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Maria Pila

Maria Pila is a Staff Writer For SiliconANGLE.

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Who Will Own Your Living Room?

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Hybrid set-top boxes are rapidly being deployed by pay-TV operators worldwide, and especially on satellite platforms, to help them deliver advanced services and manage bandwidth scarcity in broadcast networks, according to AIB Research. “What we think of as over-the-top boxes right now …

Biography Remembers Life and Impact of Steve Jobs

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Apple’s revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are dictating the evolution of modern technology. When talking about these products and their impact on our lives, one thing will surely come to mind:  Steve Jobs, Apple’s creator and founder. Jobs …

Netflix Goofs of 2011: Infographic

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

On September 19, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings boldly admitted, “I messed up.” He wasn’t kidding at all. In the last few weeks Netflix has taken a huge beating from its subscribers for several reasons: this summer the company raised prices for streaming, …

Amazon’s Kindle Fire Burned with First Patent Suit

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Amazon’s latest tablet, the Kindle Fire, won’t be available until November, but it has already become the target of a patent lawsuit. Smartphone Technologies, owned by patent collecting and licensing firm Acacia Research Corporation, claimed that the Kindle Fire infringes four of its patents. …

Netflix Drops Qwikster, Raises Questions of Business Direction

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Netflix revealed today that it will abandon a proposal to separate its streaming and DVD businesses, sending its shares soaring in pre-market trading.  Last month the company said its DVD-by-mail service would be split from the company and operated via separate website, …

All of Apple’s Rivals Respond to Steve Jobs’ Death

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who revolutionized the way we use technology, has died after fighting advanced pancreatic cancer since 2004. In the wake of the death of tech luminary Steve Jobs, who died on October 5, 2011 at the age of …

The Rise of Consumer-Managed Data: Empowering the People

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

The Forrester research group has reported that consumers may have more control over their personal information that has been use by many websites. With the help of “personal data lockers,” people mandate to whom or what can see on their data instead …

Mobile Games become Channels for Activism

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

WarCo is a first-person shooter game where players shoot camer footage instead of a gun. A work in progress at Brisbane, Australia-based studio Defiant Development, the game is a collaboration of sorts; Defiant is working with both a journalist and a filmmaker to …

Social Gamers Are Changing the Game, from Spending to Platforms

NEWS By MARIA PILA15 YEARS AGO

When you think of a hardcore gamer you probably don’t envision someone loading up their Facebook account and checking on their crops, or visiting other players’ decked out virtual rooms.  But a recent study from hardcore social games developer Kabam shatters the stereotype of …

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