Tagged: Netflix & News
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Facebook’s new Timeline features include fitness, content ratings and music discovery News
15.05.2013 Following on from the launch of new Timeline sections in March such as Movies, Books and TV Shows, social network Facebook has now added the ability for users to rate their...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Development, Design, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Cork cloud firm Avego reveals cost-saving carpooling app News
02.05.2013 Co Cork-based transport and mapping solutions firm Avego has launched its new carpooling app, which is set to make car travel cheaper, reduce emissions and encourage drivers and... -
13-year-old Irish coder and CEO to address the titans of Silicon Valley News
02.05.2013 Jordan Casey, a 13-year-old from Waterford who taught himself how to write code and who at 12 was one of the youngest entrepreneurs to publish an app in the App Store, is to... -
The technology business week: GameAccount Network teams up with MPTN, Google buys Wavii News
29.04.2013 A digest of the top business technology news stories from the past week. -
Amazon plots a move into the living room with Kindle TV set-top box News
25.04.2013 Keen to exploit opportunities in the streaming business, online retail giant Amazon is set to take on the might of Apple, Microsoft, Netflix and Hulu in the battle for the...Tags: Smartphones, Tablet Computers, Kindle Fire, Kindle, Apple TV, Apple, Netflix, Streaming, Amazon -
Netflix reaches 36m global subscribers, US$1bn revenue News
23.04.2013 On-demand video-streaming service Netflix has posted its earnings call for the first quarter of 2013, citing more than 4bn hours of viewing by 36m subscribers worldwide – 7.14m... -
Financial results this week News
22.04.2013 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Ahead of Hemlock Grove debut Friday, Netflix sounds the death knell for Silverlight News
17.04.2013 As Netflix gears up for the worldwide debut of Eli Roth’s Hemlock Grove on Friday, the video-streaming platform is working towards a shift away from Microsoft’s Silverlight in... -
Microsoft’s next Xbox will be more like a set-top box News
11.04.2013 Microsoft’s next-generation games console will be an all-encompassing digital entertainment delivery system that will take over the living room TV, putting the software giant in...Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Ireland languishes near bottom of Netflix broadband league table News
09.04.2013 At this stage we shouldn’t really be surprised, but here it is: Ireland is in second last place out of seven countries served by movie-streaming service Netflix in terms of the... -
Arrested Development makes a comeback via Netflix on 26 May News
04.04.2013 Netflix is betting on the Bluth family, resurrecting cult TV show Arrested Development for a new season arriving next month – and let’s hope it hasn't made a huge mistake. -
The Wachowskis’ first TV show coming exclusively to Netflix next year News
28.03.2013 Continuing its drive for exclusive, original programming, Netflix has announced a new series from acclaimed sci-fi writing and directing team the Wachowskis will arrive on the... -
Will Spotify make the move into streaming video? News
25.03.2013 Watch out Netflix, because rumour has it Spotify is looking to move into the video-streaming arena with exclusive, original content.Categories: Media, Digital Media -
Paid downloads unpopular as Irish youth consume majority of TV content online News
20.03.2013 A survey conducted last week by youth charity SpunOut.ie reveals how young people in Ireland are consuming TV. That is, most commonly, without the traditional TV set, and for... -
New season of The Killing to reach Irish Netflix viewers one week after episodes air in US News
14.03.2013 Having been instrumental in its revival, episodes from the third season of dramatic crime television series The Killing will reach Netflix UK & Ireland members just one week... -
Netflix launches US$100,000 developer competition to improve cloud computing News
15.03.2013 Netflix has launched the Netflix Cloud Prize competition in Github, which has US$100,000 available in prize money to challenge developers around the world to improve the... -
Netflix to team up with DreamWorks on its first original series for kids News
12.02.2013 Having seen users stream more than 2bn hours of kids’ content in 2012 alone, Netflix is teaming up with the studio responsible for Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda to create... -
DVD and Blu-ray are still Hollywood’s big earners, while iTunes dominates online VOD News
01.02.2013 A report on how US viewers are watching films shows that physical discs are still providing Hollywood with plenty of revenue, while Apple’s iTunes dominates next-generation...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Digital Media -
Netflix app on Xbox LIVE updates user interface in time for House of Cards News
01.02.2013 The Netflix app on Xbox LIVE is introducing new user interface elements to help fans discover trailers, cast and crew information directly on their games consoles. The new...Categories: Software & Web Development, Media, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Profit-making Netflix now reaches over 33m subscribers worldwide, shares leap 35pc News
24.01.2013 Netflix has shown that the high costs involved in spreading its service to more markets worldwide was worth it as the company reports a surprising profit in 2012 driven by...