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4 New Video Streaming Services to Watch in 2017

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Video streaming is the latest innovation in digital entertainment, and it is here to stay. Today, people want to access movies and their favorite shows while on the go via their mobile devices. This need has led to the growth of video streaming companies. They are now some of the fastest growing – and most lucrative – organizations in the entertainment industry. And as expected, everyone wants a piece of the action. New services are coming online every day. The best new services of 2017 are outlined below.[Read More]

Amazon Drones: Automated Convenience That’s Energy Efficient?

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When Amazon.com announced recently that it was planning to make deliveries by drones by 2015, it created quite a stir. How will it work? How will the drone find my apartment? Will my e-reader get left out in the rain? How much power would it take to carry large packages?

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The details on how drone automated delivery would work are somewhat sketchy right now. The proposed vehicles have a range of 10 miles and can carry weights up to 5 pounds, which includes 86% of Amazon’s packages. But the 10-mile range would no doubt limit deliveries to big cities. And even then, an MIT professor pointed out that the drones don’t have enough battery life to go 10 miles with a 5-pound package. While the idea suggests energy efficiency, the current numbers suggests otherwise.[Read More]

Kindle Fire HDX Offers Clues to Amazon’s Tablet Evolution

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Kindle Fire HDX Offers Clues to Amazon’s Tablet Evolution (via slashdot)

Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets are handheld vending machines for the company’s e-books and streaming content. But that could change. Amazon’s new Kindle Fire HDX tablets—available Nov. 7 in 7-inch and 8.9-inch editions—are still intended first…

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The Netflix for books is here, it’s mobile, and it makes Amazon look old

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The Netflix for books is here, it’s mobile, and it makes Amazon look old (via Pando Daily)

By Hamish McKenzie On September 5, 2013As of now, the world has a platform that brings the power of Netflix-style recommendations and all-you-can-eat buffets to bear on one of the world’s oldest and greatest products: books. Today, New York-based…

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