iTunes Match now official in the UK

Apple has now officially rolled-out its iTunes Match subscription service in the UK, following 24 hours of confusion surrounding the launch.

iTunes Match appeared briefly to users in the UK, France and Australia on Wednesday before it was quickly pulled, with Apple promising to refund those who'd signed-up.

However, iTunes users in multiple territories are reporting that the iTunes Match tab has returned offering a year's subscription for £21.99 a year.

Not only is the service live but, lo-and-behold, it's actually working, users have told the MacRumors and Macgasm blogs.

Your music on the go

iTunes Match went live in the US last month.

The service scans your hard-drive for music and replaces your tired old MP3s with high-quality 256kbps tracks from iTunes.

Members can then stream their collection from iOS devices, Apple TV and iTunes-enabled Macs and PCs.

Apple hopes the service will keep users in the iTunes ecosystem rather than switching to alternative cloud lockers from Amazon and Google.

Hulu adds Face Match tech

Hulu has added a neat innovation to its video streaming service, which allows viewers to see information about actors, just by moving the cursor over them during playback.

The new feature, which the site is calling Face Match, will bring up the actors name and some biographical information.

Face Match will prove handy for viewers struggling to identify cast members and negates the need to perform a separate IMDb search.

Tip of your tongue

Posting on the Hulu blog, Zhibing Wang, director of research says: "Yep, Face Match can help pick out the name of that actor or actress that's on the tip of your tongue.

"But it will also help you know get to know the actors with some of their biggest roles, and we'll even link to some of their personal Facebook and Twitter accounts."

The new feature is currently in Beta so only works on the Hulu.com browser, meaning its not yet compatible with external apps or embedded video.

The shows Face Watch can currently be used on is also limited with select episodes of Glee, The Office, Lost and Modern Family among them.

Hulu says is plans to roll Face Watch out to more shows in the near future.