The famed corporate raider also wants to install two of his employees to eBay’s board
Technology & Media
Netflix Mulls Price Tiering as Subscriber Numbers Soar
Netflix capped a strong 2013 this afternoon when it announced impressive results for the fourth quarter. The company added 2.3 million new U.S. subscribers between October and December — the largest gain of any quarter last year and on the very high end of the company’s own projections. Another 1.74 million people signed on …
Carl Icahn Takes a Bigger Bite of Apple
Influential investor buys $500 million more shares in the tech company
DVDs, Pizza, Porn: How One Video Store Chain Stays in Business
Last fall, when Blockbuster announced it would close the last of its storefronts, it seemed to officially end the era of the physical video rental model. Family Video, the country’s largest operational video rental chain, is …
For IBM, Watson’s Path to Profits Is Anything But Elementary
The world’s largest technology services provider hopes the Jeopardy-winning supercomputer can boost sales growth
Sheryl Sandberg Is Now a Billionaire
The 44-year-old is one of the youngest female billionaires in the world
Facebook Is About to Lose 80% of Its Users, Study Says
Social media is like a disease that spreads, and then dies
If Anybody Can Make Web TV Work, It’s Verizon
The One Killer Feature Netflix Is Still Missing
I’ve been a dutiful binge-watcher of great TV shows on Netflix’s streaming service ever since I blew through the first four seasons of Lost in a week in 2009. Through Netflix I was introduced to Breaking Bad, got to relive
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Netflix’s Gain Is HBO’s Loss in Subscriber Wars
According to a new report from the NPD Group, streaming services have seen a 4% rise in subscribers over the past two years
BlackBerry Stock Spikes on Department of Defense News
The stock price jumped more in intraday trading than it has in three years.
Amazon Wants to Send You Stuff Before You’ve Even Decided to Buy It
The idea is called “anticipatory shipping”