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Rumors about Verizon Wireless getting the iPhone resurfaced yet again Tuesday following a Bloomberg report claiming the carrier is set to become Apple’s second U.S. wireless provider in January. The report quoted unnamed sources. If the rumor is true this time, AT&T could be in for a beating and Apple could see even higher iPhone sales figures.
Hulu, the TV-network-owned site for watching television programs over the Internet, has announced a new paid subscription service that promises to give users greater freedom to watch their favorite shows online. Hulu introduced the new service, called “Hulu Plus,” Tuesday in a blog post authored by Jason Kilar, the service’s CEO.
Apple shares fell $12.22 to close at $256.08 in volatile trading Tuesday as the overall market took a grand beating. But don’t break out the oxygen masks yet, folks; that figure’s still higher than the company’s closing prices up to May 28, as well as a few days in June. Wall Street slumped Tuesday due in part to China’s move to revise its leading economic indicators for April downward.
There are multiple ideas about the shape of the future competing for primacy in the electronic village. I am pushing on sustainability, but another idea that I really like is called “the subscription economy,” championed most vociferously by Tien Tzuo, CEO of Zuora. Subscriptions fit well into Tzuo’s company plan, since his company has a billing and payments system for subscription purchases.
A few months ago, the Globeandmail.com’s Barry McKenna reported that “Canada has earned a dubious distinction as a world hub for illegitimate file-sharing websites and a leader in Internet piracy.” Further, the Obama administration put Canada on its infamous blacklist of shame — a “priority watch list” of intellectual property laggards including the likes of China, Russia and Venezuela.