O'Reilly

APRIL 23, 2024

Even social media started with the promise of information triage: for each person, a unique feed of updates from only the friends they had chosen to follow. Algorithms for search, recommendations, social media feeds, entertainment, and news became the foundation of an enormous new economy.

Social Media 106

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In other types of experiments, we might focus on more technical metrics, such as the time it takes the app to load, or the quality of video we are able to provide under different network conditions. Figure 2: A simple A/B test. We split a random sample of Netflix members into two groups using random assignment.

Testing 245

Testing Entertainment Metrics Social Media 245

All Things Distributed

JUNE 20, 2017

As well as AWS Regions, we also have 21 AWS Edge Network Locations in Asia Pacific. It's an entertainment website where users can post content or "memes" that they find amusing and share them across social media networks.

AWS 146

AWS Logistics Cloud Social Media 146

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 2, 2023

One example is that Netflix launched it’s streaming service in 2007, just at the point when the cost of streaming a movie over the network (which was dropping fast) became less than the cost of shipping a DVD. You need to be able to innovate fast enough to pivot or reinvent your business model and leverage the change.

Social Media 98

Social Media Innovation Open Source Entertainment 98

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Growth Advertising At Netflix, we want to entertain the world ! Our growth team advertises on social media platforms and other websites to share news about upcoming titles and new product features, with the ultimate goal of growing the number of Netflix members worldwide.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Real-time network protocols for enabling videoconferencing, desktop sharing, and game streaming applications. Modern, asynchronous network APIs that dramatically improve performance in some situations. A tool for reliably sending data — for example, chat and email messages — in the face of intermittent network connections.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 4, 2018

I spent a lot less time this year on social media. Mostly this was a conscious decision—the firehose that social media provides wasn’t doing my brain (or mood) any favors. So I dialed it back. Its incredible popularity has resulted in many shallow, poorly written books gaining great popularity.

BioTech 45

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