Amazon set-top box event set for April 2nd

This week Amazon has sent out invites to an event that’ll be held in New York City next week. This event will take place on the 2nd of April and … Continue reading

Why Netflix Needs To Bring Back Expiration Dates

Why Netflix Needs To Bring Back Expiration Dates

Sometime in early February, I loaded up Netflix on my PlayStation 3 to watch Captain America: The First Avenger. I planned to re-watch the flick to get ready for its amazing-looking sequel, which hits theaters soon. But as I cycled through titles on My List, I soon realized the action-packed Marvel film was no longer there.

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AT&T fires back over Netflix’s net neutrality stance

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings posted a write up on the company’s blog yesterday detailing the recent Comcast peering agreement it entered into, doing so with calls for a stronger form … Continue reading

Netflix CEO: “Stronger net neutrality is required”

Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings has posted a long write up on net neutrality on the company’s blog today, discussing recent peering agreements and saying “a stronger form of net neutrality … Continue reading

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has come out with an open letter extolling the virtues of net neutrality b

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has come out with an open letter extolling the virtues of net neutrality because, well duh. Also mentioned is how much Netflix really didn’t want to sign a deal with the devil Comcast, but if everyone’s favorite merger in process goes through, there might not be much of a choice going forward.

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Netflix lands new original comedy called Grace and Frankie

It seems like everytime that I turn around Netflix is announcing a new original series. I like that the company is constantly adding new original content to its lineup. Netflix … Continue reading

How to Handle Internet Indecision

How to Handle Internet Indecision

There are 6,245 restaurants on Seamless in New York City. Sometimes deciding between a roast beef sandwich and a pepperoni pizza is an impossible choice. But this is not an isolated dilemma—the question of what to watch, what to eat, and what to click is indicative of an issue that plagues the whole internet.

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Video Streaming Services Now Part Of CPI Basket Of Goods In The UK

Video Streaming Services Now Part Of CPI Basket Of Goods In The UKIt does seem that the video streaming market has grown by leaps and bounds in the UK ever since it was introduced, so much so that the powers-that-be are taking video streaming services into consideration in order to help them calculate existing inflation rates. According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS), both Netflix as well as Amazon Instant Video are now part to the UK’s “basket of goods,” which will then be used to measure consumers’ love for the latest movies as well as TV series each week in order to better represent how folks are spending their hard earned cash.

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    Popcorn Time Taken Down

    Popcorn Time Taken DownWe did talk about the highly controversial Popcorn Time yesterday, and it seems that this Netflix-style movie streaming app which caters for pirated films has been removed from the file sharing site that hosts it. Basically, one can no longer download Popcorn Time freely as they would have been able to do so yesterday, despite the official Popcorn Time website remaining online. However, should you make an attempt to look for the now missing download link, you will be greeted by the message “Download links are down for a bit. We’ll be right back! Careful when downloading from other sources, as we have the only official ones.”

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    Amazon set-top box to offer Netflix and Hulu Plus

    Word about an Amazon set top box has abounded for many months, with word surfacing in April of last year that a STB was in the works, followed by a … Continue reading