Media Distribution
NEW YORK - Apple is a pioneer in many fields, but in the race to connect our TV sets to the Internet, it's been lagging badly.
GRANDVIEW HEIGHTS, Ohio - Libraries are tweeting, texting and launching smart-phone apps as they try to keep up with the biblio-techs - a computer-savvy class of people who consider card catalogs as vintage as typewriters.
SAN FRANCISCO - Blockbuster video stores used to be the town square for home entertainment, bustling with people roaming the aisles in search of a movie that the whole family could enjoy in their living room for just a few bucks.
SAN FRANCISCO - Amazon.com Inc., seeking to expand its position in the music download market against rivals like Apple Inc.'s iTunes Store, has purchased online music retailer Amie Street for an undisclosed amount.
TV TRY: Apple Inc. has unveiled a smaller, cheaper Apple TV set-top box that can show rented movies and TV shows and stream content from Netflix and other online services.
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