News tagged with subscription
EGG-energy brings power to Africa with battery subscription service
(PhysOrg.com) -- By applying the NetFlix model of movie swapping to batteries, a team of researchers and students from MIT and Harvard is hoping to provide electricity to thousands of homes in Tanzania. Their ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2010 |
4.9 / 5 (12) |
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Netflix tops Apple in booming US online movies
The US online movie business more than doubled in 2011 to rake in $992 million and will almost double again this year, a research report showed Friday.
Jun 01, 2012 |
5 / 5 (2) |
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Review: OnLive Desktop brings the PC to tablets
So you love your iPad, but you wish you could work on Microsoft Office software, watch Flash video and generally have more of a PC-like experience? OnLive Desktop is one way you can.
May 23, 2012 |
2 / 5 (3) |
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Microsoft offers $99 Xbox consoles with a catch
Microsoft began testing whether a pricing strategy that has been a hit with smartphones will invigorate sales of its Xbox 360 videogame consoles.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 08, 2012 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
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Humbled Netflix CEO still thinking, talking big
(AP) -- To hear Netflix CEO Reed Hastings tell it, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten like a bad movie ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
4 / 5 (3) |
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Netflix loses 800,000 US subscribers in tough 3Q (Update)
(AP) -- Netflix jolted its shareholders again with a third-quarter financial report that portrayed a company in crisis.
Oct 24, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Feds: Harvard fellow hacked millions of papers
(AP) -- A Harvard University fellow who was studying ethics was charged with hacking into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's computer network to steal nearly 5 million academic articles.
Jul 19, 2011 |
2.7 / 5 (3) |
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Tenn. passes Web entertainment theft bill
(AP) -- State lawmakers in country music's capital have passed a groundbreaking measure that would make it a crime to use a friend's login - even with permission - to listen to songs or watch movies from services such as ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Google unveils payment platform for online content
Google unveiled an online payment platform for publishers on Wednesday, a day after Apple launched a subscription service of its own for newspapers, magazines, music and video. ...
Feb 16, 2011 |
4 / 5 (2) |
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Yahoo! joins tablet craze with digital newsstand
Yahoo! is building a digital newsstand called "Livestand" that will turn tablet computers into personalized magazines rich with stories, images and video suited to individual tastes.
Feb 10, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Amazon to offer movie streaming service: report
US online retail giant Amazon plans to offer a movie streaming service that would compete directly with Netflix, Britain's Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Feb 02, 2011 |
5 / 5 (2) |
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Netflix expects video streaming to drown out DVDs
(AP) -- Netflix is preparing for the day when getting DVDs by mail is as old-fashioned as going to the video store.
Nov 22, 2010 |
5 / 5 (1) |
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Broadcasters 'misunderstand' Google TV, exec says
Attempts by broadcasters to seek payment for allowing their online video to be viewed through Google Inc.'s new Web-connected TV platform represents a "misunderstanding" of what it is, a Google executive said Tuesday.
Nov 02, 2010 |
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Three major networks block Google TV
The three major broadcast networks, uneasy about viewers bypassing cable and satellite providers -- and the networks' own websites -- to watch their TV shows, have begun blocking a new service from Google Inc. that is designed ...
Oct 22, 2010 |
5 / 5 (10) |
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Review: News app that lets you choose your editor
(AP) -- Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your ...
Sep 01, 2010 |
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