One of the main questions that arose with Hulu’s announcement of its premium service, Hulu Plus, was whether or not the $10 per month subscription fee would provide for a commercial free viewing experience. It does not. The monthly fee basically gives subscribers access to entire back catalogs of shows from participating networks.
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YouTube ‘Leanback’ Promises Effortless Video Viewing
YouTube’s new Leanback feature is pretty much just like it sounds. You fire it up (youtube.com/leanback) and lean back in your chair. Do NOT lean forward! You’ll be treated to a non-stop barrage of YouTube videos that play in full screen, one after another “based on your YouTube settings and preferences, including content from your …
New YouTube Mobile Site Handles HTML5 Quite Nicely
Goodbye, YouTube apps on my iPhone and Android devices. The fine folks at YouTube have put together a nicely revamped mobile site at m.youtube.com that works with a fair amount of smartphones, leveraging HTML5 videos instead of Flash videos.
The new mobile site is currently accessible on iPhones and Android phones and, according to a …
First Beta Version of Firefox 4 Web Browser Now Available
Popular open source web browser, Firefox, has just hit the early stages of its fourth iteration, aptly called Firefox 4. The beta version is available for download and “gives an early look at what’s planned for Firefox 4,” according to a company blog post.
The most notable change from past Firefox versions is a new visual layout, …
Poll: Is The Internet Over?
Today’s educational outburst of crazy was brought to you by the artist (and perhaps formerly relevant to boot) Prince. “The Internet’s like MTV,” he told the UK’s Daily Mirror. “At one time MTV was hip and suddenly it became outdated. Anyway, all these computers and digital gadgets are no good. They just fill your head with …
Google News Gets All Up In Your Business (Is That Really A Good Thing?)
Rather see a New York Times article than a Huff Po link? Google can arrange that.
Today, Google unveiled its latest News update, a customized ranking system that relies on rankings made by you to display a more tailored news feed. The latest feature, “News For You,” will offer localized, personalized news based on your preferences. By …
Broadband Deemed Legal Right for Citizens of Finland
Starting today, every citizen of Finland has the legal right to a broadband internet connection with speeds of at least one megabit per second. That’s not to say that the internet service will be provided for free, just that it must be made available to every home.
According to the BBC, “It is believed up to 96% of the population are …
Restart the Bidding, Sex.com is Officially Up for Sale Again
Got way too much money burning a hole in your pocket? Sex.com is back on the auctioning block, officially being brokered by domain giant Sedo. Originally registered in 1994, the Sex.com domain name was put up for sale back in March of this year and fetched a million bucks just place a bid.
The company that owns the domain name, Escom, …
Hulu Plus: Every Episode from Every Season for $10 Per Month
Here’s the deal with Hulu Plus. You pay Hulu $10 per month and they’ll let you watch every episode from every season of every show they offer from the likes of ABC, NBC, and FOX. Oh, and you can watch on your computer, your iPhone, your iPad, or your TV (provided you have an internet-connected TV or Blu-ray player made by Samsung). Hulu …
What Would it Take for Google to Lure You Away from Facebook?
There’s some pitter-patter on the worldwide web concerning a rumored project simply known as Google Me. It all started with a Twitter update from Digg founder Kevin Rose saying that he’d heard a rumor from a “very credible source” that Google would be launching a “Facebook competitor very soon” called Google Me. That tweet has since been …
Mobile Music Streaming Service ‘mSpot’ Goes Live on Android
Upload all your music to the web somewhere, then access it on your phone. Sounds simple enough, but legal red tape and spotty network connections have a funny way of impeding progress sometimes. If you’re an Android user, though, you might want to give mSpot a whirl now that it’s out of beta.
You sign up at the site and then download …