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Web surfing is becoming more like channel surfing as television shows, movies and music videos pour onto the Internet. That's why pointing people to their favorite TV episodes and flicks could emerge as next big opportunity in Web navigation. Former...
Tags: Clicker Media Inc., Jim Lanzone, San Francisco, World Wide Web, IAC/InterActiveCorp, Ask.com, Netflix, Yahoo!, Internet search engines, Human-computer interaction, Hypertext, Entertainment Culture, Technology Internet
This year, I've grouped my list of Top 10 tech toys into price ranges. Keep in mind that the prices listed are the suggested retail, and you may be able to find better deals. $100 or less New Super Mario Bros Wii ($50) Apple Magic Mouse ($69) The first...
Tags: Orlando, User interface techniques, Netflix, Touchpad, IPhone, Multi-touch, Chumby, Open hardware, Roku, Entertainment Culture, Technology Internet
Black-levels are incredible, colors pop and the Internet services (via Panasonic's VieraCast service) offer a wide variety of viewing options...Be the first to comment Get Variety: Newsletter Signup: Featured Jobs
Tags: gift guide, tech gift, Los Angeles, High-definition television, Panasonic, HDMI, Technology Internet, Personal computers, 1080p, Apple TV, Apple Inc., Macintosh, Steve Jobs, Television technology, Seagate FreeAgent, Entertainment Culture, Netflix, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 3 system software, PlayStation, Blu-ray Disc, Sony Computer Entertainment, Digital single-lens reflex camera, Single-lens reflex camera, Nikon, Autofocus, Live-preview digital cameras, Nikon D5000, Digital photography, Logitech, Sirius Satellite Radio, Internet radio, Pandora, Wi-Fi, Web 2.0, Squeezebox, Last.fm
Netflix reported $423.1 million in revenue for the third quarter, a 24 percent jump over the same period in 2008 and a 4 percent increase over the prior quarter. The company had 11.1 million subscribers at the end of the third quarter, a 28 percent increase...
Tags: Netflix Inc., business models, Canada, Toronto, GameFly, Video on demand, Commerce, Netflix, Blockbuster Inc., Entertainment Culture, Business Finance, Technology Internet
Microsoft launched Xbox Live as an online gaming service in 2002 amid great skepticism. It didn’t really take off until Halo 2 launched in 2004, but now the service is huge. There are more than 20 million active Xbox Live subscribers (both free users...
Tags: xbox living, Xbox Live Arcade, Facebook, Modern Warfare, social networks, concurrent users, Microsoft, million concurrent, xbox 360s, Netflix, London, Microsoft games, Xbox 360, Xbox Live, Halo 2, First-person shooters, Windows games, Multiplayer online games, Technology Internet
But you can stop scratching now. eBay just completed the spinout of voice and chat service Skype, receiving $2.05 billion in cash and IOU notes from a consortium of private investment firms . Since eBay is keeping a 30% stake in the operation and selling...
Tags: Switzerland, Zurich, Skype, Portable software, MercadoLibre.com, Hutchison 3G, Linksys iPhone, EBay, Freeware, Web 2.0, Business Finance, Apple Inc., Intel Corporation, Microsoft, Commerce, Netflix, Zune, Technology Internet
Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards which forbids offers that are misleading, deceptive or otherwise objectionable. The action is the first move the company has made since it brought...
Tags: San Francisco, Gambit, Tatto media, Business Finance, Zynga, Web 2.0, Facebook, Technology Internet, Gevalia, Priceline, Netflix
Popular textbook rental site Chegg.com continues to raise tremendous amounts of money — today it announced a $57 million fourth round, as well as $55 million in credit and debt. The Santa Clara, Calif. company says it will use the extra $112 million (!)...
Tags: Chegg.com, San Francisco, Textbook, Renting, Bookselling, Commerce, Netflix, Chegg, Education
I already have this movie on hold on my Netflix que. I can’t believe that dude committed suicide! $20 million is a lot of money. I kind of feel sorry for the kid because you know his parents made him a victim of abuse by doing that. Wow. Funny thing...
Tags: Houston, Commerce, Netflix, Social Issues
Blockbuster certainly looks like the most frightening of the three, with its major drop in revenue and its loss of $2.56 per share in the last year. Its debt-to-equity ratio of more than 400% should be shelved in the "Horror" section, too.
Tags: Alexandria, Blockbuster Inc., Franchises, Stock market, Netflix, Debt, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Corporate finance, Equity securities, Business Finance