The Interview is a pirate hit with over 750K estimated torrent downloads; restricted availability outside the US a possible driving factor
The Interview Is A Pirate Hit With 200k Downloads (Updated) — Facing a “terrorist” threat theaters all around the U.S. backed away from showing The Interview last week.
Xbox Live is back, but PlayStation Network is still down after Lizard Squad takes credit for Christmas outage
PlayStation and Xbox's networks are still recovering from a Christmas Day outage — Revelers opening brand-new PlayStation 4 or Xbox One video game consoles on Christmas …
The Interview now available to rent for $5.99 or purchase for $14.99 through YouTube, Google Play, Xbox Video, and SeeTheInterview.com
Starting at 10am Pacific Time this morning … Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog : “The Interview” now available on Xbox Video Richard Procter / ReadWrite : “The Interview” Is Now Showing At A St...
NSA reports show agency may have violated laws by unauthorized surveillance of Americans for over a decade
U.S. Spy Agency Reports Improper Surveillance of Americans — The National Security Agency today released reports on intelligence collection that may have violated the law …
Mozilla and Japan's KDDI launch Fx0, the first Firefox OS phone with 4G LTE, NFC; made by LG, costs about $420
LG Fx0 Firefox OS 2.0 Smartphone With Transparent Body Launched — LG, Mozilla and KDDI have launched Japan's first Firefox OS smartphone, the Fx0, which will go on sale Thursday.
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.
Amazon added 10M new Prime subscribers over the holidays, could make up to $1B in annual revenue
Amazon today announced it's added over 10 million new subscribers to Prime — the company's $99 annual subscription to all things Amazon — over the holidays this year.
Facebook's Year in Review suggestions may in some cases be inadvertently tactless, hurtful
Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty — I didn't go looking for grief this afternoon, but it found me anyway, and I have designers and programmers to thank for it. In this case, the designers and program...
Judge denies Facebook's request to dismiss class action lawsuit over private message scanning to target ads
Suit over Facebook's practice of scanning users' messages to go forward — Company's TOC “does not establish that users consented” to the practice, court rules.
Google Bars Developers From Including User Testimonials In Play Store App Descriptions
Google has updated its Play Store guidelines to again clamp down on how developers can list their apps. The keyword spam section of the support site now includes a rule that specifically forbids deve...
FTC charges data broker LeapLab with selling consumers' financial details to fraudsters
Data Broker Is Charged With Selling Consumers' Financial Details to ‘Fraudsters’ — Federal regulators are cracking down on information resellers who hawk personal details about consumers to companie...
Preparing for IPO, Alibaba removed 90M counterfeit goods from its marketplaces during the first 9 months of 2014
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PlayStation Now debuting on non-Sony devices in 2015, beginning with select Samsung Smart TVs
Without A PlayStation William White / InvestorPlace : PlayStation Now: Samsung Smart TVs to Stream PS Games Steven Schneider / Tech Times : PlayStation Now Headed To Samsung Smart TVs In 2015 Mike Sni...
Withings Activité review: too expensive for mass market at $450, but will appeal to watch enthusiasts
Withings Activité Fitness Tracking Watch Review — Wearable tech has seemed on a fairly straightforward path throughout the course of its initial development …
Delhi High Court lifts ban on sale of OnePlus handsets
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Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales
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Huawei's low cost Honor smartphone unit sales up to 20M from 1M in one year after replicating Xiaomi's online strategy
Huawei's smartphone sales shoot up after copying Xiaomi's online strategy — (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] has taken sales of its low-price Honor brand …
MPAA Secretly Settled With Hotfile for $4 Million, Not $80 Million
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Facebook bringing playlists, featured videos, YouTube-inspired layout to videos tab on Pages
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