Like Netflix? Then get ready to prove it by sharing your film interests with your social network. Netflix is looking to hire a “Facebook Integration — Engineer / Architect” into its new Social Systems engineering team. According to the open position posted to the Netflix jobs board, the senior web engineer will, “conceive and build the systems that enable Netflix applications and systems to use the social graph to create a more social Netflix experience” Specifically, the ideal new hire should be familiar with Facebook’s Open Graph API to build a customer-facing service. It’s just a guess, but we’d expect this to ultimately allow Netflix subscribers and wannabes to like, view and filter Netflix offerings based upon their social input and preferences. Interesting, because Netflix abandoned its homegrown Friends feature earlier this year. Guess now we know why. [Thanks, Eric ] Netflix hiring Facebook Integration engineer originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 05:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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An abducted 12-year-old Virginia girl who was found unharmed last week in San Francisco is heading home, and the woman who spotted her is speaking out. (Dec. 14)
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President warns against stalemate in negotiations with Palestinians, says ‘there is no peace without regional peace. In this era missiles can be fired on us not just from Gaza, but even from Alaska’
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In temperamental Knesset meeting, State Control Committee discusses demand to appoint state commission of inquiry into firefighting failures which led to deadly Carmel blaze. Most members expected to vote against inquiry
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According to a person familiar with the deal, Cliff Lee has a preliminary agreement on a 5-year, $100 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. (Dec. 14)
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Ashkenazi says criticism voiced by Paratroopers Brigade Commander against hesder program ‘not the way to express oneself’
Continue reading …LG Optimus 2X looks like a dual-core Star, shows off HDMI-out while embarrassing the Galaxy S on video
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LG has, in the most casual fashion possible, revealed the name of a new smartphone it intends to launch in the Korean market: the Optimus 2X. That brand name was buried deep in a release yesterday about exclusive Ennio Morricone content bundled with the Optimus Mach , though some studious folks have unearthed it and subsequently found YouTube content showing off the handset. Codenamed the SU660, the 2X looks almost identical to the LG Star we handled for ourselves recently, with the only differences being in product code (the Star was dubbed P990 ) and the button array at the bottom. Looking at the videos after the break, most of the onboard content bears LG’s local branding of Cyon , leading us to suspect the 660 is just the Korean variant of the Star. Either way, that LG presser also notes that the Optimus 2X should be launching within the next couple of months — just in time to take the Nexus S down a notch or two, eh LG? Continue reading LG Optimus 2X looks like a dual-core Star, shows off HDMI-out while embarrassing the Galaxy S on video LG Optimus 2X looks like a dual-core Star, shows off HDMI-out while embarrassing the Galaxy S on video originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:12:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Watch How I Met Your Mother S6E12: False Positive The new installment of our favorite story telling gang of How I Met Your Mother, which is entitled “False Positive” is the comedy hit TV show’s 12th episode of the 6th season was aired 12/13/2010 Monday at 8:00 PM on CBS.
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Family members of Inbal Amoyal, who was killed on burning Prison Service cadets’ bus, vow not to let those accountable for Carmel blaze to get away with it
Continue reading …Angry Birds nets 50 million downloads, still not enough for a three-star rating
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And yet the pigs go marching on. Rovio’s Angry Birds is just over a year old now, and in that time it’s racked up 50 million in downloads, with 10 million of those from Android. An impressive number in its own right, and that puts it in a very elite group of gaming franchises that counts Bejeweled (50m) and Legend of Zelda (59m) among its members. (Membership includes fancy jackets and fezzes.) Our guess is that includes the iOS “Lite” version, which does downplay the milestone, but with new versions coming to PC, Mac, and the big three game consoles still on stores shelves — as well as a sequel — we doubt that asterisk will matter for long. Watch your ever-propagating back, Tetris. [Image Credit: Penney Design via Gizmodo ] Angry Birds nets 50 million downloads, still not enough for a three-star rating originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 14 Dec 2010 02:25:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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