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Dish Network Launches Video Streaming Service with Help from Hulu

Riyad Kalla — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:09:13 +0000

Dish Network understands what it is going to take to compete with the likes of Netflix, Hulu, YouTube Rentals and Apple’s revamped iTV (previously Apple TV); Welcome Dish Online. The Landscape is Changing As more and more people move to streaming online to chop down on their cable bill, one of two things are absolutely going [...]

thesixtyone is Redefining the Online Music Experience

Riyad Kalla — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:39:35 +0000

thesixtyone is an online media streaming/sales site that Marc Chung just sent to me to take a peek at – “What do you think of this webapp?” he asked me. It took me about 15mins to figure out what it was before I could reply; but after I did, my reply was pretty much “Daaaammmn, [...]

Fulfillment by Amazon / Easysell – Interesting Idea

Riyad Kalla — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:10:37 +0000

As a long-time customer of Amazon and general lover of the company (both for buying, selling and computing platform), I was recently posting a slew of things to the Amazon Marketplace (a damn-easy way to sell things you have, by finding the listing in Amazon, and clicking “Sells Yours Here” on the product page) and [...]

Club Nintendo Finally Coming to North America

Jigsaw hc — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:29:10 +0000

While Japan and Europe have enjoyed the benefits of Club Nintendo for many years Nintendo finally is bringing it to North America. In October the announced their plan to have it launched in North America before the end of the year. The Club Nintendo loyalty program offers rewards to members who collect points (sometimes referred [...]

Sockso Personal Music Server

Ray Gomez — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:44:51 +0000

If you have ever wanted to have access to your personal music collection from anywhere on the road Sockso Personal Music Server just might be the answer you were looking for. All that is required for the installation is Java and a Windows, Linux, or Mac box to run the server on. The software has [...]

Amazon MP3 Download Service Review

Riyad Kalla — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:26:06 +0000

After growing increasingly unimpressed with the Apple iTunes/iPod “lock-in” model I started hunting around for alternative low-cost music services online. Fortunately one of the first and favorite services I ran into is the relatively new Amazon MP3 Downloads service. Some of the big highlights of the Amazon MP3 service for me were: Non-DRM’ed music Low-cost [...]

Vongo Online Movie Rental Review

Chris Hunkele — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:04:18 +0000

Vongo is an online, on demand video download service. The thought of not having late fees, not having to leave the house, or for that matter leave the couch to rent a movie it quite enticing. So after seeing the a Vongo ad on TV, I decided to give them a try. They advertise for [...]

AT&T Charges Up to 8 Minutes for 1 Minute Call

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 07 May 2007 17:06:18 +0000

The Consumerist is reporting that AT&T’s prepaid-calling-cards are actually over-charging you in some states for every minute you talk, for up to 8 minutes per minute. AT&T claims it’s due to regulatory charges that they need to over charge, but the FCC has clarified that in no way are the cards regulated. This just boils [...]

Checking Product Pricing and Reviews Instantly

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:30:39 +0000

How cool is this… The Consumerist pointed me over to Frucall which is a mobile and online comparison service. You essentially text message the number “fru” with the bar code from the item in question, and the response you get back is a summary of the average rating of the product and it’s price online. [...]

Comcast to Begin Charging for Tech Visits

Riyad Kalla — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:21:59 +0000

If you have been a Comcast customer you may have gotten a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that your $60/mo bill helped pay for the times when you needed a tech to come out and figure out what was going on with your setup. The Consumerist is reporting that this is all coming to an [...]