Netflix’s international expansion is key to its growth ambitions, as the rate of US subscriber increases is cooling. Paul Sakuma/Netflix Kimmy Schmidt may be unbreakable, but Netflix’s membership milestones surely aren’t. Netflix touted a record number of people signing up for its streaming-video service in a report Wednesday on its first-quarter financial performance. And investors …
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Etsy offers a variety of vintage and artisanal items for sale. The company priced its IPO on Wednesday. CNET Online crafts marketplace Etsy priced its initial public offering at $16 a share on Wednesday, at the high end of its expected range of $14 to $16 a share. The Brooklyn, NY-based company raised $267 million by selling 16.7 million shares, …
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Samsung is having trouble meeting the heavy demand for its Galaxy S6 phones. CNET Samsung is likely to bump into trouble meeting demand for its Galaxy S6 lineup. The Korean mobile phone maker said Wednesday that demand for its Galaxy S6 lineup is “much higher” than initially planned for, Reuters has reported. The Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge …
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BBC America Ready to join the Clone Club? This Friday, April 17, Amazon will stream Season 1 of the cult-hit BBC show “Orphan Black” free of charge, even if you’re not an Amazon Prime subscriber. The catch: You’ve got from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (PT) to watch all 10 episodes. After that, the show reverts to subscribers-only status. It’s …
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Apple’s new 12-inch MacBook is tough to repair. CNET Apple’s new MacBook is not the type of laptop you’d want to try to take apart and fix yourself. In a new teardown treatment posted Wednesday by iFixit, Apple’s latest MacBook earned a repairability grade of 1 out of 10 (1 being the lowest possible rating). Ooh, that’s not good. Of …
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The Spendor S3/5R2 speakers and Naim Uniti 2 CD player/amplifier Steve Guttenberg/CNET I’ve always admired the sound of Spendor speakers, especially their smaller bookshelf models. That’s what ran through my head as I started listening to the S3/5R2, Spendor’s least expensive and smallest bookshelf speaker at the Innovative Audio Showroom in New York City. The listening room was small, maybe …
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Actor Kevin James races NASCAR stock cars on a Segway at Fort Worth’s Texas Motor Speedway in 2009 to promote the movie “Paul Blart: Mall Cop”. Tom Pennington / Getty Images Segway has been bought by a Chinese rival. Beijing-based Ninebot, established in 2012, announced Wednesday that it has bought Segway, having previously been accused of patent infringement by the …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6 comes to Cricket on April 24. Josh Miller/CNET Cricket Wireless is the latest US carrier to sell the Samsung Galaxy S6 , a CNET Editors’ Choice winner. Customers can buy the phone online and in Cricket stores using one of the carrier’s new Phone Payment Plans. Related Links Amazon and Cricket Wireless team up to switch …
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The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is one of two AT&T phones seeing Lollipop this week. Andrew Hoyle/CNET It seems not a day goes by without another smartphone picking up its Android 5.0 update. Today sees a pair of AT&T handsets from Samsung joining the Lollipop guild. Related Links Samsung Galaxy Alpha review Samsung Galaxy S5 Active review Android 5.0: Unified, fresh …
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When you play the Game of Thrones, you stream… or you can Uber: Now playing: Watch this: HBO Now promotes launch with Iron Thrones on Uber 2:59 In this episode of CNET Update: Guitar Hero lives to rock again, relaunching with a few new features. GameStop goes retro and is taking trade-ins for classic titles from NES, Sega Genesis, and …
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