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Netflix stops third-party apps from tracking when streaming titles expire

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Back in March Netflix announced it wouldn't allow new developers to utilize its Public API, and now the company has removed a feature from existing apps after the API led to some unwanted attention. As explained in the Netflix API Developer Blog, the company will no longer relay when titles are set to expire from its streaming library. The shift comes after expiration data — collected via the...

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Exclusive: Google readies its Spotify competitor with Universal and Sony now on board

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Google will unveil new subscription music services tomorrow at the Google I/O conference, sources close to the company said. Google has now signed separate licensing deals with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment for both YouTube and Google Play, setting the stage for such an announcement, music industry sources told The Verge.

Google plans to add separate music subscription services to YouTube and Google Play, the entertainment hub for the Android operating system. Earlier this year, Fortune magazine reported that Google had already struck similar licensing agreements with Warner Music Group, the smallest of the top three record labels. But landing Universal Music and Sony gives Google access to the two largest record companies, home to such acts as Bob Dylan, Alicia Keys, Lil Wayne, Rihanna, and Jay-Z. Spokespeople...

If Google rolls out the new services tomorrow at I/O, it would get the jump on Apple

Sharp plans even more loans, hopes for bigger Samsung sales to save its business

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Struggling TV and display maker Sharp will be borrowing money and cutting its workforce to attempt a financial turnaround, Reuters reports. In a business plan and financial statement set for release on Tuesday, Sharp will apparently reveal plans to obtain more loans on top of the 360 billion yen ($3.5 billion) it borrowed last year, taking out another 150 billion yen ($1.5 billion) in return for giving the lenders senior management positions, among other conditions. In its last round of loans,...


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Superpowers and spies collide in 'Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' first look

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Members of the Avengers may not be hitting the small screen, but the peacekeeping and espionage agency that stands behind them, S.H.I.E.L.D., will be coming to ABC with its own set of heroes. The first trailer for Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. aired last night, after being teased on Vine earlier in the day, and the all-too-quick 30-second spot paints the show as a mixture of spy thriller and superpower-studded action. ABC is yet to reveal a...

Aereo streamlines its plans, eliminates daily and annual subscription options

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Aereo has just announced that it is cutting back on the number of plans it offers by eliminating its $1 per day plan it introduced last summer as well as the option to have a cheaper annual subscription. Now, Aereo will only offer its its $8 monthly plan (which includes 20 hours of DVR storage) or a $12 monthly plan that triples DVR storage to 60 hours. Unfortunately for those who knew they were in for the long haul with Aereo, the $80 annual...

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