Barbara K Iverson

Google’s move to integrate its app store with music, e-books and movies is fine so far as it goes. It’s just not all that different from similar ‘ecosystems’ from Apple and Amazon.
Google has rebranded Android Market and outlined plans to be your multiplatform ecosystem. The problem: We already have a few of those multiplatform ecosystems.
The search giant’s Google Play (the area formerly known as Android Market) will feature books, music, apps and movies. Google Play is designed to be a one-stop content shop. In Google’s vision, you’ll swap files and content between your Android smartphone, Chromebook and tablet. We’ll overlook the fact that few of you have the latter two devices.