| Google Privacy Policy Raises Red Flags Again
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- ContributorNetwork - Google has decided to unify all 60 of its services under one umbrella privacy policy. Records of searches done on Android phones, the Internet and YouTube will be combined to create ultra-personalized advertising. Users won't be able to opt out of the policy, although web browsing history settings can be changed to avert the use of web browsing statistics for advertising purposes.
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:34:48 GMT
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| Meet Beckinfield, a YouTube Show With 4,000 Actors [PICS]
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Mashable - The make-believe town of Beckinfield is the setting for the Mad Libs-style show of the same name, which uses crowd-sourced amateur actors from all over the world who create the show's story by posting videos.
Writers outline the plot and email a "town happenings" newsletter to actors each week. Each actor tells a small piece of the story in their video, adding their own flair. Related segments are linked together to create a kind of webisode that will be unique to every viewer depending on which videos they watch.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:59:08 GMT
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| Fresh iPhone Apps for Jan. 27: Frequency, Steam Mobile, RAGE HD update, Baseball Superstars 2012
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Appolicious - Start your weekend with all the best videos the Internet has to offer with Frequency, an iPad app that makes finding and organizing great videos from all over the place a snap. It’s our top Fresh App today, followed by Steam Mobile, an iOS app that ties to the popular digital video game download portal and lets you impulse-buy during Steam’s crazy game sales no matter where you are. A big update with new levels to RAGE HD tops off our games picks for this weekend, followed by a new, free edition to the Baseball Superstars series from Gamevil.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:19:00 GMT
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| DirecTV settles dispute with Sunbeam over blackout
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Reuters - DirecTV and Sunbeam Entertainment have broken bread and ended the carriage dispute that caused customers in Boston and Miami to miss both the Packers-Giants NFL playoff game and the Golden Globes earlier this month.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:25:23 GMT
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| DirecTV, Sunbeam resolve dispute over fees
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AP - DirecTV Inc. and the owner of TV stations in Miami and Boston have resolved a dispute over fees the satellite provider pays to run broadcast programming.
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:39 GMT
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