long as they update to version 4.2.
Until this week, the turn-by-turn was only available in the U.S. and the U.K.
Google first announced the Maps Navigation app last year, and other mobile companies have adopted similar approaches, like Nokia’s Ovi Maps, in an effort to catch up.
The search giant says voice search was first developed for English, and then for Mandarin Chinese and Japanese.
Search by voice can run on the iPhone and BlackBerry phones, as well.
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VidZone, the popular free PS3 music video service, will begin a full EU rollout this month, 5 months after it launched to much fanfare in the UK.
Starting on November 23rd, the service will be available in the Netherlands, Portugal and Austria and in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on December 3.
Finally, on December 10th, users in Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and New Zealand will get access.
The service has exclusive video deals with many big record labels and is very popular in the UK. Users are reminded that when loading VidZone for the first time, that the service will take up to 15 minutes to completely load.
