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It’s total pie-in-sky speculation, completely lacking in serious evidence or even vague “sources familiar with the matter,” but for some reason, after two and a half years of hard rumoring, analysts seem more sure than ever that Amazon is looking into a Netflix acquisition. Netflix just announced some pretty attractive quarterly earnings, along with some nice hard numbers: it added one million subscribers in Q4 to notch itself past the 12 million mark, and 48% of its customers streamed at least 15 minutes of video off of Instant Watch — compared to 28% a year ago. The logic goes that Amazon’s looking to position itself as a digital goods purveyor, and Netflix is doing a bang up job of that very thing. Sounds just fine to us, but if Amazon tries to lock us into E Ink Netflix streaming on the Kindle, some heads are going to roll. There’s naturally no comment from Netflix or Amazon on the speculation.
[Thanks, Steve H.]
Netflix earnings, subscribers and streaming growth have analysts drooling over a theoretical Amazon buy originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
I have the honor and privilege of participating in two batches of automotive social media seminars in Orlando this year. One, the Automotive Marketing Boot Camp, will be more of a training-class setting that includes 5 trainers offering their insights for nearly 4 hours each on different aspects of marketing. I am doing the classes [...]
One of the most talked about topics of 2009’s was the real time web. Even as 2010 has begun, more and more articles are written about the real time web and more and more startups have launched. Even Google has begun mixing in real time results into their search engine through the “Latest Results [...]
“Knock, Knock” is the sounds that use to symbolize a salesman’s presence, with a great haircut, suit to match and briefcase in hand.
Although presentation was of importance, it wasn’t exactly what got him in the door; and even though what he was selling may have been what the client was looking for, it would be [...]
Love your Popcorn Hour? Ask creator Syabas Technology, and it’s just a prelude to the real deal, which it’s just announced as the Popbox. The evolution includes a revamped UI, “infoapps” showing weather and Twitter feeds whenever the viewer pauses, and expanded Popapps support to allow for Java, Flash, and Qt (why hello there, Netflix). [...]
On December 31, 2009, Andy Carvin from NPR asked people on Twitter and Facebook to sum up the year in one word. He then ran the results through Wordle to generate a word cloud.
As you can see, some found hope in 2009 while others found it to be exhausting. Many considered 2009 to be bittersweet, [...]
There are 3 phrases that have rarely been spoken in the same sentence recently:
Jobs
2009
Good news
Social Media and Mobile Technology are the exception. According to a report by Indeed, 7 of the 10 fastest growing opportunities of 2009 were social media or mobile-tech related, with Twitter showing the strongest growth.
This isn’t surprising, of course, as growth [...]
Well, well, it looks like Camangi’s WebStation is finally making good on its shipments. The first of Gear Diary’s two pre-orders arrived and the gang has been more than happy to put together quick unboxing video for us to enjoy. It’s a pretty standard box with equally customary assortment of packaged accessories, suction cup stand [...]
Ever wonder how to make your site or blog perform better? What do you change so it can help you reach the results you expect?
Sure, you can ask some friends for their opinion but, what if you could experience how a real person behaves, what they do or where they click.
Think of retail stores or [...]
It seemed like a no-brainer to me, but I was talking to a friend who is, under normal circumstances, a much more prolific Twitter user and consultant than I am. He asked me for advice on helping his clients find relevant people to follow, what software we used for our clients, etc.
I mentioned lists as [...]