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If you saw “The Social Network”, the movie that tells the story of how Facebook began, then you’ll get a thrill out of seeing these slides. As depicted in the film, Eduardo Saverin flew to New York City to sell ads right after the launch of TheFacebook.com in the spring of 2004. A copy of his …
Between their Keith Olbermann problems and some shakeups in management, 2012 has been a rough year so far for Current TV. Unfortunately, it looks like all these diversions have resulted in a neglected social media program.
Over the last few months, Apple has made some very telling moves. Namely, they’ve added Netflix and Hulu Plus to Apple TV and let Amazon release its instant video streaming app for the iPad. For years, Apple had excluded companies that compete directly with the iTunes Store (like Hulu Plus and Amazon). The inclusion of these …
Collectors are now selling a LEGO set of Han Solo's Millennium Falcon for over $3,000. Original retail for the LEGO Millennium Falcon was $499.
If you’re an Apple TV owner, then get ready to run an update. As of yesterday, Hulu Plus is now available on Apple TV. Previously, the only way to get Hulu on Apple TV was to hack it using Boxee. If you’re already a Hulu Plus subscriber, then you can sign in immediately using your …
A Twitter account named @NRA_Rifleman posted a controversial lighthearted tweet just hours after the tragic Batman movie shooting in Colorado.
As you might imagine, Stan Lee, the father of Spider-Man, is pretty busy these days. Fresh off the heels of The Avengers, the next movie debuting in Marvel's story arc is Spider-Man. I was fortunate enough to get a few minutes of Lee's time on the phone for a quick interview. He was very humbled by how much the fans still love his comic book characters decades after he first created them. He also wants everyone to keep an eye out for his cameo in the film The Amazing Spider-Man and the new video game of the same name which is also out this summer.
We’re a couple hours from WWDC keynote, and it’ no secret that Apple will be announcing a new version of the Apple TV – one that includes the Television. Which means that Apple is going after your home entertainment center. But will you pay 3 times the price for an Apple TV, or will it …
Fifteen years ago, you saw Blockbuster overpower your local video store (for me it was Video Station and Doorstep Video) for VHS tapes. Five years ago, you might have been asking if you should get your DVDs from Netflix or Blockbuster. Now, as we enter into the “watch TV through Internet” phase, you have a …
Michael Sater interviews Definition 6‘s Expert in Residence, Frank Radice, on the exciting future of Social TV and its impact on broadcast and cable programming. After watching the Oscars last night I started to think, the future of Social TV has got to be really interesting. What do you envision? One of the things that …
How much video content did you watch online last month? Chances are, it's a lot higher than you think. According to a new survey from comScore's Video Metrix service, 182 million U.S. internet users watched online video content last month. In total, 85.3% of American U.S. internet users watched 43.5 billion videos and spent an average 23.2 hours each doing it.
From 'these go to 11' to 'none more black', these are the best Nigel Tufnel quotes from the mockumantary film This Is Spinal Tap (1985).
That was fast. Netflix's Qwikster DVD strategy is dead before it even launched.
When it comes to satire, The Onion has always ranked among the best. The Onion first bloomed in 1988 at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and through the years has grown from fertile ground into "America's Finest News Source". Just last night The Onion News Network (ONN) began its second season on the Independent Film Channel (IFC) with an earth shattering episode titled "Asteroid Heads To Earth" ONN's entire news team is so spot on, it is difficult to pick a favorite, but you have to love their hard news gal Brooke Alvarez (Suzanne Sena) and Autistic Reporter Michael Falk (John Cariani).
We look at some Movie robots like Robby the Robot, Dalek, R2D2 and how you can either buy, or make yourself
Netflix Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings made a public apology in his blog late Sunday after a customer outburst against a hike in prices. Hastings wrote the post after a barrage of customer backlash that caused Netflix stock to plunge.
Netflix subscribers quit the service in droves last week after the unexpected increase. Enraged customers flooded the Netflix site with tens of thousands of comments, as well as a barrage of tweets under the hashtag #DearNetflix.
