“Given Amazon’s size and ambitions, we continue to track their progress carefully as well.” With that brief statement, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings acknowledged one of the online streaming video service’s perceived competitors in its quarterly letter to shareholders as part of today’s first quarter 2012 earnings report: Amazon Prime Instant Video. Overall, Netflix came in… Read More…
Ever paid to extend or enhance a free-to-play digital game? A new study from market researcher NPD Group says you’re not alone. The NPD report, Insights into the Freemium Games Market, says four out of ten players have shelled out real cash if the game had additional features that could be purchased. Those most likely… Read More…
Digital education company DreamBox Learning has solidified its shift to emphasize the K-12 school market over the consumer market by unveiling a new logo and brand identity. Bellevue, WA-based DreamBox, founded in 2006 by Lou Gray and former Microsoft executive Ben Slivka, was acquired two years ago by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and the Charter School Growth Fund,… Read More…
Super Friends meets The Office? That, in a nutshell, is how Seattle production company Moon Bullet Studios describes its new web series, The Collectibles. The ten-part series will officially debut on Sunday, April 1 as part of Emerald City Comicon in Seattle. It’s a bit hard to describe The Collectibles, even after viewing the trailer…. Read More…
First, Angry Birds became part of the Space Needle. Now, the Space Needle is literally becoming part of Angry Birds. Developer Rovio has posted on its Angry Birds Facebook page that the forthcoming update of Angry Birds Space will include a level with the iconic Seattle attraction, noting, “In our first Angry Birds Space update,… Read More…
With a kick-off Facebook post propelled by a tweet from major science-fiction fan Paul Allen, tickets have gone on sale for what’s being billed as Seattle’s first annual Science Fiction Film Festival at the Seattle Cinerama theater. The Festival, which runs April 19th through May 2nd, highlights a number of classic films. Among the titles… Read More…
A study from the University of Illinois at Chicago is giving top marks to the City of Seattle for its use of the web for civic engagement — and calling it a tie for the top spot with New York City. The report from UIC’s College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs checked out local government… Read More…
Next to politics, perhaps no industry loves speculation more than tech. We may couch it as “analysis” or — if we’re being especially honest with ourselves — as “commentary” or “opinion.” But at its best, even when fact-based, it’s informed guesswork. Which leads me to the latest rumor of a Google Nexus tablet. Digitimes was… Read More…
Sprint is putting another nail in its WiMax coffin by confirming at an Orlando mobile carrier conference that it will no longer release new WiMax phones, instead relying on devices that run on its upcoming LTE 4G network. It’s news likely to be watched closely by Bellevue-based wireless broadband provider Clearwire, which has received a… Read More…
There’s a lot of speculation about who or what is to blame for Best Buy’s decision to shutter 50 of its big box stores. But Goldman Sachs analyst Matthew Fassler thinks a large part of the reason might reside in Seattle, and Amazon.com. Fassler is quoted by the Associated Press as writing that when it comes to Best… Read More…
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