Twitter user TheRealMyron got this Netflix tattoo on the side of his stomach and tweeted it to Netflix’s account, and the movie-streaming giant awarded his loyal fandom with a free year of service. A whole year! Keep in mind Netflix wasn’t holding a contest or anything, Myron just got the tattoo because he loves the company and “Netflix is a lifestyle.” Just like swinging. Some other gems from his feed:
Netflix tweeted me retweeted my Tattoo and gave me a free year tonight there is noway you can’t believe in Netflix gang now it’s a movement
@netflix I’m so excited I love Netflix can I get a follow back also
There is so many strangers in my mentions about this Netflix stuff lol they don’t understand the life
@netflix follow me back pleaseeee
huff post said they want to do a story!!!!!!!!!
i just got asked to do a story on web cam i dont think i have a web came here
who has a web cam?
I have a webcam, Myron. Come over and you can do the interview from my place and then you can show me what this lifestyle is all about. I’ve had Netflix for years, but I didn’t know I was part of a MOVEMENT. Also, we should totally get some jackets and hats made with a catchy slogan to celebrate your victory. I’m thinking ‘Netflix For Life’. “But I only got a year.” Yeah….maybe if you got another, even BIGGER one.
Thanks to Big Dave, who’s getting a Ferrari tattoo this weekend. Good luck with that.
Netflix’s Just for Kids portal may already be a parent’s ticket to saving money on endless Dora the Explorer DVDs without keeping a constant watch on the screen, but it has so far been left to consoles and the web. That’s not much help to movie-loving grownups who’d sometimes like to free the PC or TV for their own streaming sessions — so it’s likely a relief to many that the Just for Kids interface is now available on iPads. Like on bigger screens, the mobile app provides a safe zone for the under-12 set that organizes videos into sections that junior viewers will more likely appreciate, such as sing-alongs and talking animals. For now, Android tablet owners and those holding on to first-generation iPads will be left out. It still shouldn’t be too long before more adults can be sure their mobile-savvy kids are watching Curious George instead of Chasing Amy.
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Netflix Just for Kids comes to iPad, keeps Dora exploring beyond the TV (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Now that the revamped Netflix interface has hit phones and tablets for both Apple and Android powered hardware, the service has quietly enabled something else: second screen remote control. Currently the feature is only known to work on the PlayStation 3 with a mobile device on the same local network, once the two apps are running you can browse as normal on your phone or tablet and when you go to play a movie or TV show it asks you to choose where it will play. While the video is playing you can stop, pause or seek through it to a certain point, change the audio or subtitles, choose a different episode or even browse for something entirely different without stopping the action. We’ve got a few screens of the mobile apps at work in the gallery, check after the break for a quick video of it working.
Gallery: Netflix second screen remote
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Netflix iOS and Android apps have a remote control easter egg for PS3 owners originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:23:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Netflix making good on those investment promises for its UK viewers, with the streaming service set to be included in a new set-top box coming tomorrow. According to The Telegraph, the new device will link straight into Netflix services. Freesat‘s satellite TV offering launched back in 2008, with both BBC and ITV behind the project, while the new set-top box is rumored to add on-demand downloads and the ability to view programs up to eight days since they first air — catching up to similar services from BT, Virgin and Sky. We’re likely to hear more tomorrow, but Freesat’s hoping it will be enough to make Brits reconsider those wallet-thumping Sky subscriptions.
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Netflix coming to future Freesat satellite TV boxes originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Sep 2012 03:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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PlayOn can now stream your favorite content straight to your Android phone over wi-fi or anywhere on 3G! Also new. With new channels being added all the time, PlayOn brings the most entertainment to your phone or gaming console. Free trial at www.playon.tv Video Rating: 4 / 5
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A new streaming service has shed its beta cloak, only this one isn’t made for U.S. eyes. Youzee, a Madrid-based start-up, aims to offer Spaniards the best of both pay models, offering up a monthly subscription service alongside separate à la carte pricing. According to the company’s site, its catalog of films and TV shows will be made available in a range of dubbed and subtitled versions to suite language and viewing preferences. You’ll have to pony up 6.99 Euros (about $ 9 USD) monthly for access to those selections, but for any titles — new releases or otherwise — that reside outside of its collection, there’s a one-time fee required, ranging from either 2.99 Euros (about $ 4 USD) for 480p DVD-quality or 4.99 Euros (about $ 7 USD) for 720p HD. Plans are also on deck to grow the outfit’s content library of paid content with an assortment of free exclusives. So, if you call the Iberian peninsula home and the return of the Bluths on Netflix just isn’t enough to tide you over, well, now you have an alternative online video fix.
Youzee: Spain’s streaming startup answer to Netflix originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 21 Apr 2012 19:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Netflix users the world over, rejoice, the company has updated its video streaming app for Windows Phone today to let all subscribers — not just those in the US and Canada — download and use the app. The update brings the app to version 2.0, and means that users in the UK and Ireland (where the service launched earlier this year), as well as those in Latin America, can stream films and TV shows to their Windows Phone devices. Of course, to support the new regions the app now can be viewed in different languages, and there are new audio and subtitle options. Netflix also promises that it’s improved performance, so even if you’re in North America you’d do well to download the new version, which is available now in the Windows Phone…
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Netflix users the world over, rejoice, the company has updated its video streaming app for Windows Phone today to let all subscribers — not just those in the US and Canada — download and use the app. The update brings the app to version 2.0, and means that users in the UK and Ireland (where the service launched earlier this year), as well as those in Latin America, can stream films and TV shows to their Windows Phone devices. Of course, to support the new regions the app now can be viewed in different languages, and there are new audio and subtitle options. Netflix also promises that it’s improved performance, so even if you’re in North America you’d do well to download the new version, which is available now in the Windows Phone…
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Hive mindshare: AOL, Windows Phone, Netflix, Mashable Here is a quick roundup of the stories occupying the most digital media mindshare today: AOL sells patents to Microsoft for over $ 1 billion cash; Windows Phone gets mainstream promotional push; Netflix shares algorithm information and establishes … Read more on Digital Media Wire
Vernon Davis Makes Twitter Gaffe In The Name Of Confusing Marketing All in all, the most confusing thing about all of this is what the hell the Windows Phone is attempting to accomplish with the whole "free time machine" thing. Hopefully some people went down to Union Square who actually thought Vernon Davis was giving … Read more on SB Nation (blog)
Nokia's Flagship Windows Phone Ships April 8 By Paul McDougall InformationWeek AT&T said Monday that the Lumia 900, currently Nokia's top-of-the-line device on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform, will be available to consumers in the US starting April 8. The phone will be available on the AT&T … Read more on InformationWeek
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In case you’ve been wondering why Netflix tends to recommend the movies it does, there’s a post on the company’s Tech Blog breaking down the various levels of its system. Remember the Netflix Prize contest? Teams of researchers produced competing algorithms capable of more accurately predicting how members would rate movies, but while some of the early winning efforts are still in use, the million dollar solution was never implemented because the potential gains were too small to justify the engineering effort needed. Additionally, while Netflix still hasn’t implemented individual profiles for household members yet, the blog indicates it does try to recommend something for everyone, seeking both accuracy and diversity — which may explain some of more out there picks in our personal “recommended for you” list. Where available (read: outside the US) Facebook integration plays a part too, as well as a variety of information used to find movies similar to those previously viewed. The proof of how all these parts come together is ultimately judged by the viewers, while we wait for part two with more data to pore over — is Netflix managing to accurately pull any flicks you want to watch out of its catalog.
Netflix explains its recommendation system, can’t find a reason for Adam Sandler’s last movie originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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