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Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet: 10 Things to Know

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Wednesday's the big day for the tablet, when the Amazon Kindle Fire will be unveiled in New York. The highly-anticipated tablet is expected to be one of the to compete with the global-leading Apple iPad tablet. This will be the first viewing most tech journalist get of the new product, but by now there appear to be very few secrets. Here are 10 things to know about the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet:

Amazon-Netflix Streaming Arms Race Heats Up

Reed Hastings has angered Netflix customers twice this summer, raising prices and splitting off the two services. He hopes to regain favor by signing Dreamworks.
On Monday, Amazon announced that it had closed a deal with 20th Century Fox to stream 2,000 of the studio's titles under its Amazon Prime subscription service. This news followed close on the heels of Netflix's announcement that it had signed an exclusive deal to stream movies from DreamWorks Animation. The two companies have spent the past several months snapping up content in a decidedly eager - if piecemeal - way.
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Facebook Music: Impact on Spotify, Netflix

Facebook Music went live on Friday, as the social networking giant seeks a deeper integration of music, movies and other media into its service. The move could allow users to spend more time on its site, thereby enabling it to generate more advertising dollars.
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New Amazon Tablet: 5 Things to Know

Amazon appears ready to release its new tablet, hailed by some observers as a legitimate threat to Apple's global-leading iPad. Amazon's PR firm sent an invitation to journalists Friday afternoon announcing a press conference in New York City on Sept. 28, when the company is expected to reveal its new consumer tech weapon -- the Kindle tablet. But while the tablet hasn't been revealed publicly yet, it is apparently quite real -- seen by one tech journalist already with other strong hint...
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Facebook Eyes Sharing; Adds New Timeline, Ticker

Facebook has grabbed a lot of attention lately with efforts to combat its new competitor Google+, which has the potential to steal the ground that the social networking giant holds with a user base of 750 millions.
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Blockbuster Offers Streaming for Dish Customers

Blockbuster unveiled a video streaming service limited to subscribers of satellite provider Dish Network, a move to better compete against video rental giant Netflix Inc and to lure customers from rival cable and satellite TV providers.
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Amazon Tablet Ready to Take on Apple iPad; Event Set for Sept. 28

The release date of Amazon's expected new Android-based tablet has yet to be defined, but the company has scheduled an event for next week when the device may be unveiled. Amazon's PR firm sent an invitation to journalists Friday afternoon announcing a press conference in New York City on Sept. 28 when the company is expected to reveal its new consumer tech weapon -- the Kindle tablet.
Facebook builds tighter integration with music, TV

Facebook builds tighter integration with music, TV

Facebook unveiled new ways for users to listen to music and watch TV, offering tie-ups with the likes of Spotify and Hulu, as it attempts to make media an integral part of its social networking service.
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Blockbuster's 'Stream Come True' Aims to Get Last Laugh on Netflix

Less than three months ago, Netflix had the tiger by the tail. But now, the tiger has turned and the streaming video and Qwikster DVD service is getting eaten one big bite at a time. Netflix's growth halted in July after the company stunned customers with a 60 percent price hike on streaming video and DVD-by-mail services. The high-flying company was adding thousands of new customers each week, but the way the hike was handled, which CEO Reed Hastings has now apologized for, caused customer d...
Netflix's Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings speaks during an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires

Netflix, Discovery in New Streaming Deal

Netflix Inc and Discovery Communications Inc have reached an agreement to bring episodes of popular TV adventure shows including Man vs. Wild and River Monsters to the streaming service, according to people close to the deal.
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Netflix Renames DVD Unit Qwikster; @Qwikster on Twitter a 'Pot Smoking Elmo'

Netflix is attempting to kill the controversy over its controversial 60 percent price hike and recast its DVD business in a new light by renaming it Qwikster.But already Netflix has run into a new challenge with the renaming, as after the company announced its DVD-by-mail service will be called Qwikster it became apparent that Netflix doesn't hold the name @Qwikster on Twitter.
Netflix's Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings speaks during an interview with Reuters in Buenos Aires. Reuters/Enrique Marcarian

Netflix Stock Falls After Qwikster Split

Netflix (NFLX) stock fell another 7.4 percent, to $143.75, Monday, on the same day that chief executive Reed Hastings announced the DVD-by-mail business that defined the company will become a separate service called Qwikster.
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Netflix to Split DVD and Streaming Services

Netflix Inc is separating its movie streaming business from its DVD-by-mail service, which it is renaming Qwikster, Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings said in a company blog post.

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