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Here’s our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn’t miss. Today’s installment: will mobile tickets replace paper, past complaints about Apple Maps, a gathering in Europe to hash out patent problems doesn’t accomplish much, and teens continue buying iPads. Read more »

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MLB.tv is one of success stories of the online video streaming business. Thanks to rabid baseball fans across the globe, the service has signed up millions of subscribers, racking up mega-millions of dollars in revenues. And today, the service celebrates its 10th birthday. Read more »

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IBM detailed early results of a new sentiment-analysis experience to determine how Twitter users feel about the World Series. The findings won’t tell you who’ll win, but perhaps they’ll set the stage for a new way of thinking about who to sign, trade and cut. Read more »

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The 2011 MLB Home Run Derby begins at 8:00 p.m. EDT/5:00 p.m. PDT this evening, and will be available on ESPN, ESPN3, Facebook, and a variety of mobile apps. MLB players will also be live tweeting during the contest, adding a social element to the Derby. Read more »

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Total subscription dollars for video go down in an OTT world. And while every household in the U.S. cutting the cord is an unlikely scenario, the increased popularity of services like Netflix on Demand and Hulu Plus is real. How, then, does the world of video ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »

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Catch the Post-Season on PostSeason.TV; MLBAM, Turner Sports and FOX Sports offer a blackout-free playoff subscription package. (paidContent) NeuLion Buys Interactive Netcasting Systems; New York based web sportscaster buys Canadian IPTV software maker for $7.1 (USD) cash and stock deal. (The Hollywood Reporter) Corey Feldman to […] Read more »

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MLB.com’s mobile strategy is adding to — not cannibalizing — the league’s traditional web business, according to President and CEO Bob Bowman. Speaking at the Apps for Brands conference in New York yesterday, Bowman shared some stats about MLB’s At Bat app and announced a new […] Read more »

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Roku announced today that it has added MLB.TV to its channel lineup, so anyone who owns the little set-top box and has an MLB.TV Premium subscription can now stream live out-of-market baseball games directly to their big-screen TVs without the need for a PC. We sat […] Read more »

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Boxee made a slew of announcements at its App Developer Challenge in San Francisco this evening, and key among them was the news that MLB.tv was added to the open-source media platform. Starting tonight, MLB.tv Premium subscribers will be able to watch games piped over the […] Read more »

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First, the good news: In a first for baseball, Yankees fans living in the New York market will be able to stream games played locally. Now, the not-so-great news: There are a few hoops you’ll have to jump through first. Typically, baseball games played in a […] Read more »

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Hey baseball fans, or heck, even non-baseball fans, MLB.TV is offering a free preview of its brand-new HD media player today to non-subscribers. Take a break from your daily grind to watch the Yankees take on the Phillies during a Spring Training game at 1:05 ET. […] Read more »

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Back in the day, you used to have to count the hours until your favorite sports team took the field or court, and there was precious little to do in between games. Fortunately, now there are a metric ton of apps in the App Store that […] Read more »

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I don’t follow baseball, but I may start, just to check out the new media player from MLB.TV. Rolling out in time for spring training, the new MLB.TV video player features DVR capabilities that let you pause and rewind live games, live game chat and if […] Read more »

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YouTube Adds Deep Linking; now you can link directly to exact moments in videos, like right when the skater gets hit in the nuts. (YouTube Blog) On Networks Signs David Lynch; famed director to do a web series for the new media network based on his […] Read more »

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DISH to Fork Over $104 Million to TiVo; with the Supreme Court not hearing its case, the satellite service announced that it will pay up over the patent dispute. (Ars Technica) SNL Skit Yanked Over Legal Concerns; economic bailout sketch pulled because two people depicted in […] Read more »

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Homer Simpson once remarked that watching baseball without beer was really boring. That’s probably because he wasn’t watching the games online (d’oh!). We’ve written before about the success that Major League Baseball has had this year with its web video program, but BusinessWeek pulls the curtain […] Read more »

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ESPN signed a deal with Major League Baseball Advanced Media to live-stream games as well as put content from America’s past time across a wide range of digital outlets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but ESPN will get to simulcast Sunday, Monday and Wednesday […] Read more »

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Mac-using baseball fans rejoice! Out of the Park Developments has released Out of the Park Baseball 9 (OOTP 9), a major update to its professional baseball simulator. For those unfamiliar with it, OOTP 9 allows you to play general manager of a professional baseball team. OOTP […] Read more »

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New York Times columnist David Brooks is one of my favorites. Without fail, Brooks’ weekly observations on human behavior transcend his mandate as a political and economics commentator, delivering lessons on leadership, ambition, strategy and failure relevant to anyone — especially founders. (See our post on […] Read more »

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Ok, you’ve had days where you felt the way that this guy looks. Smaa-ck! Now consider this: He got on base. It’s just one more way that founding is like baseball. “Not everyone gets a home run, but sooner or later you’re bound to get hit […] Read more »