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Chill.com, known as the “Turntable.fm for video,” relaunched on Wednesday as a social platform for watching live events, TV shows and music videos. While there are still portions of the site where “VJs” can earn points from others in the room for spinning YouTube videos, i...

Brian Solis is principal of Altimeter Group, a leading research-based advisory firm. Brian is also the author of The End of Business as Usual, which explains how to tap into today’s biggest digital trends. Follow him @briansolis. Today, people have uninhibited access to platforms, channels...

What’s the most sought-after gadget this holiday season? If you guessed the iPhone 4S, you’re right on the money. It’s the object of desire for 39% of respondents to a Nov. 11 survey. Following the newest Apple phone was the iPad 2 (wanted by 31% of respondents), the Kindle Fire (w...

Zappos founder and all-around startup all star Nick Swinmurn is back on the scene with RNKD, a spanking-new ecommerce site that rewards users for what’s already in their closets. The concept is simple: Take pictures of all the things you have in your closet. Tag them by brand and purchase l...

Miramax is the latest film studio to sign on to Netflix‘s streaming service in the UK and Ireland, with a planned launch early next year. Financial terms of the multi-year licensing agreement were not disclosed. It’s not clear how much of Miramax’s back-catalog will be made avai...

After meeting with Chinese environmental groups Tuesday, Apple said it plans to hire a third-party auditing firm to investigate 15 of its suppliers suspected of violating environmental regulations, Chinese media reports. Apple sent five unnamed employees to speak to five Chinese environmental gr...

Clipboard wants to help you save and organize what you find on the web, and it’s accomplishing this goal by reinventing what it means to copy and paste. On the surface, Clipboard looks like a lot of other save-and-share apps, such as Evernote, Clipmarks and Snip.it. However, founder Gary Fla...

Steve Jobs, wireless network operator? Apple’s co-founder talked to industry legend John Stanton from 2005 through 2007 about the possibility of setting up a wireless network that would use unlicensed spectrum, according to remarks Stanton made at a conference Monday. IDG News Service repor...

Boxee in January will give viewers another reason to cut the cord: live TV functionality. The company has announced a live TV dongle that lets viewers watch ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox in HD without a monthly fee. The device, called the Live TV Stick, costs $49 and is available for preorder. If you don...

A stealth campaign for Wendy’s brought on 33,000 Twitter followers in about a month with minimal ad support, a feat that many brands haven’t been able to match over several years’ time. The effort, which promotes a new mid-size burger called the W, revolved around a game show on...