For your Halloween treat this year, Google is handing out a colorful, 5-panel Scooby Doo comic as its Google logo above search. The drawings are vibrant and pretty detailed (notice the basketball players in the background of two frames). If you click on the logo, it will progress you through the story and clicking the last frame takes you to a Google search on Halloween. You … [Read more...]
Remember The Good, Old MTV? Recreate It With This Mashup of YouTube and Last.fm
We've seen plenty of "instant"-themed web apps since Google provided the catalyst for the concept with its Google Instant Search back in early September. Many of those instant apps that I've covered were developed for us by Jonathan Bouman. Proving that he's not taking his accomplishments laying down, he's back with another great instant web app. This one, called TV.ListAndPlay … [Read more...]
Netflix Site Down or Slow Throughout The Day [Updated]
Netflix has (apparently) entered a scheduled maintenance window and as a result the site is down until 11:45 PM Pacific Time tonight. This seemingly comes with bad timing as Netflix has been getting a decent amount of positive press lately. Sony PlayStation3 and Nintendo Wii Netflix streaming apps were improved on Monday. In addition, earlier this week Netflix CEO Reed Hastings … [Read more...]
Netflix Temporarily Offers USA Streaming-Only For $7.99/Month And Raises Prices [Updated]
The same plan that Netflix offered to Canada, unlimited streaming & no discs-by-mail for $7.99/month, is now being offered to customers in the USA. Although as of publishing there hasn't been any mention on The Netflix Blog of the new offering, it is being promoted on the Netflix homepage. Despite being unannounced, I doubt few are surprised by the fact that this plan is … [Read more...]
How To Install The Disc-less Netflix App on the Sony PlayStation 3
Having covered how to install the app on the Nintendo Wii earlier, here's the walkthrough of how to install the disc-less Netflix app on your PS3. This one requires fewer steps and was a little more straight-forward, in my opinion. Of course, power up your PS3 and choose your PS3 account, if needed. Cycle over to the PlayStation Network menu and hop down to the What's New … [Read more...]