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There are plenty of video streaming services that you can subscribe on. Amazon has a service called Channels which lets users sign up for these third-party services through the online retail giant. It appears that Walmart, one of Amazon’s biggest rivals in the retail space, is thinking about doing something similar. The company is reportedly launching its own marketplace for third-party video streaming services.

Bloomberg reports that Walmart is planning to create an online store which will sell third-party video streaming service subscriptions. The idea is to enable users of Walmart’s Vudu video service to subscribe to additional services such as Starz or HBW Now.

The report does mention, citing people who are aware of the discussions, that they’re still in an exploratory phase and that the company’s plans could change down the line. This would mean that it won’t launch this marketplace for third-party streaming services.

This isn’t where Walmart’s video streaming ambitions might end. Recent reports suggest that it has considered the possibility of developing a new streaming service similar to Netflix. Its Netflix competitor might be launched under the Vudu brand for $8 per month. It’s unclear if Walmart is still interested in doing that but it’s clearly willing to invest more in the digital entertainment space.

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Kevin Systrom is one of the co-founders of Instagram. He remained with the company when the photo-sharing network was acquired by Facebook. He has spent a few years at the company but his recent exit took many by surprise. It came amid reports that the Instagram co-founders were at odds with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about their vision for the platform going forward. Systrom has addressed his exit for the company for the first time and said that there are “no hard feelings at all.”

Speaking at the Wired 25 conference, Systrom didn’t address reports about tensions with Facebook but hinted as much. “When you leave anything, there are obviously reasons for leaving,” he said, adding that “No one ever leaves a job because everything’s awesome, right? Work’s hard.”

Systrom did point out that he and his co-founder Mike Krieger remained at Instagram for six years after the company was sold to Facebook for $1 billion. That’s longer than most entrepreneurs stay after selling their startups.

Systrom had said in his farewell post that he would be working on a new project. He also mentioned that it’s likely that the duo that co-founded Instagram would work on this project together but didn’t provide any time frame for when that would happen.

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Or ignoring them altogether.

If you missed out on Amazon’s last big candy sale—or if you already ate all of the candy you bought—here’s a second chance to buy some treats, no tricks required. Assorted chocolates, fruity candies, and even things like trail mix and gum are included in the sale, but just remember, these prices go back up at the end…

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Earlier this year Xiaomi launched the Black Shark gaming phone which appeared to be the company’s response to the Razer Phone that was launched last year. Now it looks like the company could be gearing up for a successor because in a poster allegedly shared on its website, the handset could be announced on the 23rd of October.

This would be very interesting as smartphone models are usually announced once a year, so for Xiaomi to launch the Black Shark and Black Shark 2 within the same year is an interesting strategy, although we’re not sure if this is a rushed job. At this point in time little is known about the Black Shark 2 in terms of hardware, but presumably it should share specs similar to flagship phones of 2018.

Like we said, this will be interesting as the Black Shark features a Snapdragon 845 chipset, and presumably its successor should use the same chipset as well, which means that we’re not sure how different the Black Shark 2 could be. We were a little disappointed by the screen resolution of the Black Shark which was only Full HD, so maybe its successor will bump it to QHD or higher.

In the meantime Razer is still leading the market as far as gaming smartphones are concerned. They recently launched the Razer Phone 2 which continues to employ a 120Hz refresh rate for its display, which at the moment still makes them the only smartphone company to use such a display for smartphones.

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