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Netflix offers $100,000 prize in cloud competition
by
Molly Wood
Mar 15, 2013
Netflix is waving around $100,000 dollars in prize money for people with the best ideas to tune up and improve Netflix's data cloud. Netflix cloud systems director of architecture Alex Cockcroft joins Marketplace Tech host David Brancaccio to talk through the challenges of managing the company's remote data.
Netflix wades into kids' shows
Feb 12, 2013
Netflix hopes new animated series will tap into the lucrative market for children's shows...and merchandizing.
Netflix's 'House of Cards' seeks to redefine television
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Queena Kim
Feb 1, 2013
With its first original series starring Kevin Spacey, the online streaming service is trying to shake up the traditional television model.
GE's CTO Mark Little on tech leaps in 2013, and 2012's Christmas Netflix outage
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Molly Wood
Dec 27, 2012
General Electric's chief technology officer Mark Little talks about leaps forward in energy efficiency in the new year, and we breathe a sigh of relief after a brief Netflix outage.
Netflix, Amazon typify corporate 'coopetition'
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Dan Bobkoff
Dec 26, 2012
Whether it’s Netflix and Amazon, or Apple and Google, companies that start off cooperating can turn into fierce competitors.
Instagram retreats from policy changes
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Queena Kim
Dec 21, 2012
The photo sharing app Instagram is retreating from its new privacy policy after users cried foul. How common are such reversals in the tech world?
Neflix rates ISPs and GE invents a new cooling system for computing
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Molly Wood
Dec 12, 2012
General Electric has created a new quiet and super thin cooling system that could revolutionize consumer electronics, and Netflix has ranked our Internet Service Providers.
For public good, not for profit.
Disney deal gives Netflix a boost over competitors
Dec 5, 2012
The value of Netflix stock soared by around 14 percent Tuesday, after the company announced it had clinched an exclusive deal to show first-run Disney movies.
Icahn wants web video icon Netflix to sell itself
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Jeff Horwich
Nov 14, 2012
Investor Carl Icahn, who recently acquired 10 percent of Netflix, is pushing to put the whole company up for sale.
Netflix knows you in ways you can't even imagine
by
Kai Ryssdal
Oct 15, 2012
It knows when you pause a movie. It knows which actors you hate. And it knows how much you like that cheery red interface. The algorithms and customer experience that have made Netflix such a success.