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Spotify’s New Streaming Video Takes On Apple, Google

Spotify, the world’s top music streaming subscription service, confirmed that it’s adding streaming video, ratcheting up competition in the hot digital entertainment sector against Google (GOOGL) YouTube and Apple (AAPL) iTunes. After word was leaked last week, Spotify at a New York event and on its website Wednesday said it’s adding video clips, podcasts and audio shows to the music mix. Additionally, following the example of Netflix (NFLX) and

Samsung hurries next phablet to combat Apple iPhone 6 Plus

S amsung isn’t going to cede the phablet market to Apple (AAPL) without a fight. The South Korean consumer electronics company reportedly plans to release its next phablet, short for phone-tablet, in July to compete with Apple’s popular big-screen iPhone 6 Plus. Samsung usually debuts with its latest Galaxy Note smartphones in September. But it plans to bring out its next-generation phablet, the Galaxy Note 5, more than a month earlier to get the jump on Apple’s next phablet, the rumored iPhone 6S Plus, according to Korean news outlet WhoWired Korea. Samsung’s Galaxy Note had the large-screen smartphone market mostly to itself until Apple debuted the iPhone 6 Plus last September. Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus in September. Those handsets are rumored to have Force Touch displays, improved cameras and speedier processors. The Galaxy Note 5 reportedly will have a…

Achillion Dives As J&J Hep C Deal Chills Buyout Buzz

Analysts gave mixed reviews Wednesday to Achillion Pharmaceuticals’ (ACHN) new partnership with Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), as the stock plunged. UBS and JMP Securities both downgraded the stock to neutral as the potential for a massive value-creating event, like a buyout, is limited by the hepatitis-C drug deal. As recently as Monday, Achillion Pharmaceuticals shares shot up 15.3% on buzz that hepatitis-C giant Gilead Sciences (GILD) might buy the