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The Interview now available to rent for $5.99 or purchase for $14.99 through YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Video, and SeeTheInterview.com — Where To Watch ‘The Interview’ Online Right Now — Sony will release “The Interview” online Wednesday, the company announced.
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See also Mediagazer| Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Experts Are Still Divided on Whether North Korea Is Behind Sony Attack — Security cameras stand across the street on Culver Boulevard from the Sony Pictures Studios' water tank in Culver City, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014. Damian Dovarganes/AP — The FBI announcement last week …
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See also Mediagazer| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales — Closing down a marquee location in one of Europe's biggest malls — What are Samsung Experience Stores? Why, they're a dying species, if the latest development in Samsung's efforts to establish its own retail empire are any indication.
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| Mike Shields / Wall Street Journal: |
NFL to post game highlights and other video clips on Facebook with Verizon Wireless ads, share ad revenues with Facebook — Facebook Scores NFL Video Clips With Ads From Verizon — Facebook has scored a big partner as it ramps up its online video ambitions: the National Football League.| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Uber CEO Indicted in South Korea Over Its Taxi Service — Prosecutors in South Korea charged Uber Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick and the head of its domestic business partner MK Korea Co. with violating a transportation law. — San Francisco-based Uber …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook bringing playlists, featured videos, YouTube-inspired layout to videos tab on Pages — Facebook Challenges YouTube Channels With New Features For Pages — Twitter's not the only one Facebook is battling for control of news and content distribution.
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| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
Google and Microsoft join wireless trade group in opposing hotel industry's FCC petition to allow blocking personal WiFi hotspots — Google, Wireless Industry Not Down With Marriott's Wi-Fi Blocking Plan — Microsoft and Google don't agree on much, but they've presented a united front …
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
MPAA Secretly Settled With Hotfile for $4 Million, Not $80 Million — It's been nearly a year since Hotfile was defeated by the MPAA, resulting in a hefty $80 million dollar settlement. — While the public agreement left room for the file-hosting service to continue its operations …
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| John Ribeiro / PC World: |
Ireland wants US to use treaty to access Microsoft held emails — “Respect Irish sovereignty,” Ireland has told a court that is hearing a dispute over access for U.S. law enforcement to email communications held by Microsoft in Dublin. — “Ireland respectfully asserts that foreign courts …
| Eddie Makuch / GameSpot: |
PlayStation Now debuting on non-Sony devices in 2015, beginning with select Samsung Smart TVs — PlayStation Now Coming to Non-Sony Devices In 2015 — Streaming service will be available on “select” Samsung Smart TVs in first half of 2015. — Right now, Sony's game-streaming service PlayStation … | The Economic Times: |
Delhi High Court lifts ban on sale of OnePlus handsets — NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today lifted the December 16 ban on sale of OnePlus handsets embedded with Cyanogen software and asked its single judge who had passed the earlier order, to hear it afresh two weeks from now.| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
TripAdvisor Fined $610,000 in Italy for Failing to Prevent Fake Reviews — TripAdvisor, the travel review website, just got a bad comment from the Italian competition authorities. The American company, which allows travelers to rate hotels and restaurants around the world …
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