Netflix dropped a bombshell on its customers late last night announcing it was splitting it's DVD by mail service and streaming service into two separate companies. While a major price increase was announced just months ago, this announcement was supposed to be the grand plan all along...or so it seems. With that Netflix is becoming a streaming media only company while their new DVD service is being called Qwikster.
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Microsoft officially kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last night in Las Vegas with their keynote address. During the hour long presentation Microsoft CEO, Steve Balmer, shed some light on just how popular Microsoft's Kinect is. Originally estimated to sell around 5 Million units during the holiday season, Microsoft unveiled they actually sold 8 million units in the first sixty days of the device's existence. Quite impressive.
Sometimes a relationship keeps people apart. The long distance relationship was always considered difficult, but thanks to modern technology there's no reason to feel apart from your significant other. Our latest co-op couples looks at using co-op gaming, movies and chat to keep connected.
Last night we finally got to test out the new Netflix Party feature with the upcoming dashboard update. It's an interesting concept, one that I think will go a long way if it performs as well as it did last night.
