Apple Ends Its TV Episode Rental Service

TechCrunch submits: By Leena Rao Vacation home rental service HomeAway has just submitted its S-1 filing with the SEC, indicating that it will file for a public offering in the next few months. The maximum proposed total offering price is $230 million but this could be just a placeholder amount.

Startup peer-to-peer car sharing service RelayRides has acquired Wheelz, a smaller competitor, it announced early Tuesday morning. The acquisition is a sign of RelayRides' impressive growth since it launched in June 2010. After it became available nationwide last year, membership has climbed 500%.

It's a long time since Shazam was just that useful app to identify (or "tag") music playing in the real world. In 2013, the company has a burgeoning business based around people tagging TV shows and adverts too.

Apple wants to lower the cost of a single TV episode on iTunes from the current $1.99 to 99 cents. Consumers are beginning to ask why they're paying so much for cable when they could just buy the few shows they actually watch a la carte via iTunes.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

Amazon.com is jumping into the digital textbook rentals business with a new Kindle rental service.

[AP] - Movie rentals are coming to Facebook. Warner Bros. says it is testing a service that will offer select movies for purchase or rental through the public pages of these movies on the world's largest online social network.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Movie rentals are coming to Facebook. Warner Bros. says it is testing a service that will offer select movies for purchase or rental through the public pages of these movies on the world's largest online social network....