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Comcast thinks HBO will regret its decision to break away from bundles

Surprise: Comcast isn’t overly enthusiastic about HBO’s plan to offer a standalone streaming service that will appeal to cord cutters. Barron’s notes that during an earnings call this week, Comcast...

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Amazon strikes major deal with Simon & Schuster

Amazon has struck a multi-year deal for the sale of print and e-books from publishing giant Simon & Schuster. The news comes as a bit of a surprise, as Amazon...

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Apple Pay receives Visa’s seal of approval for user security

If the rumors are to be believed, Apple will be launching Apple Pay on the 18th of October. Given that Apple did mention that the service will be going live...

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Snapchat blames users for recent hack

If you used a certain third-party Snapchat client, photos you received may be among the over 100,000 photos allegedly taken in a major privacy breach, according to Business Insider. Anonymous...

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Hackers use Reddit to connect thousands of Macs to a botnet

Bad news for Mac users: You're at risk for an insidious malware that will connect your computer to a botnet. Hackers have developed a backdoor entry called "Mac.BackDoor.iWorm" that gains...

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Pebble has improved and dropped the price of its smartwatch

Pebble is today announcing an upgrade to its fitness tracking features initially launched earlier this year. The Pebble and Pebble Steel will now be able to track a wearer's steps...

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Netflix has a new service dedicated entirely to spoilers

Everyone hates spoilers, right? Nothing worse than someone blabbing out the murders in yesterday's episode of Game of Thrones, which you haven't had time to see yet. Netflix, however, seems...

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Samsung is actually working on its own sitcom

Korean dramas are becoming a worldwide phenomenon, and it looks like Samsung is cashing in on their popularity. As spotted by Business Insider, upcoming "musicom" Best Future will explore young...

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Facebook wants to know why you don’t like your ads

How many of you love advertisements whenever you are surfing the Internet? Most of the time, we would have “tuned out” to such advertisements already, and are pretty adept at...

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Google’s self-driving cars still can’t drive through bad weather

There’s no arguing that Google’s self-driving car is a thrilling development worthy of enthusiastic discussion, but there are a number of reasons to rain on this parade - rain itself,...

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There’s a new messaging app that uses nothing but Emojis

Does the burden of human communication weigh heavily on your thumbs? Emoji-only messaging app Emojli is here to save you from the tedium of expressing your thoughts with actual words....

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New research suggets that humans would rather take orders from robots

How well do you take orders? Well, it seems that we humans are a strange lot, at least according to this particular research that hails from folks over at the...

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