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Netflix Max hands-on: Jellyvision’s take on your movie queue

As reported on Engadget. By Sean Buckley Being a Netflix subscriber is almost like being cursed — sure, you have access to untold troves of streaming TV shows and films, but how do you choose what to watch? The burden of choice weighs heavily on the indecisive Netflix user, trapping them in a labyrinth of enticing categories, familiar recommendations and episode backlogs. Admit it, you don’t know jack about picking out a good flick, which is exactly why Netflix created…

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Business Mobile

BB10 fails to turn a profit for BlackBerry in first full quarter of availability

As reported on The Verge. By Aaron Souppouris After two quarters of meager profits, BlackBerry has posted its Q1 2014 results (for the three-month period ending June 1st 2013), revealing an $84 million loss from $3.1 billion revenue. Compared to last quarter, when the Canadian manufacturer made $94 million from $2.7 billion, the revenue results are fairly positive, although Wall Street hoped to see $3.3 billion.   With smartphone shipments, BlackBerry’s position strengthened for the first time in a…

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Business Hacking

LinkedIn Outage Due To Possible DNS Hijacking [Update: Fidelity.com Also Affected]

As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU LinkedIn confirmed via Twitter that its site suffered an outage due to “a DNS issue.” According to Downrightnow.com, LinkedIn’s service outage began around 6PM PST yesterday and is still continuing, though service has gradually resumed for some users. Shortly after the outage began, App.net co-founder Bryan Berg wrote on his blog that the site’s DNS may have been hijacked–in other words, its domain name was redirected to a different IP address. In this case,…

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Application Business

Paper maker FiftyThree raises $15 million to build the Office suite of the future

As reported on The Verge. By Ellis Hamburger Will selling digital paintbrushes add up to a good business? A couple years ago, Microsoft vet Georg Petschnigg set out to redefine the way we draw, paint, and sketch on iPad. He assembled FiftyThree — a team of individuals — some of whom were left over from Microsoft’s scrapped Courier project, and began work on Paper. “We’ve just burned down our savings on this,” he said, “to build tools we could use…

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Apple Is Building A Beautiful New Store To Overshadow Microsoft In Palo Alto

As reported on TechCrunch. by BILLY GALLAGHER Apple is building a big, visually stunning store in the Stanford shopping center. A few hundred yards from the construction site sits a small, modest Apple location. Last spring, Microsoft opened a flagship spot right next to the small Apple store with a free Maroon 5 concert. Whether for pure dollars and cents or for appearances (maybe both), Apple has been very aggressive in Palo Alto in the past couple of…

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Business Entertainment

Lucas And Spielberg Predict “Massive Implosion” Of Hollywood Caused By Tech Industry

As reported on TechCrunch. by GREG BARTO George Lucas and Steven Spielberg aren’t so bullish on the future of the film industry. At a talk at USC, the pair agreed that it’s on track to have a “massive implosion”. At the core of their argument: there just isn’t enough time in the day for consumers to support all the films released in theaters. Films are competing with all the content and options that the Internet provides. Studios in Hollywood…

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Netflix Will Launch Multiple User Profiles This Summer To Keep Your Recommendations Pristine

As reported on TechCrunch. by CATHERINE SHU It’s a nuisance many Netflix users are familiar with–you log-on to watch something from the Criterion Collection, only to find that your recommendations are now littered with “Dora The Explorer” or “Say Yes To The Dress” because someone in your household with less erudite tastes in streaming entertainment used your account. Fortunately, Netflix Vice President of Product Innovation Todd Yellinconfirmed at E3 that Netflix will launch separate profiles for people sharing one…

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Application Business

Airbnb’s disaster response tool to help survivors find free housing

As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Airbnb has launched a new disaster response tool in an effort to make things easier for willing hosts to offer free shelter to survivors of catastrophes. Activated within 30 minutes or less from the time trouble strikes, the solution will send out emails to local users and ask if they’d like to offer their rooms at no cost. Thoughtful folks will then be able to list their space on a…

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Apple Business Tech

Apple’s Flashlight Is Why We Can’t Fund Nice Dumb Things

As reported on TechCrunch. by ALEXIA TSOTSIS Flashlight apps are a testament to the power and simplicity of modern technology. Power outage because of a hurricane? There’san app for that. Need to stealthily kill a mosquito without waking up your partner? There’s an app for that, too. Actually, there are more than 1,000 in the App Store alone, many with 5-star ratings, because flashlight apps, which turn the flash of your iPhone camera into a literal…

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Business Hardware Dev

Dell unveils Haswell-powered laptops and desktops for professionals (video)

As reported on Engadget. By Daniel Cooper Between Computex and the launch of Intel’s fourth generation Core Haswellprocessors, June’s shaping up to be a big month for the PC industry. Fresh from letting us play with its new folding hybrid, Dell is whipping out new OptiPlex 9020 and XE2 desktops, an OptiPlex All-In-One and the Latitude E6540 business laptop. Given that they’re Dell machines, customization options will be limitless when they arrive in the forthcoming weeks, backed by all of…

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