Aereo has restructured their pricing plans for their antenna television and DVR service. Plans will now start at $8 per month, which gives you access to the service with 20 hours of DVR storage. $12 per month will see your DVR storage bumped up 40 hours to a total of 60 hours of DVR time. Furthermore, there's no contract to sign, allowing you to sign up for the service essentially risk-free for a whole month.
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Aereo streamlines pricing plans by axing annual and daily options
Elon Musk and David Sacks abandon Zuckerberg’s lobbying group FWD.Us
Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook fame launched a lobbying group called FWD.Us, which purports to be for immigration reform and has more than a few big names associated with it, including Microsoft's Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates, who joined a couple weeks after its unveiling. Among those big-name supporters was Elon Musk of Tesla and David Sacks of Yammer, both of whom have abandoned the group, according to sources who are said to be familiar with the matter.
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Apple’s use of “iBooks” isn’t trademark infringement, says court
Apple began using the term "iBook" quite a few years ago, having applied it to various computers in days-gone-by that are now obsolete, only recently shifting to a slight variation of the word for its digital books app. Such a change prompted John T. Colby, a New York publisher, to file a lawsuit against Apple alleging trademark infringement. The case was initiated in the summer of 2011, and after nearly two years of a back-and-forth legal battle, Apple has won.
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NVIDIA Q1 earnings show year-on-year numbers up across the board
In February, NVIDIA posted the financial data for both its fiscal 2013 Q4 and its year-end 2012 data, showing record profits and stating an anticipated $940 million for its fiscal 2014 first quarter. Now the numbers are officially in, and it turns out the company beat expectations, with revenue coming in at $954.7 million. While nearly all of its numbers are down over the previous quarter, year-on-year numbers are up across the board.
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Yahoo acquires GoPollGo and MileWise, shuts them both down
Just several days after Yahoo acquired popular to-do app Astrid (shutting it down while they were at it), they acquired two more companies, both of which have now been immediately shut down by Marissa Mayer and company. Polling service GoPollGo and flight awards app MileWise have both been bought and shuttered by Yahoo.
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Sony PS4 to be more profitable than PS3, company claims
It took several years for Sony's PlayStation 3 console to finally turn a profit, but the company says that the PlayStation 4 won't be the same way. Sony CFO Masaru Kato said that the company won't experience "a major loss" with the PS4 like they did with the previous-generation console, claiming that much of the work has already been done.
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Trump launches Kickstarter clone FundAnything
Most of us probably know Donald Trump as the orange-skinned, toupee wearing rich guy that likes to fire people on TV. Trump is probably best known for Celebrity Apprentice, but his real focus is in the world of real estate and business. Trump and a partner named Bill Zanker have announced that they intend to launch a Kickstarter competitor with the goal of bringing crowd funding to the masses.
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Sony shows first profitable year since 2008
Sony has reported its fiscal year Q4 2012 quarterly earnings results, and the company ended up in the black for the first time in five years, earning its first full-year profit since their 2008 fiscal year. However, the increased income surprisingly comes after the company experienced lower revenues for its camera, gaming, and home entertainment products.
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Microsoft reportedly considering Nook Media purchase
Word has it Microsoft is considering a $1 billion purchase of Nook Media LLC's digital assets, which encompass its preferred units and leaves the rest - ebook and ereaders and such, that is. The information comes from the folks over at Tech Crunch, which says it has received an internal document on the matter. Also in the documentation is news that the Nook slate business will be discontinued by the end of next year.
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Slacker listening times increase following February redesign
Back in February, Slacker Radio was given a massive design overhaul, with the older clunky interface being replaced with a white, easier-to-navigate alternative. That change was accompanied by the addition of new features, as well, all with the goal of helping the service compete with the likes of Pandora and other similar offerings. Now the numbers are in, and it turns out the redesign did more than expected.
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Microsoft appoints Amy Hood as its new CFO
Microsoft announced earlier today that Amy Hood has been appointed its new CFO, replacing Peter Klein, who is no longer acting CFO but will stay at Microsoft until the end of June as part of a transitional period. Previously, Hood served as CFO of the company's Business Division, and has been working with Microsoft since 2002. CEO Steve Ballmer commented on her new role.
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Tesla Motors Model S push beyond North America detailed in brief
As Tesla Motors first quarter ended, this week it was made clear that the electric car company's plans for spreading beyond North American sales by the end of the year. With a "meaningful demand" appearing for the financing plan adjustment pushed earlier this month, the company made it clear this week that the growth they've seen in the very recent past will be continuing outside the North American market soon. At the moment, every Tesla Model S electric vehicle sold has been delivered within North America - soon the company will spread to Europe and Asia with numbers a bit smaller than their USA delivery schedule through 2013.
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