Tag: tv shows

Apple Will Stop Taking a Cut of Some Video App Purchases Made Through the App Store

Yesterday, Apple said it would stop taking a cut of some sales for “qualifying” streaming video services on iPhones and other Apple devices, including Amazon’s Prime Video. Reuters reports: To make purchases inside apps on its App Store, Apple requires the use of its own payment systems and takes a commission of between 15% and 30% before passing on the rest…

‘Netflix Party’: a New Chrome Extension Adds Chat Panes to Movies

GameSpot calls it “like an AOL chat room” combined with Netflix. The Guardian reports:
You log in, share a viewing link with friends, choose one person to be in charge of picking what you watch and, as your chosen show plays out in the bulk of the screen, a chatroom pops up on the right-hand side. You can discuss the show with…

What Are the Best Free Streaming Services?

An anonymous reader shares some free streaming media options: There’s over 10,000 public domain audiobooks at LibriVox.org, created by volunteers reading public domain works. (If you’ve got time, why not record yourself reading your own favorite public domain poem or novel?) And there’s also a lot of free audiobooks (and ebooks) available through Hoopla, a free “digital media” service that’s partnering…

Developers Say Google Didn’t Offer Enough Money To Make Stadia Games

After years of development and hype, Google’s long-rumored push into video games arrived last November, with the launch of Google Stadia. Google Stadia isn’t a game console, nor is it a game platform, really — it’s a digital storefront run by Google where you can buy individual games. It’s a hugely ambitious new platform, and it aimed to be the Netflix…

Co-Creator of the First Star Trek Convention Has Died

Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger shared this report from the Hugo award-winning science fiction fanzine File 770:
North Bellmore, New York fan Elyse Rosenstein, 69, died suddenly on February 20th. She had been undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a broken leg. At the time of her death, she was a retired secondary school science teacher. With Joyce Yasner, Joan Winston, Linda Deneroff and Devra…

Ghost Hunters S2 promises ‘indisputable proof’

Season two of the rebooted Ghost Hunters TV show will reportedly offer up concrete evidence of the afterlife. One of most popular paranormal TV shows … Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/334755/ghost-hunters-s2-promises-indisputable-proof…

Redbox Enters the Free, Ad-Supported Streaming Market

Redbox has entered the ad-supported streaming market with the launch of Redbox Free Live TV. “But despite its name, Redbox’s new streaming service isn’t offering ‘live TV’ similar to what you’d get on a TV streaming service like YouTube TV or Hulu with Live TV,” reports TechCrunch. “Instead, the new service offers a curated set of ad-supported movies and TV shows,…

Moon found orbiting near-Earth asteroid

Isn’t this cool? Scientists at the famous Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico made this rare find just days after resuming post-earthquake operations. It’s a moon orbiting the near-Earth asteroid 2020 BX12. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-with-moon-2020-bx12-arecibo…

Amazon Has 150 Million Prime Members

Amazon’s latest earnings release reveals the company now has 150 million Prime members around the world, a substantial increase from the 100 million it announced back in 2018. It’s also quite impressive considering the Prime membership fee increased from $99 to $119 a couple of years ago. Engadget reports: “We’ve made Prime delivery faster — the number of items delivered to…