Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of handpicked stories from the Switch team.
The FCC just made it easier to complain about your cable company. The Federal Communications Commission just opened a new online complaint center. "The FCC has long had a phone line for capturing citizens' grievances -- 1-888-CALL-FCC -- and some rudimentary online filing capabilities," the Switch's Nancy Scola writes. "But the benefits of the new system include the ability for consumers with complaints to track the resolution of their issue the same way they might track a FedEx package. "
'The Interview' rakes in $31 million. "The controversial Seth Rogen comedy has been rented or purchased a total of 4.3 million times since its online release on Christmas Eve," with streaming revenue of $31 million to become "Sony Pictures' #1 online film of all time," the studio said in a press release, according to Brian Stelter at CNN. "To date, the movie has earned about $5 million offline in a relatively limited release at independently owned movie theaters across the country."
Bitcoin had a terrible 2014. And 2015 isn’t looking too hot either. Digital payment platform and currency Bitcoin had a rough time in 2014, but the first week of 2015 has already brought an exchange hack and a price drop, the Switch reports.
Uber forges ahead in New York despite partial suspension. "The ridesharing company on Tuesday was ordered by an administrative court to suspend operations in five of its six dispatch bases in the city after failing to provide data requested by the New York Taxi and Limousine Commission," reports Douglas MacMillan at the Wall Street Journal. The company will continue New York operations by routing operations through its one remaining dispatch base.