The Drill Down 193 – Netflix’s Faux Queue

This week Tom and Andrew check out a lab test of YouTube’s new redesign, Major ISP’s agree to a “six strikes” policy, Google introduces their first eBooks e-reader, rumors of an HD iPad, Amazon announces an iPad rival, TechCrunch gets a facelift, and our take on the News of the World phone hacking scandal.

Later we discuss Netflix’s controversial new pricing plan, and… A million users isn’t cool, you know what’s cool? Ten million. Or perhaps one hundred million.

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Headlines

• YouTube’s gorgeous, Hulu-like redesign makes videos pop
• Major ISPs agree to “six strikes” copyright enforcement plan
• The first Google eBooks-integrated e-reader: iriver Story HD
• iPhone 5 redesign likely says WSJ, but have you met the iPad HD?
• Amazon to Battle Apple iPad With Tablet
• Redesigning TechCrunch: We Picked This Logo Just to Piss You Off
• As it happened: News of the World phone hacking scandal
  • News Corp withdraws bid for BSkyB

Audible Book of the Week

• I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59 by Douglas Edwards

Musical Interlude #1

Hot Topic

• DVD-only and streaming-only Netflix plans now $7.99. Each
  • Netflix raises plan prices by 60%, with 4100 negative comments and counting
  • Hulu or Netflix: In the game of streaming video, you win or you socialize
  • Netflix subscribers threaten to quit, but will they really?

Musical Interlude #2

Final Word

• Google+ To Pass 10,000,000 Users
  • Idealab CEO: Google+ will be fastest service ever to hit 100M users (and why he may be right)