Rdio takes social recommendations act to movies, TV with Vdio
Rdio made a name for itself by offering social recommendations
to its streaming music subscribers. Now the company wants to do
the same thing for movies and TV with Vdio, a new video rental,
buying, and sharing site.  Rdio has been developing Vdio for
years, but the service had been in beta until Wednesday. Only
U.S. and UK Rdio users with Unlimited accounts will have access
to the Web- and iPad-based Vdio; accountholders will receive a
$25 credit for renting movies at $4 a pop or buying them for
$15. Those prices are in line with other online movie
renting/buying services, including ones from Apple and Amazon.
But with mainstream prices and plenty of other options, why pick
Vdio? Because few rival services use your friends’ tastes to
recommend new films to you. iTunes doesn’t, and neither does
Amazon. Vdio lets you create Sets, or playlists of favorite
movies and TV shows that you can share with your Facebook
friends.  Vdio’s iPad app  Netflix a