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  • Fitness bands outselling all other wearables, including Apple Watch, research finds

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    Weren't netbooks selling very well at one point?
    pscooter63

  • Apple loses exclusive rights to 'iPhone' trademark for non-smartphone products in China

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    So what non "phone" product would be called "iPhone"? MciPhone Apple Sesame Burger at Captain StarBuckets Fried Chicken Restaurant ?
    ronn

  • Judge overturns Brazilian WhatsApp shutdown in continuing fight over encrypted data

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    Obviously, one judge has a hard on for shutting WhatsApp down. Probably needs to be recused from the case. When his last two drastic actions against WhatsApp got overturned, did he think a third one was somehow a charm?
    morecklostkiwijbdragon

  • Hulu could beat Apple to the punch with live TV subscription service

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    "The state of Apple's live TV plans are unknown, as rumors have been largely dormant for months. The company could conceivably launch a new service including original programming in September, but talks have allegedly stalled. The major area of conflict is believed to be Apple's demand for a Sling-like "skinny" channel bundle costing less than $30 per month, and content providers being unwilling to exclude some of their channels."

    Time always sorts these things out. The bloated, mandatory, parasite, channel packages are quietly dropping like flies. When HBO went straight to the end user with a standalone subscription services it pretty much signed the death warrant for the niche channels that only existed because they had to be carried by cable companies in order to carry their much more popular sister channels. Because they continued to insist on this, cord cutting accelerated and now the only way to stay in the game is to offer skinny and a la carte programming. Apple will eventually get their deal. Hell, they may even let Hulu do all the leg work, then buy them. 
    HBO going standalone did nothing. HBO was already a standalone price for cable/satellite customers unless you buy the most expensive package that includes all channels. Cord cutters still make up an extremely small number. There still really isn't a la carte programming. 
    HBO going standalong meant nobody had to buy any cable package or even have cable TV to get HBO programming. That is the game changer. When suddenly the premium option is available direct and can be had without having to add it to basic cable, that suddenly diminishes the value of every basic cable channel that were previously only subscribed to by people that wanted to watch Game of Thrones and were too lazy to use bit torrent. It will only take a handful of other networks to do the same and suddenly cable TV has real competition. Cord cutters may still be a minority, but they are growing and the much larger group that scares cable providers the most are the hybrids. The ones that still subscribe to cable tv programming but get most of their programing on demand from a set top box or mobile device. 
    palomine

  • Hulu could beat Apple to the punch with live TV subscription service

    VisualSeedVisualSeed
    "The state of Apple's live TV plans are unknown, as rumors have been largely dormant for months. The company could conceivably launch a new service including original programming in September, but talks have allegedly stalled. The major area of conflict is believed to be Apple's demand for a Sling-like "skinny" channel bundle costing less than $30 per month, and content providers being unwilling to exclude some of their channels."

    Time always sorts these things out. The bloated, mandatory, parasite, channel packages are quietly dropping like flies. When HBO went straight to the end user with a standalone subscription services it pretty much signed the death warrant for the niche channels that only existed because they had to be carried by cable companies in order to carry their much more popular sister channels. Because they continued to insist on this, cord cutting accelerated and now the only way to stay in the game is to offer skinny and a la carte programming. Apple will eventually get their deal. Hell, they may even let Hulu do all the leg work, then buy them. 
    palomine