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As part of our Blended Family Friday series, each week we’re spotlighting a different stepfamily to learn how they successfully blended their two families together. Our hope is that by telling their stories, we’ll bring you closer to blended family bliss in your own life!

This week, we’re introducing Harriet and Joe’s blended family. Together since 1998, the couple have six children together. Now that the kids have grown up, Harriet shared her best advice on bringing two families together and explained why her family is “a true success story against the odds.”

Hi, Harriet! Please introduce us to your family.

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Roku is a high-selling little set top box that brings a variety of content platforms, such as Netflix and Vudu, to its users’ televisions, giving them smart TV-like functionality sans actually being a smart TV. On April 10, Roku announced that it had sold 5 million players, and now the company’s CEO has spoken with The Hollywood Reporter, sharing his vision of the company’s future.

In the future, we could be seeing Roku-branded televisions, according to a statement made by Anthony Wood, Roku’s CEO. “We see a huge opportunity to be an operating system for televisions and that’s what we’re focused on right now.” Roku is reportedly in talks with more than 24 OEMs for certifying its device/software for TVs.

One particular area of focus is the Streaming Stick, which is a device about the size of your standard thumb drive that can be plugged into a TV. By the end of 2013, Roku expects to see 3.5 million “devices” that are Roku-certified, though it didn’t go into any more detail about those devices. In addition to that, Roku also wants to see its software integrated in TV sets.

The company is said to be in talks with “about two dozen” television makers, looking at having the software built into the devices at some point in the future, although such plans weren’t included in the end-of-2013 timeline it specified for having Roku-certified devices on the market. Although not all the brands were listed, the majority are said to be so-called “house brands,” such as Best Buy’s Insignia.

The idea behind such a business shift is two-fold: on one hand, companies will benefit from having the Roku branding on a television – in theory, at least – and perhaps especially by offering a television that has the software integrated into the set, no secondary device necessary. And by more heavily pushing its software, Roku will spread its proliferation. The company has received a $60 million investment from several companies, which is going towards this goal.

SOURCE: The Hollywood Reporter

Roku looks outside the box as funds are pushed towards TV integration is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Dish’s interesting attempt to acquire its way into the wireless data business has taken another turn this evening, thanks to a new development in its bid for Clearwire. Dish upped its offer to $4.40 per share for all of the company’s outstanding shares earlier this week, and the Clearwire board seems interested. Originally scheduled to take place Friday morning, the meeting is now set for June 13th so the board can discuss Dish’s offer, and how it compares to Sprint’s $2.2 billion / $3.40 per share bid for the 50 percent of Clearwire it does not yet own. The new bid is apparently more “actionable” than Dish’s previous proposal, and could also complicate Softbank’s attempt to acquire Sprint which Dish is also trying to intercept. Hit the links below for all the business details while we wait for the various bords and committees to figure out what happens to these companies next.

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One day after House Republicans charged that Attorney General Eric Holder’s leaks testimony was “at odds with” media reports, the Justice Department responded to that claim.

On Thursday, Holder met with media members, telling them that he was open to changing the way his unit handles investigations that could clash with press freedoms. After the conclusion of that meeting, a Justice Department spokesperson released a statement defending Holder’s words from a May 15 hearing, where he said he was never involved in the pursuit of a criminal investigation surrounding a journalist.

The Attorney General’s testimony concerning the potential prosecution of a member of the press was accurate and consistent with the facts of the Kim case. At no time during the leak case involving Stephen Kim, before or after the FBI sought the search warrant, have prosecutors sought approval to bring criminal charges against the reporter. The search warrant application in the Kim matter was focused on obtaining evidence relating to allegations that a government official had leaked highly classified information, which was a threat to our national security. The warrant application was drafted during the investigation phase of the case, which came before any decisions about prosecution. And nearly three years after completing our thorough investigation of the Kim matter, the Department does not anticipate bringing any additional charges. During the Attorney General’s tenure, no reporter has ever been prosecuted.
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