YouTube is going to launch VOD-style movie rentals on TVs and connected devices later this year. The Google-owned video service will add a premium component to its TV application on various Smart TV platforms, according to an announcement by YouTube hardware partner TPVision. YouTube’s VOD rentals are coming to connected devices. The company, which...
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First, the good news: The number of click-throughs on mobile advertisements that were mistaken or fraudulent dropped slightly over the last year. Now the bad news: As much as 40% of clicks on mobile ads are so-called worthless clicks, offering no return on investment for the advertiser, according to a new study. The study, which was...
Windows XP, the zombie operating system that refuses to die, may be about to finally receive a killing blow to the head by the company that spawned it eleven years ago. So what will put XP out of its undead misery? Buyers of PCs running Windows 8 Pro will have the ability to downgrade...
Hacker group Anonymous claims to have obtained 12 million iOS user IDs from the computer of an FBI agent and has released nearly 1 million of those IDs along with corresponding personal information. The claim, if it is true, raises important questions. For instance, what was an FBI agent doing with personal information about...
In a revised privacy policy updated over the weekend, Microsoft now says that it will take the content that people upload and use it to improve Microsoft’s “integrated” suite of online services. The new Microsoft services agreement, distributed to consumers the Friday night before the Labor Day holiday, looks fairly innocuous. But the accompanying...
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Last week, Twitter’s spam filters broke Twisst, the clever tool that sends you a tweet when the International Space Station (ISS) will be visible at whatever location you have in your Twitter bio. After an outcry from Twisst users, Twitter contacted Twisst and the two started talking about what could be done. Today, Twisst...