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Netflix Gets Social, Finally | Facebook Integration Lands On Streaming Service In US

After a lot of lobbying to get the law changed and an equal amount of political wrangling, Netflix has finally brought...
Dave Parrack
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HitBliss Offers Free Movie Rentals For Watching Personalized Ads, But Will It Work?

Unless you actively block or are able to tune them out, you’ll see ads everywhere you go online. HitBliss hopes to...
Dave Parrack
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How Netflix Is Changing TV For The Better With House Of Cards & Arrested Development

Netflix is busy producing its own content to augment the classic content already on the service. It’s this original programming that...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Views Added To Billboard Charts… Gangnam Style & Harlem Shake Included

In this day and age, YouTube is potentially more influential than any other medium in turning a song from one which...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube To Start Charging For Access | Google Experimenting With Channel Subscriptions

YouTube has long been seen as a possible alternative to pay-TV offerings, with a mix of music videos, television shows, and...
Dave Parrack
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Amazon Developing Zombieland TV Series | Do We Even Need Television Networks Any More?

Amazon has taken on the episodic version of Zombieland in order to add to its Instant Video lineup. Which further cements...
Dave Parrack
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Google Rolls Out YouTube Capture To iOS Devices | iPhone Gets New Easy Camera App

Google is currently carrying out a full-on assault aimed at cementing its place on iOS and Apple devices. We’ve already witnessed...
Dave Parrack
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Somebody’s Gotta Do ‘Em: Dirty Jobs

A dirty job is any occupation that involves daily exposure to one or more of the following: trash, human or food...
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Netflix Signs Streaming Deal With Disney | First-Run Movies Coming To Netflix From 2016

Netflix has signed a new deal with Disney which will see first-run movies from the media company streaming through the service...
Dave Parrack
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10 Bizarre Christian Converts

Some people provoke shock waves when they embrace Christianity as their religion.
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Gangnam Style Most Watched Video On YouTube | Online Video Crucial To Worldwide Success

You may very well be sick of Gangnam Style by now, but there are more people discovering this song every single...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Plus & Netflix Now On Nintendo Wii U | GamePad Offers Second Screen Experience

Nintendo launched the Wii U, its new home games console, in North America on Sunday (Nov. 18). Netflix and Hulu Plus...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Copies Netflix With Kid-Friendly Section

Hulu Kids is a new dedicated section for children where Hulu will host commercial-free programming for younger generations. This is something...
Dave Parrack
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Pick Your Geek!

These days, there are plenty of different ways to be geeks, and whether you and your friends head to bright anime...
entertainer
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CBS Shows Coming To Hulu, Finally | Classic Content On Way As Part Of Non-Exclusive Deal

Up until now there has been one noticeable absence from the programming line-up offered on Hulu. But a new deal struck...
Dave Parrack
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Microsoft Buying Netflix? | Stock Jumps As Rumors Start Building – Hastings Quits Board

Rumors are building that Microsoft is preparing to make a bid for Netflix. Rumors that have helped the Netflix stock price...
Dave Parrack
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Hulu Losing Viewers At An Alarming Rate | Is Mobile, Advertising, Or Knowledge To Blame?

It looks as though Hulu is on the slide, as the Disney, NBC, and News Corp. co-owned service is reportedly losing...
Dave Parrack
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Too Dumb to Live: Darwin Awards

Darwin's survival of the fittest theory is one of the most recollected and most referred to theories of all time. Any...
entertainer
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Felix Baumgartner’s Freefall From Edge Of Space Breaks YouTube Live Streaming Record

When, on Oct. 14, Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner jumped from a capsule hanging from the edge of space, he broke more...
Dave Parrack
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Google Ups Original Programming Roster On YouTube | New International Channels Incoming

Google’s experiment in turning YouTube from the prime destination for videos of funny cats into something more worthy has been successful...
Dave Parrack
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Geeks vs. Nerds

Geeks and nerds are constantly feuding over relative coolness. Geeks claim that they are superior due to their normative social skills....
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TV More Popular Than PC For Watching Online Video | Smart Sets, Set-Top Boxes Take Over

Online video has grown rapidly in popularity over the last few years, going from something only tech-savvy geeks knew about to...
Dave Parrack
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It’s Official – PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ Becomes Most Liked Video Of All Time On YouTube

PSY is not only a YouTube star and the creator of a viral video hit, he’s also now a world record...
Dave Parrack
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Google Refuses To Remove ‘Innocence Of Muslims’ Video Despite White House Request

A short video uploaded to YouTube, as well as several other video sites on the Internet, has sparked a major crisis....
Dave Parrack
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HBO Nordic Cuts The Cord | New Netflix-Style Service Available Without Pay-TV Subscription

Home Box Office is heading overseas once more, but this time with a service called HBO Nordic launching in, unsurprisingly, the...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Testing Moodwall On Random Surfers – Video Recommendations Based On Feelings

YouTube is testing what it’s labeled ‘Moodwall’ on random users of the online video site. As its name suggests Moodwall makes...
Dave Parrack
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Netflix Coming To Nordic Countries In Q4 | Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland Lined Up

Netflix is set to continue its slow but sure expansion into international territories with a push into the Nordic countries of...
Dave Parrack
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Surfthechannel Owner Jailed For “Conspiracy To Defraud” After Linking To Copyrighted Content

The owner of Surfthechannel, a website which linked to content on the likes of Megavideo and Tudou, has been sentenced to...
Dave Parrack
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MyVidster Case Appeals Judge Rules Embedding Copyright-Infringing Videos Is Not Illegal

There has long been a question mark over whether linking to or embedding copyright-infringing videos is as illegal as actually hosting...
Dave Parrack
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YouTube Offers 4 Million Videos For Reusing & Remixing With ‘CC BY’ Creative Commons

YouTube is now the largest depository of Creative Commons videos that are free to be reused or remixed for free by...
Dave Parrack
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