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Rdio Hires Anthony Bay as its New CEO

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Rdio has announced today that it is hiring Anthony Bay as its new Chief Executive Officer. Anthony Bay has worked with all three of the big names. He was a former digital media executive at Amazon,...

Xbox Video Support for Zune and Windows Phone 7 Ends in February 2014

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Zune and Windows Phone 7 customers can only play Xbox videos till late February 2014. After this, they will not be able to play their previously purchased Xbox Video content. Microsoft's Xbox Video...

Rumored Amazon’s New Set-Top Box May Not Come This Year

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According to a well informed source, Amazon is going to miss this coming holidays shopping season with its newest set-top box.  The box is supposed to stream music, movies, and games downloaded...

Harry Styles Twerk takes over Twitter

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One Direction was a big winner at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards. The online hype award goes also to a member of One Direction. Harry Styles' Twerk during the show took Twitter by storm. Tons of short...

NBC acquires video service startup Stringwire

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At the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing, news outlets tapped social media to gather information about the suspects. For example, NBC interviewed local residents using Skype to report the latest...

Yahoo Announces New Ads and Video with Q2 Earnings

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Yahoo CEO is still active after so many acquisitions. When Yahoo displayed its earnings report for the second quarter of 2013, it was a moment of rumination for the Big “Y”. With a $386 million net...

Hulu Sale Closed as Owners Fox, NBC and Disney Provide $750 Million for its Future

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Hulu sale is called off. The video service, Hulu will get $750 million pumped into its infrastructure for the sake of future growth. Investment in Hulu comes from three owner companies: 21st Century...

Rakuten Launches Wuaki TV Beta Service for UK to Expand Across Europe

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Rakuten, a Japanese giant in e-commerce has decided to face its competitors. It has begun the beta version of its video streaming service Wuaki.tv in the UK. A discounted monthly fee of £2.99 (half-...

Video for Instagram gets official

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Finally, just a couple of days after hearing rumors that Facebook will launch a video service for Instagram, the rabbit is out of the hat.Much to the delight of many Instagram users, Facebook, who...