Netflix’s video streaming service hit a milestone this year, surpassing 1 billion hours of streaming in June. Although Netflix users report relatively low customer satisfaction, and its stock plunged by 25 percent over the summer amid concerns about slow domestic growth and too-fast overseas expansion, the service can now claim several million more subscribers than [...]
Oct 02, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Media, Technology, Trends, Youth | Tags: Amazon Prime, Comcast, Comcast Xfinity TV, Hulu, iTunes, live TV streaming, Mad Men, media trends, Netflix, Netflix streaming, Nickelodeon, online piracy, Redbox, streaming television, Verizon, Vudu | Leave A Comment »
In the 11 years since it launched, Wikipedia has changed the world as we know it. Not only has the free, collaboratively edited encyclopedia redefined the meaning of “expert,” but it’s been blamed for everything from diminishing traditional journalism to killing Encyclopaedia Britannica. In any case, it’s being taken more seriously than ever: U.S. political [...]
Jul 12, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: Amazon, British government, British government Wikipedia, Congress, content, Google, information architecture, Jimmy Wales, Netflix, newscrafting, online reputation, Politics, Reddit, search engines, smartphones, social media trends, White House, Wikipedia, Wikipedia blacked out, Wikipedia blackout, writing Wikipedia pages | Leave A Comment »
Coughing up the password to an email address or social media site is the newest test of young love. With this top-secret data in hand, modern high school sweethearts scour one another’s exchanges for clues about faithfulness—often storing ammunition for post-breakup warfare while they’re at it. Adults, too, grapple with the issue of disclosing passwords [...]
Feb 03, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: AIM, cellphones, children, digital literacy, Facebook, Google, love, Netflix, password, password sharing, privacy, psychology, relationships, smartphones, Social Media, teenagers, two-factor authentication | Leave A Comment »
The iPad is all the rage. It’s going to save the publishing world. It’s going to revolutionize how we entertain ourselves. But it might also change how we and, more important, tomorrow’s leaders learn. A few months back, our office received an iPad to test. I took it home. Instantly, my 3- and 4-year-old kids [...]
Oct 13, 2010 | Categories:Features, Media, Technology | Tags: digital, digital book, educating customers, entertainment, iPad, learning, Mac, Netflix, parenting, publishing, Scholastic, touch screen | Leave A Comment »
