Dec 9th 2014
Tech News 2Night 231
HBO Preps Streaming Service
Hosted by
Sarah Lane
Is the End of Passwords Near?
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Anchor: Sarah Lane
HBO readies its new streaming service, Uber is banned and sued, how the FIDO Alliance is getting us one step closer to banishing passwords, Amazon Instant Video supports 4K, Amazon announces a new "Make an Offer" feature, Pirate Bay is taken offline, YouTube improves the AppleTV app, and an entire neighborhood is synchronized to a Christmas light show.
Guest: Jon Fingas
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Running time: 15:45
Links
- HBO to outsource streaming technology in blow to 'backstabbing' CTO
- Amazon Instant Video can now stream movies and TV shows in 4K
- Amazon now lets shoppers ‘Make an Offer' to negotiate lower prices with merchants
- SWEDISH POLICE RAID THE PIRATE BAY, SITE OFFLINE
- Tech industry completes its standards for banishing passwords
- Google-backed password-killer crosses major milestone
- YouTube's Apple TV Gets a New Look, More Videos ... and Ads
- Uber banned in Spain & Thailand, sued in Portland, hassled in Rio
- San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber, claim misleading and illegal actions
- Neighborhood teams up to create crazy synchronized Christmas light show