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It’s been a long time coming and now it’s here: Amazon set its Prime Instant Video service free for Android phones. Previously, the video app was available only for Apple iOS devices and Amazon’s own Fire OS tablets and phone. There’s a bit of a catch, or hassle, however to get the software on your Android phone: You first have to install Amazon’s own Appstore app.

The strategy is a clever one by [company]Amazon[/company]. Although I don’t think it will gain much by requiring its own mobile app store on Android phones for the video service, it opens the opportunity for millions of people to experience Amazon Prime. Amazon is making the Prime service available as a free 30-day trial through this software release; that could boost Prime subscriber numbers to the tune of $99 for each new user. Sweetening the deal is 5 GB of Amazon Cloud Drive…

Radio Disney enjoyed the blue carpet premiere of Dolphin Tale 2 on September 7th, getting to chat it up with your favorite stars such as Olivia Holt, Piper Curda, Peyton Clark and Cozi Zuehlsdorff, star of the movie herself.

Check out what these celebs had to say in the newest video from Radio Disney below.

After debuting intelligent features on its flagship Moto X handset last year, Motorola is bringing some of them to its less-expensive handset models. On Friday, the company said it figured out how bring the Home and Drive modes in its Motorola Assist software to the Moto G and E phones, even though they don’t have the same sensors as the more expensive Moto X.

Drive automatically detects when you’re driving and can audibly tell you who is calling or read aloud incoming messages, which is safer than having to look at your phone. It can also announce your calls when it knows you’re at home. While these features may seem basic for a high-end phone, it’s not as easy to enable them on a low-cost device. The Moto X, for example, has extra sensors and digital signal processing chips that the Moto G and E don’t have.

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Ryan Newman looked absolutely stunning yesterday! Ryan attended the Sheri Hill fashion show in NYC for New York Fashion week, where she rocked a flesh colored short sleeved crop top and skirt with turquoise embellishment which matched her eye perfectly.

We think Ryan looked glamorous! Would you wear this look? Check out more photos of Ryan Newman at the event below!

Netflix hasn’t released an official date for its impending Euro expansion, but local media and consumers in some of the new markets are reporting that the Netflix app has started to pop up in mobile app stores as well as on smart TV platforms.

The [company]Netflix[/company] app became available on Germany’s Apple app store as well as Google Play store Friday, according to a report from heise.de, and a user of the site also noticed it showing up on his Blu-ray player earlier this month. Expatica.com is reporting that the app became available in Belgian app stores as well, and 01net is reporting that the app has shown up in Apple’s French app store.

However, consumers aren’t actually able to use the app, which is instead telling them that Netflix is going to be available in their country “soon.” Netflix has said that it is going to expand to France…

Y Combinator turned some heads last year when it began accepting nonprofit startups into its San Francisco incubator program. Amid the Dropboxes and Hipmunks, YC startups are suddenly developing an HIV/AIDS vaccine and crowdfunding healthcare.

The incubator is going one step beyond that with its next class. A request for startups went out today that outlines 22 new areas YC is interested in, although the majority of the startups it accepts will continue to be internet- and mobile-centric. They cover everything from artificial intelligence to robotics to healthcare, categories YC describes as “breakthrough technologies.”

They are things you would not expect to find a startup doing. That’s because a decade ago they probably would have been impossible for a startup. A company from YC’s most recent class is building a fusion reactor, something once contained to well-funded government labs. Now even clever high school students can fuse nuclei in their garage.

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