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Google may be prepping next-day shipping service to tackle Amazon Prime

March 7, 2013
Google Next-day Shipping Service

Google (GOOG) has made a name for itself by entering established markets and launching bigger, often better products that ultimately become dominant, and the company may now be targeting a space currently occupied by rival Amazon (AMZN). According to TechCrunch, Google is quietly working with a number of nationwide retail chains — the blog speculates [...]

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Sony 4K movie service will work with PS4, will require 100GB-plus downloads

February 28, 2013
Sony 4K Blu-ray player prototype

Sony is still being secretive about its forthcoming “world’s first” 4K movie download service, but it sounds like it will eventually work with the equally-mysterious PS4. That’s the word according to Sony Electronics President and COO Phil Molyneux, who said “I promise you will not be disappointed” when asked if the service would support his [...]

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MasterCard announces MasterPass digital banking service, gives Australia and Canada first dibs

February 26, 2013
MasterCard announces MasterPass digital banking service, gives Australia and Canada first dibs

MasterCard’s been working on new-era payment systems for sometime, but now the credit corporation looks set to move past its PayPass project and roll out a service that’s properly ready for the masses. By way of MasterPass, MasterCard will look to build upon what it gathered from previous efforts and use those learnings in its [...]

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Aereo expands beyond NYC, brings service to parts of New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania

February 25, 2013
Aereo

Aereo’s unique TV streaming solution was already set to expand to 22 new cities this year, and that expansion begins in earnest today. The company just announced service availability for 29 new counties in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. It’s a pretty massive expansion for a service that was previously only available in [...]

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Google negotiating for subscription music service to launch in third quarter

February 23, 2013
Google Play Music desktop notifications

Google has spoken to some of the top music-recording companies about creating a subscription music service similar to Rdio and Spotify, but music industry sources have told The Verge that any launch of such a service is still months away. Google has specifically talked about a launch of a streaming music service in the third [...]

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Samsung details ‘TV Discovery’ service to be unveiled at MWC

February 21, 2013
Samsung

Samsung is setting up to launch a new service at MWC called "TV Discovery", which is supposed to help users find video and live TV content with their devices. Similarly to what HTC just announced with its own TV offerings on the One, Samsung will use its service to aggregate content from multiple sources to [...]

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Skype now beta testing video messaging service with some mobile users

February 16, 2013
Skype Video Messaging

Skype is actively testing a new video messaging service with a "group of mobile and mac users" according to its official Twitter account today. The new feature, which doesn't require a new update to the mobile app, enables users to send video messages back and forth up to 3 minutes in length. If you've been [...]

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Deezer teams up with LG, Samsung and Toshiba to bring its music service to smart TVs

February 6, 2013
Deezer teams up with LG, Samsung and Toshiba to bring its music service to smart TVs

We were already well aware of Deezer making its way toward some LG Smart TVs in the UK, but now the streaming service has announced it’ll be coming to many, many more savvy television sets in the very near future. The digital tunes provider let it be know that it’s struck a deal with Samsung, [...]

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Republic Wireless Releases ‘Wi-Fi+’ App To The Play Store, Helps Customers Get Better Service

January 29, 2013
rwwifi

If you’re a Republic Wireless customer, then you probably already know an OTA update started rolling out yesterday to the company’s Motorola Defy XT (which also happens to break root – you can remedy that problem here). As a result of the update, Republic Wireless has also released an app into the Play Store that [...]

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