It’s taken a few months longer than expected – not to mention a couple of missed deadlines – but Netflix has finally made it to Boxee. Yesterday, the New York-based start-up added its much-anticipated, long-delayed Netflix app to the Boxee Box, with CEO Avner Ronen making the official announcement on the company blog:
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If you’ve noticed recently that YouTube videos seem to be uploading faster, and without as much buffer-stutter, then perhaps you should be thanking the Hydra. That’s the name of an internal project within YouTube to speed up video loading times, and in the process, lower both user frustration and operating costs. The key? Google …
After seven months of retooling following reporting glitches, Nielsen has released online video metrics that show just how big Netflix has become online, with the site not only becoming the only paid product to appear on the top 10 of both total video streams and unique viewers, but also winning users in terms of time spent on the …
Four years after their last release, In Rainbows, Radiohead is planning to release their new album, KIng of Limbs, online this weekend – but if you were hoping for a repeat of their “Pay What You Want” plan, you’ll be sadly disappointed. This time around, the band is offering a variation of formats for download, each with its own …
The next front in the War on Internet Piracy? Online file sharing sites, apparently. The Motion Picture Association of America has filed a lawsuit against Hotfile.com on behalf of 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros, accusing the site of facilitating copyright infringement on “a staggering …
A source has leaked to Engadget that new ecode in the iOS 4.3 beta 3 firmware suggests that Apple TV might be gearing up for online gaming capabilities. The system might be similar to OnLive gaming system works, although that’s pure speculation. Here’s a screenshot of what the Engadget insider saw:
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For a while TiVo was the device to rely on if you wanted to DVR a program. Now that so many other companies provide this service, a judge has ruled that Dish Network can reopen their 2005 case against TiVo regarding DVR patents.
“The patent in this case withstood two re-exam petitions by TiVo seeking to invalidate it. We look …
It’s been expected since the launch of The Daily, but now it seems that Apple’s plan to offer one-click magazine subscriptions may have hit an unexpected barrier: The magazine publishers themselves.
The problem is apparently where customers will be allowed to subscribe. Apple, obviously, is pushing iTunes, whereas publishers prefer …
Ever heard of “psychographic advertising”? Social platform Meebo has – and it’s so convinced that it’s bought a company that uses it, just to help its advertising partners convince you that you really want to buy their products.
Meebo has purchased online ad measuring and targeting company Mindset Media for an undisclosed sum, it’s …
Its future may be uncertain, but when it comes to watching television online, users still prefer Hulu, it seems. According to ComScore’s new Digital Year in Review report, Hulu’s audience watched 19.4 million minutes of video, more than twice as much as the combined total of video streamed from the websites of ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox and …
Rural America deserves broadband internet as much as everyone else, according to the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is expected to propose that the $8 billion fund used to subsidize rural telephone service be adapted into one that helps pay to provide underserved areas with broadband internet.
The fun, known as the …
If it were real money, it’d be an impressive haul: A 29 year old British businessman plead guilty this week to stealing $12 million worth of virtual poker chips over four months, managing to sell a portion of them for $86,000.
Ashley Mitchell hacked the servers of online game Zynga Poker at some point between June 30th and September …
