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"Austin, Texas-based rental car service Silvercar will offer streamlined operations, a seamless smartphone user interface, and only one type of vehicle: silver 2013 Audi A4s. Customers can book reservations through a smartphone app, which will also let them manage personalized vehicle settings and preferences. They will be able to choose and unlock their rental car by scanning it with their phone."

HitBliss offers free credit for movie rentals when they choose to watch adverts.

mSpot, who is also planning to launch a mobile music-streaming service, has announced the launch of its movie streaming app, optimized for iPad. Movie rentals cost between $2.99 and $3.99 and can be viewed over wifi or 3G complete with resuming playback on computer and other devices.

$30 movie rentals seem expensive, but make more sense when you take into consideration how much it costs a family to go to the theater. The $30 would be for premium movies that have recently left theaters but not on DVD yet. OR you could go to the dollar theater.

"Fast-growing Internet services like Netflix Inc. (NFLX), online movie purchases and DVD rentals from Redbox kiosks lifted U.S. home-video spending in the third quarter, countering the continued drop in DVD sales. Total sales rose 0.2 percent to $3.94 billion, the industry-backed Digital Entertainment Group said today in an e- mailed statement. Revenue from subscription streaming more than doubled while online purchases of movies and TV shows rose almost 38 percent, the group said."

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daily 7.9 rumor that apple will offer 99 cent tv episodes through apple tv

UX Mag identifies three major "types of trends" impacting the future of online experiences. 1) Capabilities: Changing Technology Platforms - tablets, ambient devices and smart alarm clocks + anytime, anywhere expectation for rich online experiences. 2) Consumers: Evolving Online Behavior - broad consumer interest in new technologies and a desire to experience them and rapid rates of tech adoption. 3) Competition: Millions of New Entrants - flood information providers. The article also features the CARS attributes of online experience by Forrester. Customized. Aggregated. Relevant. Social. CARS. See? They then go on to discuss the Nationwide Insurance iPhone app and the Avis car rental site/iPhone app.

rent episodes 24 hrs after they air, commercial free, available for 48 hrs after renting

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Interesting opportunities here maybe; essentially replaced employees, store, etc., with digital signage/touchscreen; opportunities to advertise?

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Warner Bros adding more movie titles to their Facebook rental/sales platform

vendor that is selling kiosks that brands can skin with their own branding

amazon renting kindle textbooks, charging based on how often they are used. tech and edu could be a cool topic for reflecteur

Tuition costs are skyrocketing, rising by double digits at some major campuses. About 47% of students receive financial aid and 57% are working at least part time to make ends meet, found textbook-rental company Chegg in a recent survey. So, it's no surprise that today's college students are more budget-conscious than ever.

"While the Google deal will help expand the appeal of purchasing Disney, Pixar and Marvel-branded movies, it will also boost the profile of the Google Play store, which has recently made a more aggressive push to increase sales and rentals primarily through partnerships with Hollywood studios."

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