At the start, the Vdio video streaming service was only available to Rdio Unlimited subscribers when it originally launched in April, but now it is available to everyone as long as they live within the US or the UK.

This comes after Rdio launched in seven new European and Latin American markets earlier this month.

Vdio basically allows users to stream content by either buying it outright, or renting the game itself, after which, content that has been paid for can be accessed easily on various devices, wither through the web interface or via the iPad application.

Source: Vdio

Netlfix has today announced a new deal it has signed with Dreamworks to create and stream more than 300 hours of Dreamworks original programming, providing Netflix with the rights to create and develop childrens shows that are based off popular Dreamworks movies.

The first of which will be a TV The Croods, Turbo, and Mr. Peabody and Shermann of the latest movie from Dreamworks called Turbo, planned to be available for streaming by 2014, the service also plans to add The Croods, Mr. Peabody and Sherman to it list of later programming.

Dreamworks will now join the likes of Marvel, Disney and Pixar, all of which have signed deals to show movies on the platform later this year.

Hit up the source link below for more information.

Source – The Verge

After joining forces with Sky, Disney has today announced a new partnership with Amazon’s Lovefilm service to bring their wide collection of movies to the streaming service.

So far the additional movies will include a select few movies from their arsenal of choices, including both Wall-E and Lady and the Tramp, however more films are being planned for future additions.

This brings the service on par with their biggest rival, Netflix who added movies from the Disney catalogue only last month.

If you want to access the Disney Collection, you can sign up to Lovefilm’s Instant service for £4.99 a month, this will allow you to watch unlimited hours of the various films and TV shows on offer.

Google has always been one for creating new projects to help those around it, their most recent is Project Loon, which aims to bring internet access to those in remote areas by way of air balloon.

The idea is to fly the balloon over an area that needs internet and beam 3G access down to it.

Google says this is to help bring fast and reliable internet to the two out of three people in the world that don’t currently have, explaining their plans in a recent blog post.

“We believe that it might actually be possible to build a ring of balloons, flying around the globe on the stratospheric winds, that provides internet access to the earth below.”

“It’s very early days, but we’ve built a system that uses balloons, carried by the wind at altitudes twice as high as commercial planes, to beam internet access to the ground at speeds similar to today’s 3G networks or faster.”

At the moment the company is only testing the project within New Zealand, launching 30 balloons earlier this week, a group of 50 testers have already been given access to the service.

However Google aims to expand this much further in the next few years.

Source: Google Blog

First launching to advertisers back in 2011, Twitter Analytics has now been opened to the public, it allows users to monitor the performance of their Tweets and look at data about their followers.

This data is shown in detailed graphs that show the users last 30 days of Tweets, with numerical data for the users favorites, retweets and replies that have been received.

There’s also a breakdown for the follower growth, with categories for interest and gender demographics, all of which can be downloaded in a CSV file.

Alongside this, Twitter is also revealed a new feature named #FollowMe, allowing users to create a highlight reel of videos, showing off their tweeting habits, and is a new project in partnership with Vizfy.

Both of the features are available from today, for #FollowMe head to Vizfy’s website, and for Analytics, do the same.

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The UK 4G carrier, EE has today announced that it will be launching a new set of plans for its broadband and calls packages, to make them simply for customers to meet their needs.

Available from EE retail stores and on EE’s website from today, customers now have up to six options for their unlimited broadband packages, starting at just £5 a month plus line rental, customers can select higher price ranges for faster speeds, with up to 38Mbps available on standard broadband, and up to 76Mbps available on the fibre connection.

Packages can also be upgraded with a call plan, starting at £7 more a month, customers will receive free weekend calls, which includes calls to 0845 and 0870 numbers, and can be upgraded to an unlimited anytime package, with unlimited calls to UK home phones, 30 minutes to international numbers and 1,000 minutes to call UK mobiles.

You can find out more about the packages on EE’s website.

Virgin Media has today announced the launch of a new version of the Super Hub, a new dual band hub that can supply a concurrent connection to both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi channels and claims to be the fastest hub available in the UK.

That’s after some independent testing made by the University of Bristol and Farncombe Technology that shown the hub to outperform the BT Home Hub 3, and the Sky and TalkTalk hub.

The tests shown that the new Super Hub performed best on speed over different ranges, however it did not include BT’s new Home Hub 4 that was announced recently, they will be doing more tests for that soon.

With maximum 5GHz Wi-Fi speeds of up to 450Mbps, it’s also pretty fast when it comes to the tech sheet.

All customers taking out a new 60Mb or 100Mb broadband package will be able to get the Super Hub for free, however existing customers who have already upgraded to the package will have to pay a £49.95 installation fee.

For those on the 30Mbps package will be supplied the original Super Hub.

Evernote have today announced new security features, including new features such as two-factor authentication, allowing you to secure you account with a second verification code whenever you log into Evernote Web, or install a new device.

Basically you try to log in and then you will have to type in a verification code to access your account, which can be delivered by text message or by using an app such as Google Authenticator.

