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Jul
27

Movies On WalMart: Company Offers Video Streaming On Walmart.com

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The world’s largest retailer on Tuesday started streaming many movies the same day they come out on DVD, in a second bid for a share of popular movie rental and streaming website Netflix Inc.‘s business and just two weeks after Netflix announced new price increases.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. bought video-streaming service Vudu.com 18 months ago and now offers 20,000 titles that can be viewed on almost any device with Internet access, from computers to televisions to Sony’s PlayStation3 and other Blu-Ray disc players.

Movies are available at Walmart.com to rent for $1 to $5.99 or to purchase for $4.99 and up. Wal-Mart is not offering subscriptions, making its service more similar to Apple Inc.‘s iTunes, which charges $3.99 to rent newly released movies and $14.99 to buy a movie.

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg Steps Down; Lowell McAdam Takes Helm

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Verizon Communications Inc. is seeing a big boost from the iPhone, adding more new subscribers on contracts in the second quarter than it has in two and half years.

Yet AT&T Inc., which was been the exclusive seller of Apple’s iconic phone in the U.S. until February, still activates three iPhones for every two Verizon does.

When posting a profit for the second quarter on Friday, Verizon also said Chief Operating Officer Lowell McAdam will take over from long-time CEO Ivan Seidenberg, 64, on Aug. 1. The company has signaled the succession for the past year. McAdam, 57, is the former head of Verizon Wireless.

China’s Online Population Rises To 485 Million

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China‘s online population soared to 485 million as of the end of June as use of mobile phones to surf the Web spreads, an industry group reported Tuesday.

The number of Chinese Web users, already by far the world’s biggest, rose by 15.5 percent over a year earlier, according to the government-sanctioned China Internet Network Information Center.

As the Jakarta Post notes, “China’s online population already is by far the world’s biggest and more than 50 percent larger than the entire United States population.”

China’s communist government promotes Internet use for business and education but tries to block access to material it considers subversive or pornographic.

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Jul
19

By pratyushkp

8 Crucial Elements of Startup Success

Category: Social, Technology Tags: 500 Hats, Bill Clark, Getty Images, Investor, Market Research, Money, Niche market, Product (business), srartup success, Startup company, Thomas Hawk Leave a Comment

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Bill Clark is the CEO of Microventures, a securities broker/dealer that uses crowdfunding to allow investors to invest between $1,000 and $10,000 in startups online. You can follow him on Twitter @austinbillc.

Most people understand that a high percentage of startups never make it. So what if you could give yourself a leg up on the competition? Below is a list of tips that may help your startup get to the next level. These ideas are not revolutionary, and many successful startups already have these qualities. Why not ensure yours does too?

Facebook’s Awesome Announcement: Group Chat, Video Chat, New Chat Design

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Mark Zuckerberg promised “something awesome” for Wednesday’s conference. What Facebook delivered is a trio of new chat features, including the earlier reported Skype-video chat integration.

The new features include a redesigned chat interface, group chats, and the aforementioned video chat, all explained on Facebook’s blog.

The group chat feature will let users chat with multiple friends at once by selecting “Add Friends to Chat.” According to Facebook, 50 percent of users are using the Groups feature, for things like co-ordinating events. Users can add friends that are not online at the time, and those friends will receive a summary of the chat later on. The feature rolls out today.

Jun
24

By pratyushkp

Facebook Phone Coming Soon To AT&T

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Android, AT&T, Boy Genius Report, ChaCha, facebook, Getty Images, QWERTY, social network, T-Mobile Leave a Comment

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The first phone with a dedicated Facebook button is coming soon to an AT&T near you.

According to Boy Genius Report, HTC’s so-called “Facebook Phone”, featuring both a dedicated button for the social network and deep Facebook integration, will launch in as soon as one week.

Though the phone has previously been called the “ChaCha,” HTC has reportedly renamed the device the “HTC Status.”

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