Consumers are enraged at Netflix’ steep price increases with good reason — a 60% increase is hard to take during a prolonged recession. As a result well over 1 million have already cancelled their subscription. From the consumer’s POV, Netflix’ latest plans to split the offering into two unrelated services, Netflix and Qwikster, are utterly [...]
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Mobile Insider’s Steve Smith confessed today to his “Google seduction” — a whole new level of experience that Google delivers to iPhone users via Google’s mobile-optimized services. First off, Google for iPhone excels at speed and efficiency, and the app shows how much this matters in pulling a user in.
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It’s taken longer to get here than expected, but I can now run either Windows Vista or Mac OS X Leopard from my MacBook Pro. What a treat — both operating systems on a single notebook that weighs less than 6 pounds. This will be a great convenience when traveling to work at a client’s [...]
Tags: Leopard·Mac OS X·user experience·Vista