This feature is completely optional however, and needs to be set up through your account settings and is available to all Evernote Premium and Business customers.

You can find out more at the source link below.

Source: Evernote

Amazon has today announced the launch of a new service named Login with Amazon, allowing over 200 million active Amazon customers to login to applications, games and websites, allowing developers to add single sign-in features to their services.

The service has already been tested on the websites, Zappos and Woot for which, Amazon claims that Zappos saw 40% of its new customers sign in with the service, and Woot customers used the service two times more often than any other social login on their site.

The service can be integrated easily, using the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework, and can be integrated from today by including code from login.amazon.com.

Check out the video below for more information:

Facebook have today launched new Verified Pages for celebrities, high-profile persons and businesses, all of which once accepted will then find a small, blue check mark on their official Facebook Page.

The badge looks a lot like Twitter’s version of the verified badge, and will be shown beside profile names on user timelines as well as in search results.

Microsoft have today revealed that they will be providing students an extra 3GB of space on top of the 7GB that already comes with the service.

There is a catch however, the space will only lasts a year, but this does make Skydrive a great option for students, with other services offering a lot less even before this deal.

Dropbox offers 2GB, Google Drive grants 5GB and Box provides 5GB of data, however a lot of these can be upgraded with referrals or special deals.

To sign up, all you need to do is hit up the source link below, sign up with your .edu email address and redeem the code they send you before December 31st 2013.

Via: EnGadget

Source: Microsoft

[UPDATE] Microsoft have now confirmed to GameSpot that the service was not hacked:

“Xbox Live has not been hacked, Microsoft can confirm that there has been no breach to the security of our Xbox Live service.”

If you were just on Xbox LIVE, like I was you may have noticed that it’s currently impossible to sign into an account, with test connection failing to secure an internet connection, well just after which a hacker by the name of Reckz0r posted the following Tweet:

If true this could leave over 48 million user accounts exposed, however as of yet their has been no confirmation from Microsoft about this issue.

UPDATE:  Apparently this issue is just for  Virgin Media customers, but the Xbox Support Twitter account has said that they are working on it:

BT has today announced a new update to its router for both BT Broadband or BT Infinity customers, dubbed the Home Hub 4 the new router includes dual-band MIMO support, allowing it to work on 2.5GHz and 5GHz bands.

We have only just posted an article about the rumors, but already Yahoo have confirmed their acquisition of the blogging service, Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash.

Some people may be a little worried about this however, views which were today confirmed by WordPress’s CEO, Matt Mullenweg who revealed earlier today that imports from Tumblr have spiked to 72,000 [Source: Matt Mullenweg]

But this might have been a little too early, as in their announcement post, Yahoo added the tagline, “Promises not to screw it up” stating that David Karp will remain the companies CEO and the product, service and brand of Tumblr will remain the same, in fact Yahoo’s CEO Mariss Mayer told uses by use of GIF to Keep Calm and Carry On:

First ever acquisition announced by animated gif @yahoo is acquiring @tumblr. finance.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-acq…#keepcalmandcarryon

— marissamayer (@marissamayer) May 20, 2013

With the acquisition, Tumblr aim to use Yahoo’s current personalization and search technologies to make the service better and faster, alongside which Yahoo also announced that the two companies will be working together to create new advertisements for the site.

In their Press Release, Mayer stated:

“Tumblr is redefining creative expression online, on many levels, Tumblr and Yahoo! couldn’t be more different, but, at the same time, they couldn’t be more complementary. Yahoo is the Internet’s original media network. Tumblr is the Internet’s fastest-growing media frenzy. Both companies are homes for brands – established and emerging. And, fundamentally, Tumblr and Yahoo! are both all about users, design, and finding surprise and inspiration amidst the everyday.”

“I’ve long held the view that in all things art and design, you can feel the spirit and demeanor of the creator. That’s why it was no surprise to me that David Karp is one of the nicest, most empathetic people I’ve ever met. He’s also one of the most perceptive, capable entrepreneurs I’ve ever worked with,” continued Mayer. “David’s respect for Tumblr’s community of creators is awesome. I’m absolutely delighted to have him join our team.”

To which the CEO of Tumblr, David Karp continued with his own statement:

“Our team isn’t changing. Our roadmap isn’t changing. And our mission — to empower creators to make their best work and get it in front of the audience they deserve — certainly isn’t changing. But we’re elated to have the support of Yahoo! and their team who share our dream to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas. Tumblr gets better faster with more resources to draw from.”

So it looks as though the rumors where true, but is this good news? Sound off in the comments below.

Via: The Verge

Source: Yahoo

Yesterday The Wall Street Journal reported something interesting, according to them Yahoo’s board of directors has already approved a deal to purchase the blogging site, Tumblr for $1.1 billion in a cash deal.

Said to be announced during today’s media event hosted by the company in new York, CEO Marissa Mayer is said to reveal the companies plans for the platform.

We also expect some more news on how they plan to use their most recent acquisition of Summly.

However there’s no confirmation of the deal, with no official news yet, we shall have to wait to hear any more details.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

Via: EnGadget