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Netflix to Launch First Mobile Game Paired With ‘Exploding Kittens’ Animated Series

Netflix to Launch First Mobile Game Paired With ‘Exploding Kittens’ Animated Series
Netflix to Launch First Mobile Game Paired With ‘Exploding Kittens’ Animated Series
April 18, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Netflix plans to roll out a mobile game and TV series from the popular Exploding Kittens card game, a company blog said. The game will...

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Streaming Subscriptions Decline in UK as Inflation Mounts
Streaming Subscriptions Decline in UK as Inflation Mounts
April 18, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Households in the U.K. are dropping steaming services in record numbers as runaway inflation eats away at already strained budgets, according to media reports on...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Red Sox Stadium Goes Cashless
Today in the Connected Economy: Red Sox Stadium Goes Cashless
April 15, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, the Boston Red Sox become the latest sports franchise to go cashless, opening Fenway’s season with a card or touchless...

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TikTok Owner ByteDance Advances Music-Streaming Service on Mainland
TikTok Owner ByteDance Advances Music-Streaming Service on Mainland
April 15, 2022  |  Streaming

ByteDance, operator of popular short video-sharing platform TikTok and Douyin, its Chinese version, has launched a music-streaming app as it seeks to compete with market-leading...

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Amazon’s Andy Jassy Hints More Prime Benefits on the Way
Amazon’s Andy Jassy Hints More Prime Benefits on the Way
April 14, 2022  |  Retail

In his first letter to shareholders since taking the reins from Jeff Bezos in July, Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy provided a history lesson...

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Livestreamed Personal Shopping Lets Influencers Walk Endless Aisles — Rather than Customers
Livestreamed Personal Shopping Lets Influencers Walk Endless Aisles — Rather than Customers
March 28, 2022  |  Streaming

You’re browsing an upscale apparel store when someone enters and begins livestreaming themselves selling the clothes you’re personally browsing to a huge online audience. It...

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Sony Expected to Unveil PlayStation Subscription
Sony Expected to Unveil PlayStation Subscription
March 25, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Sony Group could introduce a PlayStation video game subscription service “as early as next week,” Bloomberg reported Friday (March 25). The subscription service — which...

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Netflix Adds Game Developer Boss Fight Entertainment
Netflix Adds Game Developer Boss Fight Entertainment
March 25, 2022  |  Streaming

Streaming giant Netflix has added game developer Boss Fight Entertainment to its in-house creative team, four months after the platform debuted mobile games, in a...

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