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BitTorrent is ready to start monetizing Bundles via paywalls and crowdfunding projects

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by on July 14, 2014 at 6:45 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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BitTorrent is ready to start monetizing its new multimedia format, what is known as a ‘Bundle’ — which takes the form of a torrent file that promotes fan interaction within the content as opposed to using third-party tools. Back in May 2013, BitTorrent launched the Bundle, designed to hold anything and everything an artist makes: from video, to art, to music, in one simple download. Last month it announced that over 100 million Bundles had been delivered since then. BitTorrent had been helping a small group of artists, makers, labels, and studios build their own BitTorrent Bundle campaigns, but subsequently it…

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Apple responds to China’s criticism of iOS frequent location feature, says it doesn’t track users

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by on July 14, 2014 at 4:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

Apple Launches iPhone 5s And 5c In China
Last Friday, Apple got into a spot of trouble in China after the country’s state broadcaster aired a news program that criticized the iPhone for tracking frequent location information. The feature is available on iOS 7, and keeps track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them. In an introduction of the feature, Apple notes that the data “is kept solely on your device and won’t be sent to Apple without your consent” — instead it is used for personalized services such as predictive traffic routing. State-run China Central Television’s news program stated that there…

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Apple responds to China’s criticism of iOS frequent location feature, says it doesn’t track users

Jul14
by on July 14, 2014 at 4:05 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

Apple Launches iPhone 5s And 5c In China
Last Friday, Apple got into a spot of trouble in China after the country’s state broadcaster aired a news program that criticized the iPhone for tracking frequent location information. The feature is available on iOS 7, and keeps track of places you have recently been, as well as how often and when you visited them. In an introduction of the feature, Apple notes that the data “is kept solely on your device and won’t be sent to Apple without your consent” — instead it is used for personalized services such as predictive traffic routing. State-run China Central Television’s news program stated that there…

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