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Verizon took a major step into the new media world today when it announced that it will be acquiring AOL for $4.4 billion in an all-cash deal. The pricing at $50 per share is about 17% higher than AOL’s current $42 share price, and will put big websites such as the Huffington Post and TechCrun
There’s no shortage of dating apps and websites out there. Hell, there are even services dedicated specifically to even the most obscure demographic. But what about people who’re looking for non-romantic, non-sexual company, as in friends? Meetup.com is one of the only services that come
You don’t need a Twitter account to use Vine anymore, so why should you need one for Periscope? In an update for Twitter’s popular live-streaming app, the company removed the need for a Twitter account to start using Periscope, although there are still some analytics and statistics featu
Region-locking is common for video game consoles, and is almost universally hated by the gaming community. Nintendo is especially guilty of this sin, but president and CEO Satoru Iwata has given Nintendo fans hope for a brighter future. While region-locking will always be present on the 3DS and Wii
Traditional television will be dead in a decade or two, but what’s going to replace it? That’s a question that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings answered in-depth at the Media Convention in Berlin last week. According to Hastings, television will turn into an app-based ecosystem that will comple
Amazon may have brought the idea of drone-based package deliveries to our attention but America’s strict regulations regarding drones have prevented the company from developing this kind of technology as quickly as it would like. Even so, Amazon isn’t exactly giving up on the idea, as th
These past few years has seen the number of large-scale hacks increase by a significant amount, with a significant chunk of them originating from China or Russia, and a large portion of these being state-funded. With this in mind, it’s a bit unsettling that the two nations have entered into a
Few television shows have enjoyed the level of success that American Idol has, but everything must come to an end eventually, and many people think American Idol’s death is long overdue. That could be why, after 15 years, Fox has announced that next year’s American Idol will be its final
There’s simply no end to Xiaomi’s ambitions. The burgeoning Chinese electronics maker has launched a new money-market fund called Huoqibao that can be access from within the company’s standalone Xiaomi Finance app. This puts Xiaomi in direct competition with two of China’s ot
Streaming is quickly becoming the most popular way to listen to music nowadays, but that doesn’t mean it’s profitable, at least at current prices. With millions of users paying the $10/month premium and subscription fee and tens of millions using the ad-supported free option, Spotify is
Startups are always claiming to be “disruptive,” but few have managed to cause as much legal controversy and trouble as Uber has managed to do in virtually every country it operates in. However, while regulators across the globe are still figuring out what to do with Uber, the Philippine
The good thing about Xiaomi waiting until later in the year to release its latest flagship smartphone is that the company can utilize the unreleased Snapdragon 820 chip that should be powering many of next year’s flagships. This is exactly what Xiaomi is reportedly doing with the Mi5, which is
