3 Reasons Why Netflix Inc. is Passing the Popcorn
Rick Munarriz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 30, 4:30PM CDT
Netflix is no longer a pushover when it comes to original shows, and now it's hoping to do the same thing with full-length features. When Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend hits theater audiences next summer it will also...
Richard Branson's Unlimited Vacation Policy Is Downright Foolish
Laurie Street and Sara Klieger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 30, 12:02PM CDT
Motley Fool employees getting their groove on at a company event. Check out her robot move. Virgin Group founder Richard Branson recently introduced unlimited vacation time for his employees in both the U.K. and the U.S. In a blog post ...
The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store
By The Associated Press - AP - Tue Sep 30, 10:41AM CDT
App Store Official Charts for the week ending September 29, 2014:
Comcast Customer Service Takes a Step in the Right Direction
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 30, 10:09AM CDT
Comcast 's poor customer service has been illustrated by several hilarious yet sad phones calls that have gone viral online. In the most famous of those calls , former Engadget editor-in-chief Ryan Block tried to cancel his service only to be...
Stocks to Buy: Kids Edition
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 30, 10:07AM CDT
Jorge Barrios via Wikimedia Commons. There are certain things that make you a better investor than your kids. You can probably make more sense of an SEC filing and you've got the incentive of big-money goals, including helping to pay for their...
Apple TV and Roku Have Broken the 30 Million Mark: Is Cable Doomed?
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Sep 29, 5:00PM CDT
Earlier this month, set-top box maker Roku announced that it had sold its 10 millionth streaming player -- an impressive figure to be sure, but one that had long been surpassed by rival Apple , whose own streaming box, the Apple TV, broke through...
7 Things Peyton Manning Can Teach Us About Investing
Todd Campbell, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Sep 28, 12:17PM CDT
Peyton Manning will go into the record books as one of football's greatest quarterbacks. He's amassed a record that is the envy of peers and a model for new players. But Peyton Manning isn't just a brilliant signal caller; he's also a highly...
INFLUENCE GAME: Government takes on the Internet
By ANNE FLAHERTY - AP - Sun Sep 28, 10:21AM CDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Should the company that supplies your Internet access be allowed to cut deals with online services such as Netflix, Amazon or YouTube to move their content faster?
Can Netflix Conquer Europe?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Sep 25, 7:14PM CDT
Netflix intensified its assault on Europe this month by launching in six countries, including France and Germany, its biggest ever expansion push. The launch also included Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, and Luxembourg, which marks a change to how...
Netflix to Announce Third-Quarter 2014 Financial Results
PR Newswire - Thu Sep 25, 3:01PM CDT
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) today announced it will post its third-quarter 2014 financial results and business outlook on its investor relations website at http://ir.netflix.com on Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at approximately 1:05 p.m. Pacific Time. At that time the company will issue a brief advisory release via newswire containing a link to the third-quarter 2014 financial results and letter to shareholders on its website.
Yahoo Handed Its Third Downgrade Since Alibaba IPO
at Investor's Business Daily - Thu Sep 25, 12:19PM CDT
RBC Capital Markets became the third investment bank to downgrade consumer Web portal Yahoo (YHOO) this week, saying the troubled company is no longer benefitting from Alibaba (BABA) now that the China Internet giant's IPO has passed. RBC downgraded...
Netflix and Rainbow Studios Announce Spin-off of Winx Club as a New Original TV Series for Kids
CNW Group - Thu Sep 25, 9:00AM CDT
All New Episodes of Magical Adventures Coming to Netflix Around the World in Spring 2016
Netflix And Saban Brands Announce "Popples", A New Original Series For Kids
PR Newswire - Wed Sep 24, 9:00AM CDT
Based On The Lovable Characters From The 1980s, Popples Is Set To POP Onto Netflix Worldwide In 2015
3 Reasons Netflix, Inc.'s Stock Could Fall
Adam Levine-Weinberg, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Sep 24, 8:30AM CDT
Netflix, has been one of the most hotly debated stocks in the market in the last 2 years. Based on the stock's meteoric rise from less than $60 to nearly $500 during that time, it's clear that Mr. Market sees great things happening at Netflix. ...
Pandora Media Faces Potential Rise In Music Costs
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Sep 23, 4:36PM CDT
Acknowledging that Pandora Media's (P) solid brand awareness and satisfied customer base could be offset by growing competition and a potential rise in music acquisition costs, investment bank Topeka Capital Markets initiated coverage of the Internet...
Media Hype, Magazine Covers Can Spark Selling In A Stock
at Investor's Business Daily - Tue Sep 23, 4:29PM CDT
Investors didn't think much about Alan Greenspan's "irrational exuberance" comment in 1996. It came right in the middle of a roaring bull market where tech stocks were making multiyear stratospheric gains. While Greenspan, who would stay on as...
Can Offering Amazon Prime Help AT&T Sell Cable Subscriptions?
Daniel Kline, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Sep 23, 3:26PM CDT
Back before the Internet was even a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, banks used unique giveaways to entice customers to open accounts. Sometimes it was a toaster. Other times it was a calendar. In general, it was something unrelated to whether putting your...
AT&T Wants What Comcast Has And It's Not Broadband Wires
at The Street - Tue Sep 23, 12:41PM CDT
A bundle of Amazon Prime and HBO may appeal to female buyers of Internet access, so AT&T is eager to acquire more content to keep pace with Comcast.