YouTube might look different starting Tuesday. YouTube The site is rolling out a handful of updates to the way YouTube not only looks but works, Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan said in a post. Many of the changes build on recent updates. “Over the last few months we’ve started releasing updates and will continue to …
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One day soon, you might be able to watch a movie just a few weeks after it’s been in theaters. Prominent movie studios like Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures could potentially partner with distributors like Apple and Comcast to offer digital rentals, according to a Bloomberg report Friday. After months of negotiating, the film studios so far have been unable to reach …
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One phone not enough for you? You can snag a second LG G6 or V20 on T-Mobile‘s Equipment Installment Plan when you add a line, the company said Friday. The LG G6 is available for $20 down and $20 a month, while the V20 is available for $0 down and $20 a month. But the second phone isn’t free immediately. …
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Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is taking two months of paternity leave in upcoming months. Zuckerberg will split the time between the first month of his new daughter’s life (whenever that is) and the month of December, he said in a post Friday, noting that Facebook offers four months of maternity and paternity leave because studies show parents spending time …
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If you’ve been holding out for that Amazon television series reboot of the 1999 cult movie “Galaxy Quest,” there’s some potentially good news: The show has a new writer, Hollywood Reporter said Friday, which signals that it’s back on track again. Paul Scheer will reportedly be taking over from Robert Gordon. Scheer acts, writes, and directs and has popped up …
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Shonda Rhimes is bringing her trademark jaw-dropping dramatic twists and turns to Netflix. Rhimes and her production company Shondaland are behind such hits as the long-running “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Scandal” and “How to Get Away with Murder.” But after 15 years with ABC, Netflix said Sunday it had signed a multi-year deal with Shondaland. The new deal with cover a “new …
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“Finding Bigfoot” and “House Hunters” are about to have more in common than the reality TV-crafted thrill of the chase. Discovery Communications, which owns channels like The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, will acquire Scripps Networks Interactive, home of HGTV, Food Network and more, for $11.9 billion, the companies said Monday. The two companies are combining because they want to …
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The Hulu app on your Amazon Fire TV device is about to get an upgrade. The streaming service is rolling out its redesigned app as well as its Live TV service to Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Fire Sticks Friday, Hulu said in a blog post. Hulu updated its app in May and launched on Android mobile devices, Apple TV, Chromecast, …
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Netflix has something else to crow about beyond its 91 Emmy nominations. The streaming video service on Monday said it added 5.2 million new customers in the second quarter, up from 1.7 last year. In the US, the company added 1.07 million customers, up from 160,000 a year ago. While the US is still its core market, this quarter marked …
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Ready, set, snap. Snapchat’s coming to Formula 1 racing, the companies said Thursday. Starting with the British Grand Prix this weekend, Snapchat users will be able to contribute photos and videos to a larger, public Snapchat Story for Formula 1 Grand Prix races in Abu Dhabi, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Singapore and the US. “Snap’s platform is one of the most …
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