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Smart TV: The industry push to keep getting smarter
For decades we've been watching TV. Now a new generation of televisions is beginning to watch us. Technological advances are giving the old clunky "boob tube" an I.Q. injection. Some of the new breed of smart TVs comes equipped with facial recognition...
Tags: Apple Inc., International CES, Netflix Inc., TiVo Inc., Marketing
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'Zombieland' writer announces the series is dead at Amazon
Amazon hasn't yet announced which of the 14 pilots it released last month will be getting series orders, but there's already been one confirmed casualty: "Zombieland." Co-creator and co-writer Rhett Reese, who also co-wrote the hit film the pilot was...
Tags: Emma Stone, Zombieland (movie), Movies, TNT (tv network), Bill Murray
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Key lawmaker: House will be 'more thoughtful' on Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON -- A key House committee chairman said his panel would take a "more thoughtful" approach to legislation allowing states to force retailers to collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. His comments signaled that momentum from Monday's easy...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Justice System, Global Expansion, E-Commerce Industry, Max Baucus
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Sagging legacy networks seek a reversal of fortune
NEW YORK — This week, the streets of midtown Manhattan will once again swarm with TV executives trying to woo ad buyers to their upcoming fall lineups with splashy presentations, star-packed cocktail parties and plentiful swag. But there's an...
Tags: The Mindy Project (tv program), The Following (tv program), Barry Diller, Revolution (tv program), Netflix Inc.
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Senate passes Internet sales tax bill; House fate uncertain
WASHINGTON -- The Senate voted 69-27 Monday to approve legislation that would allow states to force larger online retailers to collect sales taxes. But the bill faces an uncertain future in the House as lawmakers, particularly Republicans, wrestle...
Tags: Justice System, Career and Workplace, Dick Durbin, E-Commerce Industry, Labor Legislation
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Barnes & Noble hopes Mother's Day is kind to Nook
Barnes & Noble has dropped the price of its Nook tablet just in time for Mother's Day. The Nook HD tablet is now $149, a $50 discount; the larger-screened HD-Plus is $90 off, dropping from $269 to $179. "Amazing price for Mother's Day, in-store and online...
Tags: Google Play, Barnes & Noble, Mother's Day, Media Industry
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House Speaker Boehner unlikely to support Internet sales tax bill
WASHINGTON — House Speaker John A. Boehner said he probably won't support legislation allowing states to require that larger retailers collect sales taxes on Internet purchases. And a key House committee chairman said his panel would take a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, John Boehner, Justice System, E-Commerce Industry, Politics
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Amazon launches project to monetize fan fiction: Kindle Worlds
Amazon has a plan to monetize fan fiction: It's called Kindle Worlds. On Wednesday, Amazon announced a new scheme in which writers of fan fiction can self-publish and sell that writing with the sanction of the original copyright holder. The idea is that...
Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture, Amazon Kindle, Stephenie Meyer, Twilight (book)
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Amazon's big TV push reflects reality of a swiftly changing business
Amazon, the online retailer, recently posted 14 original "TV pilots" on the Web for public viewing and reviewing. In an instant, and before a single show has officially debuted, it has established a brand. Television is changing fast, so fast that it is...
Tags: Joe Lewis, Netflix Inc., The Huffington Post, Jeffrey Tambor, AOL LLC
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Senate OKs Internet sales tax
WASHINGTON — The Senate gave strong bipartisan approval to landmark legislation that could largely lead to the end of the nation's decades-long Internet sales tax holiday. Now the issue shifts to the more skeptical, Republican-controlled House,...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Justice System, Dick Durbin, E-Commerce Industry, Consumer Goods Industries
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Scouting out Malibu beaches? Get 'em on the phone
When environmental writer Jenny Price first began scouting for ways to get to Malibu's beaches, she drove up and down Pacific Coast Highway but did not spot a single sign pointing "this way to the beach." Shrubbery obscured stairway openings. "Private...
Tags: Princeton University, Crime, Law and Justice, Eli Broad, California Department of Transportation, DreamWorks Animation SKG Incorporated
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Selling stuff online just got a little easier with Sold
I value money, but when it comes to the hassle of selling “stuff” online, all that comes to my mind is “Ain't nobody got time for that,” as intoned by YouTube viral sensation Sweet Brown. While you are reading this, my iPhone 4...
Tags: Prices, eBay Inc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apple iPhone, Amazon Kindle
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