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YouTube may launch subscription video service for a monthly fee — YouTube may soon have a subscription option for its best original content. A comment buried in a Variety report reveals that the Google-owned video site is “exploring the prospect of launching its own subscription VOD service.”
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
A competitive landscape, and disgruntled partners and advertisers, challenge YouTube's dominance — YouTube Turns 10: How Competition Crashed the Party — If there could be said to be a poster boy for YouTube, it may well be Freddie Wong. Known online as FreddieW, the 29-year-old is the creator of … | Charles Babcock / InformationWeek: |
Widely-used open source Network Time Protocol depends primarily on one overworked project lead — NTP's Fate Hinges On ‘Father Time’ — The Network Time Protocol provides a foundation to modern computing. So why does NTP's support hinge so much on the shaky finances of one 59-year-old developer?
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Evolution of the smartwatch, like the smartphone, will be a multi-year, multi-vendor effort, with Apple Watch now contributing app-centric approach and Wi-Fi — Apple's contribution to the smartwatch: An app-centric approach and Wi-Fi — Key differences make Android Wear and Apple Watch two very different platforms.| Alex Hern / Guardian: |
The dual personality of Reddit: a problem for CEO Ellen Pao should she try to cleanse the site — Reddit: can anyone clean up the mess behind ‘the front page of the internet’? — The social news site is almost as famous for its never-ending supply of creepy subforums as it is for memes, pictures and assorted lols.| Matt McGee / Search Engine Land: |
Google inserting conspicuous message above search results urging Firefox users to switch default search engines — Google Is Practically Begging Firefox Users To Switch Their Default Search Engine — It almost looks desperate. Google has placed a big, new message above its organic search results …
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| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
A week on the Dark Web: drugs, child pornography, guns, and stolen accounts are everywhere — I Spent A Week With The Scammers, Drug Dealers, And Endearing Dorks Inside The Dark Web — I spent a week with the scammers, drug dealers, and endearing dorks inside the Dark Web. Here's what I learned.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Netflix's war with Internet service providers is over, but Comcast and AT&T still have congestion issues with Internet backbone operators GTT and Zayo — Netflix war is over, but money disputes still harm Internet users — AT&T won't upgrade network without payment; Comcast is working to fix congestion.| TechCrunch: |
Ashton Kutcher And Guy Oseary Launch Sound Ventures, The Successor To A-Grade Investments — Most people probably know Ashton Kutcher for his success in television and film, but he's not-so-quietly also become a pretty successful investor in startups as well.
Tweets: @ryanlawler and @semil
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
LG G Flex 2 rectifies most flaws of the original G Flex, but is held back by slow software — LG G Flex 2 review — LG's new curved phone is a big improvement on the original, but is it better than its straight competition? — The G Flex smartphone line is LG's design and engineering showcase.| Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Android Central: |
Google Flight Search now provides amenity data through partnership with Routehappy — Making a decision on which flight to take is about to get a tad easier, as Google Flight Search results will soon display amenity information for each flight. — The new information is the result …
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Gigaom struggled with significant debt for years, recently spent $400K/month on rent and interest; unprofitable research arm became a drag on the company — The Long Story Behind Gigaom's Sudden Demise — When Gigaom's managers announced the tech news publisher was laying off …
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