Netflix Working on “Extensive” Facebook Integration Dan Koelsch, January 27, 2011 In their earnings report yesterday, Netflix stated they were “working on an extensive Facebook integration”. While it may not sound like much (they’ve even integrated with Facebook before), how ‘extensive’ this integration could be is intriguing. Could you soon be watching Netflix movies on Facebook? Or even something as simple as manage your queue through your Facebook account? Their wording doesn’t give us many clues, but read an excerpt after the break. In addition, we’re working on an extensive Facebook integration, which will further the notion of a personal Netflix account. This evolution from household to personal relationship will take several years, and there will always be some households that only have one account. With this shift, we are starting internally to think of our available market as the number of active mobile phones in a territory, rather than the number of households, because that is the number of people who have the means to subscribe to a service like ours.Source: Mashable Social Networks Viral News FacebookNetflix
Viral Video Round-Up: Pocahontas Parody, Harry Potter Pole Dance, GLEE’s Super Bowl Ad, Silence is Golden, and Nooo! February 9, 2011Viral videos are like cattle. They are wild beasts that sometimes need to be rounded up to keep control. After the break see some of the most recent cattle grazing the Internets. Read More
Restoring Truthiness Rally Moves Forward with “Operation Strike of Truthiness” September 7, 2010September 7, 2010A few days ago we told you about a growing movement to get Stephen Colbert, host of the Emmy-award winning show “The Colbert Report,” to hold a “Restoring Truthiness” rally in Washington, D.C. Today, Supporters of that movement staged Operation Strike of Truthiness, an ingenious plan to get the terms… Read More
Firefly Video Follow Up: “Simon Tam M.D.” Intro July 14, 2010A few days back, we posted an 80s style intro for Firefly that io9 had made. One of the criticisms was that the character Simon Tam was not given a title card, which io9 explained was due to the video becoming too long. Fortunately, they have rectified the situation with… Read More