Yesterday, Starz announced it would not be renewing its contract with Netflix that’s set to expire on February 28, 2012. From that date forward, Starz content in addition to movies from Disney and Sony will no longer be offered for instant streaming. In a statement, Starz said in so many words that it feels its content is valuable enough to be more profitable elsewhere. Today, a report has surfaced that points to one of the main reason why Starz pulled out.

Paypal’s iPhone application is a very cool piece of software that allows users to “bump” their iPhones together and transfer money on the spot. If you have watched Hulu lately, you might have seen an advertisement for this cool new app. Paypal has now confirmed that both Blackberry and Android applications will allow users to more »

Mint.com, the free online personal financial manager, is releasing a new feature today called Financial Fitness. Mint designed the new feature as a way to help users actively improve their financial well-being. It’s in beta and we have invites for you. Keep reading to find out how to get them.

Remember the good old days when all we needed to worry about from our ISPs was net neutrality? Those were great days when there were no caps on what we could use our Internet connection for, and we were scared it might turn into cable TV-like subscription. Now not only is net neutrality still a more »

With the economy the way it is, keeping track of your spending compared to your income is a very good idea. Sure, there are plenty of ways to do it on paper by balancing your check book, or creating a monthly budget. Computer applications both desktop and cloud-based can also help with this. But, wouldn’t more »

The massive Chinese search engine Baidu is in trouble after state media uncovered that unlicensed medical services are buying good positions on the page through their P4P (pay-for-performance) scheme. This is a problem as more people then click through to their website and the pay for very expensive and totally useless treatment.

This inevitably leads to more cases of dangerous, and sometimes lethal, disregard of safety and expertise meaning that many operations are useless, expensive, and health-threatening. Examples include a man being charged $1,500 for an operations that didn’t do anything, when he could have paid $15 for effective treatment at a public hospital.

Panasonic is already a sizable company, but they are going to get that little bit bigger with the confirmed takeover of Sanyo. Sanyo have been struggling recently, and it’s probably not a coincidence that their downturn coincides with the economic crisis that we are facing. Nevertheless, they are still worth a substantial $18.5 billion which will boost Panasonic’s value to around $107.8 billion, making it one of the biggest consumer electronics companies.

The reason behind this is that this takeover will give Panasonic access to two key technologies in the shape of solar panels and batteries which will help them greatly in their own hand-held electronic products, in fact, Sanyo is the market leader in the manufacture of rechargeable batteries. They will also acquire a company specializing in portable gadgets which generates $4 billion per annum in revenue. Continued after the break.

TripAdvisor, one of the biggest travel guide websites on the world wide web, has come up with an interesting idea to give back to the community. It will come in a shape of a big donation and will be given to a worthy cause.

The best part is that you can vote where the money goes to. There are 5 options: Conservation International, Doctors Without Borders, National Geographic Society, The Nature Conservancy, and Save the Children. You’ve got until the 12th of November to vote on the organization that should receive $1M.

Every Monday, Bryan Glanzberg contributes The Water Cooler, a column that bridges the gap between technology and business. This week he is reporting from good ‘ol London In the news the last few weeks, I have been reading a lot about SPAC. At first, I questioned why they were talking so much about the Saratoga more »