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(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) said on Tuesday it had received formal approval to set up a C$ 500 million production unit in Canada and sought to quell talk it had sought special tax benefits for investing in its first such unit outside the United States. The maker of Emmy winning shows like The Crown […]

Some think Netflix was a DVD company which morphed into a streaming company. It turns out, Reed Hastings planned on being a streaming company all along. Cloud Computing

In what is perhaps a long time coming for VR enthusiasts who have expressed faith in Oculus CEO Palmer Luckey’s vision for mainstream consumer hardware, the Facebook-acquired brand is finally putting it all together. Today at the keynote for Oculus Connect 2 in Hollywood, Samsung VP of Mobile Peter Koo announced a $ 99 Gear VR headset that […]

For those who have been itching to stream the new season of TV from the comfort of your Gear VR, a Netflix VR app will be available today, with apps for Hulu and Vimeo as well as Twitch coming on soon. Read more… All articles

“IT’S FOR GAMES” has been the oft-quoted cry of VR headset makers and gamers when talking about virtual reality, but the opportunity for movies is unquestionably huge. Today, Oculus VR released a Netflix app for the Gear VR (and eventually Oculus’ own headset.) And it makes watching Netflix in real life seem super lame. Read […]

Netflix, Tinder, and other major websites were affected for a time Sunday by glitches in Amazon Web Services’ Northern Virginia facility, offering a cautionary lesson to other companies that rely on the cloud service for mission-critical capabilities. The problem manifested itself primarily in the form of higher-than-normal error rates. Sites affected reportedly also included IMDb […]