| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Ouya Tests $60 Annual Subscription Model
| | | Upstart gaming system creator Ouya is trying to enhance its appeal to gamers by offering a Netflix-like subscription model that offers a $60-per-year "All-Access Pass," with some fine-print limitations. (Ars Technica)
Why This Is Important: Now offering both a value-centric console and built-in gaming on select smart TVs, Ouya is trying to garner new users by offering a subscription program to unlock seemingly unlimited access to games in the Ouya online store.
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| | #2 | Google's Lunar XPrize: The World's Next Great Space Race
| | | The new competition is called the Google Lunar XPrize. And, like the Ansari XPrize from a decade ago that greatly accelerated the race toward commercial space travel, this new competition is already bringing the same increase in pace to lunar surveying and exploration. Along the way, it's giving the members of 18 independent teams around the world the challenge and opportunity of a lifetime. (CNET)
Why This Is Important: With a monetary prize as an effective push, Google is giving 18 independent teams worldwide the opportunity of a lifetime in its new competition, Google Lunar XPrize. Say goodbye Armstrong's simple first step on the moon as these teams will be facing tests before, during, and after their moon walk.
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| | #3 | Amazon Is Fixing A Huge Flaw With Fire TV
| | | If you own an Amazon Fire TV, you may be in for a big surprise from your Internet provider. A bug in Amazon's new set-top box -- it allows you to use your TV to stream Netflix, play games and, of course, easily buy movies and TV shows from Amazon-- may be sucking data on your home network, even when you're not watching anything. (Huffington Post)
Why This Is Important: Amazon Fire TV's screen saver isn't doing much saving: A bug related to the screen saver options is theorized to be the cause for skyrocketing monthly data usage.
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