While streaming has taken off — with more than 60 percent of young Americans using streaming services as their primary TV venue — it’s also invaded our bedrooms. A 2018 Tuck survey of 1,300 Americans found that more than 85 percent of us watch streaming TV in bed, with 70 percent of them falling asleep to […]
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Calm, cruel and connected: June’s best and worst of IoT
It seems that every day a new IoT device or means to connect existing devices is revealed. With so much energy in being devoted to tell us how, when, where, what we can connect to each other, the “why” may be getting a little blurry. So we want to take a step back every now and […]
Amazon Web Services could crush $10 billion in sales
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the undisputed leader of the cloud computing market, announcing in a letter to shareholders that the business will reach $10 billion dollars in annual sales this year. Reaching $10 billion in 2016 would mean a huge surge in sales, considering AWS made $7.9 billion last year. The e-commerce giant also […]
Netflix CEO Explains Why A “Gut” Feeling Is Still Better Than Big Data
Reed Hastings on why algorithms don’t do it all.
Netflix Throws Down The Gauntlet To VPN and Proxy Servers
Challenge accepted.
Netflix Releases Open-Source Spinnaker For AWS And Other Clouds
New platform can hook into clouds from Google, Amazon and Cloud Foundry.
5 Reasons Your Company Should Open Source More Code
Giving away software offers way more benefits than hoarding it.
Amazon Is Odd Man Out In Marriott’s Plan To Offer Netflix, Hulu Plus And Pandora
There’s not enough room in this hotel room for both of them.
Christmas Movie Die Hards: 12 Alternatives To Stream This Holiday Season
“Now I have a machine gun. Ho. Ho. Ho.”
Netflix Is Still Trouncing The Streaming Competition
Amazon, HBO and CBS are lost in the distance.
Why Open Source Is Becoming A Big Developer-Recruiting Tool
Embrace open source to attract top talent—like Facebook.
HBO Will Finally Give Cord-Cutters The Streaming They Crave
Though it’s not clear how much it will cost.
Netflix’s Chaos Engineering Should Be Mandatory—Everywhere
The cloud will break; you need to be ready.
“Internet Slowdown” Protests Anti-Net Neutrality Legislation
Some of your favorite sites will be loading all day.
Netflix Calls Out Verizon For Charging For Crappy Streaming, Part Deux
The slapfight continues, as the streaming company blasts Verizon for not giving people the service “they pay you for.” Ouch.
The Verizon-Netflix Catfight Heats Up
Verizon just gagged Netflix’s explanation for slow streaming woes, in latest drama over speed, streaming and net neutrality’s bid to win public support.
Xbox One Finally Supports External Storage, Frees Netflix And Takes (Real) Names
Microsoft’s June update packs a punch.
Why Net Neutrality Became A Thing For The Internet Generation
Don’t mess with our Internet, says a younger generation that’s grown up with it as an ever-present utility. FCC, take note.
Playing The Xbox One Long Game, Microsoft Shifts Toward Setting Its Console Free
Under new leadership, the Xbox team will give gamers the choices they should have had from the start.
Net Neutrality: FCC Shifting Gears On Its Internet “Fast Lane” Idea
Now the question is whether the FCC will double down by regulating broadband providers as common carriers.