Netflix Confirms That It Won’t Be Part of Apple’s New Service
Netflix Confirms That It Won’t Be Part of Apple’s New Service – Bloomberg:
Netflix Inc. Chief Executive Officer Reed Hastings confirmed that his company won’t be participating in Apple Inc.’s new streaming platform, reflecting new competition between the Silicon Valley giants.
This doesn’t surprise me, Netflix is the one the other content providers are aspiring to be right now, but I hope this isn’t the norm as I really like the idea of Apple aggregating other content providers into one place (especially as the Apple TV is now pretty much the primary input at home), even if I’m not too fussed about any original content from them.
What does worry me is the seemingly impending fractured online content market, I’ve ditched Sky here in the UK as it has no value with so much content elsewhere, but with Disney’s plans, Netflix losing the Marvel content and other providers thinking they can win out on their own I feat the future will be a mess before it thins out again 😕
WorldPay payments firm in $43bn sale to US rival – BBC News
WorldPay payments firm in $43bn sale to US rival – BBC News:
WorldPay has been bought by Florida-based Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) for $35bn in cash and shares, plus WorldPay’s debt.
I remember, painfully, the first ever World Pay setup and Integration I ever did, hi tech and incredibly powerful at the time, although many firey hoops to jump through, not an easy experience.
They do need to move with the times though, had cause to use them again about 18 months ago and nowhere near as developer friendly as modern upstarts like Stripe, so need to improve there – or maybe they don’t want that market space.
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Horrid conditions and players spent more time off feet than on, but at least we got a game on – Seaton vs Houghton #rugbyref
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I know everyone is excited over the #6nations but the real game of the day is @SCRUFC vs @HoughtonRugby – semi final of the County Plate with yours truly in the middle, bring me a brolly 🤣☔️🏉 #rugbyref
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Today we learnt that importing a calendar into iCloud (via Mac Calendar app) will send appointment invites to everyone as new, even those in the past, the distant past 😬🤯