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There is no shortage of apps for couch potatoes. In fact, there was even an app built for iOS called CouchPotato. It seems to be a little out of date now (the app was last optimized for the iPhone 4S), but it just goes to show how much people love their entertainment. If you are one such... Read More...
ain't-the-economy dept Tue, Nov 2nd 2010 1:28am — Mike Masnick So you remember how the cable folks were saying that all those people ditching cable TV were doing it because of the bad economy, and rather than young, tech-savvy early adopters -- they were old poor folks living on dog food? Yeah, so it turns out: not so much. A new study shows that they actually tend to be younger, well-educated, fully-employed and make a decent amount of money. Can't wait to see how the TV folks talk themselves out of this one... Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for eve...
Warner brothers may be sold off in pieces, maybe to different companies. you would do that potentially because that way it wouldn't be an antitrust concern depending on who's the buyer. but that's an open question, a big question mark. certainly there would be other buyers out there that are interested, but at&t and time warner, they are locked in this together until that june deadline. >> hadas, have you picked up on anything during the trial where this judge may have suggested any kind of apportionment of a verdict? hey, i'm going to let it go forward, but not with these entities or have you...
For minimum wage of $15. today is a special day. today is the 50th anniversary of the memphis sanitation worker strike. made famous perhaps more so by the fact that dr. king went there in 1968 and that's where he was gunned down as he supported the strikers there. the folks that marched today say there essentially battling for the same thing the memphis sanitation workers were battling for. more money and respect. curiously it wasn't a fight but it was the tax cut bill that's resulted in multiple companies raising their minimum wage to $15. companies across the country, big ones like cigna, di...
Maintains that the program beginning under george w. bush is legal. a federal jury convicted new orleans mayor ray nagin of bribery, fraud and money laundering. he was accused of accepting free money, free vacations and truck loads of granite for his family business in exchange for millions of dollars in city contracts, before and after hurricane katrina. nagin still insists he is innocent. he faces between 3 and 20 years in prison. ted kennedy's widow may be getting a new job. president obama is nominating vickie kennedy as postal board of governors. its members choose the postmaster gene...