Netflix experiencing outage: Another AWS issue? (Update: Online again)
Many users are experiencing yet another Netflix outage. Is the core cause AWS or is it something else? More...
Many users are experiencing yet another Netflix outage. Is the core cause AWS or is it something else? More...
CNBC business anchor Jim Cramer said on the air today that Microsoft should buy Netflix, and combine it with its Xbox division to spin them off in a separate company. More...
Netflix stated that it added 2.03 million new U.S. subscribers for its streaming video-DVD service in the first quarter of 2013 and now has over 34 million paid members worldwide. More...
Microsoft is giving every Xbox Live member in the U.S., Canada, Japan and Latin America a chance to check out the features that are normally reserved for paid Xbox Live Gold members this weekend. More...
Netflix has officially announced its plans to transition from using Microsoft's Silverlight for streaming video in PC web browsers to a solution that uses an HTML5-based video player. More...
Roku, the Internet-connected video streaming set top box, have announced a major milestone: 5 million users, who have brought in over 8 billion video streams, or 1,600 streams per user. More...
Netflix has updated its app for Windows Phone devices, bringing support for Windows Phone 8 devices with 720p screens. No other changes were immediately noticeable in the update. More...
In a presentation at GDC 2013 this week, a Microsoft rep stated that its Xbox SmartGlass app is also "a great way to spy on your kids" thanks to the app's remote information features. More...
Netflix announced today it has finally added the ability to share their favorite TV shows and movies on the service with US Facebook users, while Facebook announced new Timeline changes. More...
An update to Google's YouTube app for Android added some interesting code, indicating you could be paying to subscribe to channels in the near future, though the company has been tight-lipped. More...
Microsoft has announced that Xbox 360 owners who have Xbox Live will be able to unlocked both Netflix and Hulu Plus this weekend without needing a Xbox Live Gold subscription. More...
A quick check of the current top 10 most downloaded apps for Windows 8 show little change from the same list in December, with only a few minor additions and alterations. More...
The online video streaming company Netflix announced a surprise profit for its fourth quarter 2012 financial results, along with word that it has added 2.05 million new US subscribers. More...
Hulu CEO Jason Kilar has announced that he will leave the streaming TV show and movie service sometime later in the first quarter of 2013, along with Hulu's CTO Rich Tom. More...
Amazon Web Services has now admitted that one of its developers deleted data in one of its systems and that caused the Netflix outage on Christmas Eve that affected millions of users. More...
We list the current most downloaded free Windows 8 apps in the Windows Store, with Xbox SmartGlass holding onto the number one slot, followed by Skype, Netflix and Google Search. More...
Many Netflix users in the US are unable to sign on to the streaming video service. Netflix says it is aware of the problem but there's no word on what caused it or when it will be fixed. More...
The Expedia online travel service has finally launched its official Windows 8 app this week in the Windows Store, which has also seen new app updates for Google Search and Netflix More...
Netflix has rated the recently launched Google Fiber service in Kansas City, Kansas to be the fastest ISP in the US, according to data taken from the popular video streaming service. More...
Microsoft needs to change its policy and let its tens of millions of Xbox 360 owners watch videos on Netflix without having to pay for Xbox Live Gold, like the PS3 and other devices currently allow. More...
Netflix has announced Sony's PS3 game console is now the company's "largest TV-connected platform in terms of Netflix viewing," despite Netflix's streaming service showing up first for Xbox 360. More...
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, who recently resigned from Microsoft's board of directors, gives his opinion on Windows 8 and the Surface tablet, saying that it matters more that Windows 8 is successful. More...
Amazon is testing a new $7.99 a month pricing plan for its Amazon Prime streaming video service, which will allow the company to better compete with Netflix and Hulu Plus. More...
Joris Evers of Netflix talks about the streaming video company's recently launched Windows 8 app, which was released just a few days before Microsoft launched its new OS. More...
Netflix' stock price went up over 13 percent in trading today, thanks largely to unconfirmed rumors that Microsoft might be preparing to acquire the streaming video service. More...
As promised, Netflix has now launched its official Windows 8 app in the Windows Store, two weeks before Microsoft is due to launch its next operating system on October 26th. More...
Netflix founder and CEO Reed Hastings announced yesterday he will not seek re-election to Microsoft's board of directors. The decision has met with speculation about a Microsoft-Netflix deal. More...
Netflix has launched a new update for its app made for the iPhone and iPod Touch, which revamps its user interface to look more like the tablet-based Netflix apps. More...
Online services like Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, Spotify, Steam and many others have changed the way millions of people access media. They've brought upon an era of instant, on-demand digital media... More...
Amazon has announced it has added a number of TV shows from NBCUniversal to its streaming Amazon Instant Video service, including Battlestar Galactica and more. More...
Netflix has finally put in a much requested "Post-Play" feature for its streaming video service that will let users watch multiple episodes of a TV series uninterrupted. More...
Netflix has announced that it will expand its streaming movie and TV show business to the countries of Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Finland before the end of 2012. More...
Netflix has released a new update to its Xbox 360 streaming video app, adding a new "Just for Kids" feature that let children find appropriate video content from Netflix. More...
Netflix has opened a small experiment for crowd-sourcing subtitles, in order to assess the possibility of making this their new standard. The experiment will be focusing on a small number of users. More...
Netflix has announced that it has added a total of over 1 million new subscribers worldwide to its streaming video service in the second quarter of 2012, while also returning to profitability. More...
Verizon and Redbox have announced they have started internal alpha testing on their streaming video service, which will be called Redbox Instant by Verizon, for a launch later in 2012. More...
Netflix has updated its website to feature a new layout with a consistent header. Previously the video streaming website had separate layouts for browsing its Watch Instantly movies and DVD movies. More...
Netflix offered up some information on what happened with its streaming video hardware when a massive storm shut down Amazon's hardware last weekend, which included Netflix's servers. More...
In a post on his Facebook page this week, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings revealed that the streaming movie and TV show service set a new record of over one billion hourin June. More...
Amazon has offered a detailed explanation on why its cloud servers went down for a number of hours this past weekend, which affected services such as Netflix and Instagram. More...
Heavy storms in north Virginia have knocked out power and disrupted access to Amazon's cloud. Is the cloud concept so unstable that a single storm can knock out access to Netflix, Instagram, and more? More...
During today's press event that first showed off the Surface tablet, Microsoft confirmed that Netflix will release a Windows 8 Metro client version of their video streaming service. More...
The US Justice Department is reportedly looking into cable companies with broadband Internet access in order to determine if they are using broadband caps to stop competition from other video sources. More...
Amazon has added to their supported devices, this time creating an app to allow Xbox 360 users to be able to watch Amazon Instant Video through their console. More...
The company once used to complement television by allowing individuals to watch previous television episodes is getting into original and content, as it will stream 10 shows this summer. More...
A new rumor claims that the streaming TV service Hulu could start asking its users to prove they subscribe to a cable or satellite TV subscription service to access their content. More...
Netflix posted a $5 million loss for Q1 2012, although it added three million new streaming subscribers. Shares in the company still dropped after the news, however. More...
Microsoft has announced that its various Xbox 360 media apps that work with the Xbox Live Gold service would be unlocked and available to free Xbox Live members for several days starting Thursday. More...
The Netflix app for Windows Phone has a new 2.0 update available to download, including new support for a number of additional countries, performance improvements and more. More...
A new report claims that Procter & Gamble has blocked access to Internet services Pandora and Netflix, saying that their overuse by workers in the office was hogging the company's bandwidth. More...