A CISPA-stopping petition receives enough signatures to warrant a response, the Kindle Fire HD gets a price drop, a Twitter Music app is rumored to be on the way, and Adobe plans to stop selling physical copies of its Creative Suite.
- Stop CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) A White House petition urging that the presidential administration stop CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) has just crossed the 100,000 signature threshold needed to garner a response. While there isn't any yet, now's a good time to familiarize yourself with CISPAand why technology rights groups think it should be stopped. [The White House]
- Amazon Launches Kindle Fire HD 8.9" in Europe and Japan; Introduces New, Lower Price Today Amazon announced that it's lowering the price of the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" in the US to start at $269 for Wi-Fi models and $399 for 4G models. Starting today, the tablet will also be available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, and Japan.
- Twitter Acquires We Are Hunted, Readies Standalone Music App Twitter is rumored to have a standalone music discovery app in the works. According to CNET, the app, called Twitter Music, will be released for iOS by the end of the month and powered by technology used by music aggregator We Are Hunted—which was acquired by Twitter "some time in the last six months." [CNET]
- Adobe Plans to Halt Boxed Sales of Creative Suite Software Adobe is planning a May 1st cutoff for physical sales of its Creative Suite software. Afterwards, the only way you'll only be able to obtain it via download or subscription. [TechHive]
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