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The Convergence Tipping Point
Image copyright Dusit The media and technology world has reached a tipping point, one captured in some prosaic but infinitely powerful numbers. In the U.S., on a normal weeknight, video streaming on...
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IGT Not Deterred by Zynga Scrapping Real-Money Gambling Plans
In its Q2 earnings report earlier this week, Zynga said it has abandoned its plans to pursue real-money gambling in the U.S. But Nevada-based IGT, which makes both physical and virtual casino games,...
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Google Suggests Web-TV Thingies You Can Buy Instead of Google’s Sold-Out...
Google has not only sold out of Netflix giveaways to bundle with its Chromecast device, but it doesn’t have any Chromecasts to sell right now, period. If you place an order on Google’s site, you’ll be...
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Mark Zuckerberg to Speak on Immigration Issues at S.F. Film Premiere
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to deliver an address on immigration issues in early August, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, the first time he has spoken publicly on the matter. The...
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Yet Another Way to Get a Super-Cheap Web TV Box
What’s that? You say you’re intrigued by the notion of a Web TV box, but $35 for a Google Chromecast is too rich for your blood? Here you go – if you live in the U.K.: Satellite TV service BSkyB has...
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Fortune’s Most Powerful Women List Has Lots of Tech Stars, With...
Given all the focus on females in top leadership in tech recently – due to the worthy (and it is most certainly that, no matter how much some misguided people might say it is not) debate over the lack...
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Twitter Gets Its Strongest TV Tie-Up So Far, With an Ambitious Comcast Deal
Twitter has been trying to buddy up with the TV industry for the past few years. Now it has its biggest payoff yet: A far-reaching deal with Comcast that aims to turn the social network into a...
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Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures Said to Be Hunting for New Capital
Intellectual Ventures founder Nathan Myhrvold It appears that Intellectual Ventures, the controversial company founded on the idea that it could create a capital marketplace in patents, is having...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook Reflects on Second Anniversary of Steve Jobs’s Passing
Today marks the second anniversary of the death of Apple founder Steve Jobs. His successor, Apple CEO Tim Cook, said today on Twitter that he’ll mark the day by taking a long hike and reflecting on...
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Google’s Answer to the Great Chromecast/Netflix Giveaway Mystery: There’s No...
Why did Google kill its Chromecast/Netflix promotion a day after it launched? It didn’t, exactly. And neither did Netflix. Here’s a new statement from Google on the end of the deal, which gave...
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Google Ends Netflix Chromecast Promotion
A day after announcing a promotion that gave Chromecast buyers three free months of Netflix, Google has pulled the plug on the offer. Google told the Los Angeles Times that it quashed the giveaway “due...
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Zynga’s Lackluster Q2 Earnings Still Beat Wall Street Expectations, but User...
Zynga said it lost one cent a share today, on an adjusted basis, which bested Wall Street expectations of a loss of up to four cents. Last year in the same period, Zynga earned one cent. That passes...
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Amazon’s Q2 Is a Miss
JOE KLAMAR/AFP/GettyImages First quick look at Amazon’s earnings numbers, and it’s a miss. The online retail giant posted a loss, at an EPS of minus two cents on revenue of $15.7 billion. Though...
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No Dice: Zynga Decides to Abandon Real-Money Gaming Efforts in the U.S.
In its lackluster second-quarter report today, at the very bottom of its press release, Zynga made a very important strategic announcement, saying that it would not pursue real-money gaming in the...
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Silk Road Bust Raises Profile of So-Called “Dark Web”
A Large Evil Corporation Yesterday’s bust of the man the FBI said is the operator of Silk Road, a secretive online marketplace for illegal drugs and various sketchy services, has brought some new...
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New Spin on Video Chats Brings More to the Party
Holding video chats on your mobile devices can be a great thing. But many of the common video chat apps only allow two-party calls, at least for free, or require you to have an account with a large...
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Phony Web Traffic Tricks Digital Ads
The website Songsrpeople.com looks a lot like other amateur-video sites. It is wallpapered with clips featuring “the most insane amusement park ever” and “your girlfriend’s six friends.” The site draws...
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Facebook Hires New U.S. Sales Boss
Facebook has a new executive running its U.S. sales team: David Lawenda, who ran sales at Univision for five years until he left last summer, will report to sales boss Carolyn Everson. Lawenda fills a...
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AT&T Begins Spreading Its Gigabit Fiber in Austin, Taking On Google
AT&T said Monday night that it has begun its gigabit-per-second fiber deployment in Austin, Texas – a move that rivals Google’s own fiber plans for the city. Image via Shutterstock/asharkyu...
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GoPro Launches Smaller, Longer-Lasting Hero3+, Eyes Bigger Picture With...
From kitten-saving firefighters to kleptomaniac seagulls, GoPro’s video cameras have captured some interesting perspectives not always possible on smartphones or digital cameras. And the company is...
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