How bad is Netflix’s news that it lost 800,000 subscribers yesterday? Bad enough for financial analysts to start describing the company as going through a “nuclear winter” and “broken,” advising their clients to dump the stock and move on.
Netflix stock fell almost 28% yesterday in reaction to its earnings announcement, leading …
Google has ever-so slightly updated its “Chrome” web browser to include the option to view a list of your installed apps or your most visited sites when opening a new tab, along with a redesigned Chrome Web Store that brings a handful of new apps and extensions.
There are a slew of fixes going on under the hood as well, if you’re so …
No doubt many see this Netflix debacle, in which the company admits it just lost 800,000 subscribers in its fiscal third quarter, as vindication. They balked when the company hiked its price a few bucks a month, and they absolutely howled when Netflix tried to separate DVD rentals and online streaming into two discrete services. The …
Admit it: Sometimes you like to pretend that you’re a spy who has some sensitive material on your cellphone that just can’t fall into the wrong hands. Well, if you have an Android phone, some Virginia Tech researchers can help you out with that.
According to Jules White, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and …
The last quarter has not been good to Netflix. The company reported a loss of 800,000 subscribers, mostly due to the PR nightmare that came after it raised its prices for its combined streaming and DVD plan by 60%. Netflix ended the quarter with 23.8 million U.S. subscribers, compared to 24.6 million three months ago.
It’s not all bad …
So, is Google trying to buy Yahoo or what? It’s all so confusing! Fear not, people of the Internet, because Taiwan’s Next Media Animation explains the entire situation in its latest video.
Here is the gist of what’s happening: An unnamed source told the Wall Street Journal that Google has been talking with two firms that are looking …
Any Microsoft fans who were hoping to catch up with the company’s latest YouTube videos over the weekend would have been in for an unpleasant surprise: All of the videos had disappeared, replaced by five videos soliciting advertisers for the channel, along with a message that read “I DID NOTHING WRONG I SIMPLY SIGNED INTO MY ACCOUNT THAT …
Walter Isaacson’s aptly-titled Steve Jobs book is available today and, at 650+ pages, it’s a doozy. If you’re looking to hone in on a particular section of the biography, here’s a roundup of recent articles from around the web that highlight various themes presented throughout the book:
On design:
Siri says hello, one of its creators says goodbye? That’s the story, according to the good folks at AllThingsD. Dag Kittlaus, whose name you’ve probably missed with all the laser-like focus on Steve Jobs, was the co-founder and CEO of the company that put the iPhone 4S’s acclaimed voice assistant software on the map.
But let’s get the …
No, Apple’s surprise MacBook Pro updates this weekend don’t involve a MacBook Air-like tapered chassis or major graphics manufacturer rethink, in which, say, Nvidia reclaims its spot from rival AMD. Instead, Apple’s simply nipped and tucked its pro-grade laptop lineup, tweaking speed, video and storage prowess across its 13-inch, 15-inch …
In case you hadn’t heard, Walter Isaacson’s new book, Steve Jobs, is available today. Isaacson is the former managing editor of TIME Magazine, and the much-anticipated biography is based on more than 40 exclusive interviews conducted with Jobs over two years.
In a segment on 60 Minutes last night, Isaacson recalled numerous interviews …
Netflix plans to expand their streaming service to the U.K. and Ireland in early 2012. Keep the good news coming, Netflix.
The launch, which will include Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” feature along with streaming TV shows, is pegged for early next year. Pricing specifics have remained vague, although the company says the service …
