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Aereo may never get the chance to revolutionize TV

Mar 14, 2012
Aereo is supposed to launch today but it’s already being sued. The company's antennae system could change the way people can access television.

SXSW kicks off as musicians struggle to become nerds

Mar 13, 2012
Having your tech chops may be more important than being able to play "Stairway."

Baby baby baby no: Joustin’ Beaver app gets a cease and desist from Justin Bieber

Feb 24, 2012
It might not have been just the name that got the video game app known as Joustin’ Beaver in trouble. It might be the fact that the titular character, the beaver in question, bears an uncanny resemblance to Canadian pop star Justin Bieber. The fact that Biebs rarely jousts and is not a beaver was […]

The FTC wants to protect kids with a more open-book policy on apps

Feb 17, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission is urging Apple, Google and other app makers to make children’s privacy a priority. The FTC wants simple, uniform warnings that parents can easily access. This warning comes hot on the heals of disclosures that Path, Twitter, and other apps automatically download an iPhone’s entire address book when their apps are […]

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Aereo launches, streams broadcast TV

Feb 15, 2012
A lot of people are kind of scratching their heads over yesterday’s announcement of Aereo. It’s a streaming TV service for smartphones, tablets, and Internet-enabled TVs launching March 14th in New York City and presumably planning to come to other markets soon after that. But it doesn’t stream on-demand movies or shows from HBO or […]