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The rise of Redbox should spook Netflix
A decade ago, Redbox was a tenuous experiment; its kiosks sold miscellanea from pantyhose to milk. Now, it has a shot at disrupting the king of web streaming.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- Reed Hastings must look at Redbox these days with a mixture of bafflement and envy.
Last summer, the Netflix (NFLX) CEO tried to introduce a new fee structure that most subscribers viewed as a price increase. A few months MORE
Feb 10, 2012 10:52 AM ET -
The cloud goes Hollywood
The major film studios think they've found a way to sell and deliver movies online. Will consumers buy it?
By Robert Levine, contributor
FORTUNE -- Consumers who recently purchased Warner Brothers' final Harry Potter film on DVD or Blu-ray found a surprise in the package: a digital copy of the movie in the new UltraViolet format. Although the name is not yet familiar, UltraViolet represents Hollywood's first step into the cloud MORE
Feb 3, 2012 5:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Why new PlayBook software won't help RIM
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* Some analysts have previewed the software update for Research in Motion's PlayBook and aren't impressed. Worse, they believe the update will do little to turn the floundering tablet's sales around. (The New York Times)
* Like Netflix (NFLX), Hulu is upping the ante by offering original content like the show Battleground, MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 17, 2012 4:15 AM ETPosted in: BlackBerry Playbook, Jason Kilar, Netflix, PlayBook, Research in Motion, RIM, Rupert Murdoch -
Today in Tech: Why the traditional e-reader is doomed
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* Barnes and Noble (BKS) may spin off its Nook e-reader business, news that came as a surprise to many. The company slashed its fiscal 2012 guidance and now expects sales of $7.1 billion instead of the $7.3 billion forecast. The reason? Lower-than-expected sales of its Nook Simple Touch. (CNNMoney)
* Over at MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 6, 2012 12:11 PM ET -
Today in Tech: Can Netflix pull an HBO?
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* Yahoo (YHOO) has a new CEO in Scott Thompson, who served as PayPal President and grew the online payment unit into a business that now accounts for nearly 37% of eBay's total revenues. As sources told colleague Dan Primack, Yahoo's board members are not supportive of a takeover offer MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jan 5, 2012 4:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Why TVs are cheapest they've ever been
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* Thanks to oversupply and competitive pricing, TVs are the cheapest they've ever been. It's a situation that's causing major problems for retailers and manufacturers, including significantly lower profits, and in Sony's case, forcing the Japanese company to overhaul its TV operations. (The New York Times)
* Google+ gained 12 million users this month, bringing MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 28, 2011 3:30 AM ET -
If Netflix is for sale, who should buy it?
The struggling streaming company's stock surged on rumors Verizon might acquire it. But there are plenty of better suitors out there.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- The rise of Netflix took years, but the fall is taking much less time. After enjoying a steady increase in its stock price from $5 a share in late 2002 to $305 a share this summer, the stock has plunged back to $73 a share MORE
Dec 14, 2011 9:13 AM ET -
Today in Tech: WebOS lives, more hardware coming
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"If you don't fail, you haven't tried hard enough."
-- Shervin Pishevar, Menlo Ventures Managing Partner (TechCrunch)* HP (HPQ) has finally decided the fate of the WebOS operating system, and things are looking up. The company announced that it's making WebOS "open source," allowing developers and other hardware manufacturers to freely MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 12, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Facebook, Flipboard, Hewlett-Packard, Meg Whitman, Netflix, Redbox, Spotify, Video Privacy Protection Act, WebOS -
Today in Tech: Redbox and Verizon's Netflix killer
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"By the summer of 2012, the majority of the televisions you see in stores will have Google TV embedded in it."
-- An optimistic Eric Schmidt, Google's executive chairman (paidContent)* Verizon (VZ) and Redbox are reportedly working together on a Netflix-like service that will enable TV and movie streaming and MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Dec 8, 2011 5:05 AM ETPosted in: Android, Google, Larry Page, Netflix, OnLive, Redbox, Rio Caraeff, Verizon Communications, Vevo, Xbox -
Today in Tech: Apple's four keys to success
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* All Things D reports that Facebook is working with HTC to build a smartphone, codenamed "Buffy," built around the social network. (All Things D)
* HP CEO Meg Whitman told investors during her first earnings conference call to lower their expectations and that the road ahead in 2012 "just MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 22, 2011 9:01 AM ET
