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Karla Peterson: Yes boomers, the DVD turns 25 this year. This writer can help you celebrate

The "DVD" acronym originally stood for "Digital Versatile Disc." The first DVD to ship more than 1 million units was "Titanic." And when Disney released "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" on DVD in October of 2001, it sold 1 million copies. In one day.

Tribune News Service

Companies are mitigating labour shortages with automation — and this could drastically impact workers

Last month, unemployment in Canada reached a record low of 5.2 per cent. Alongside low unemployment, many industries saw — and are still seeing — a worker shortage, with the number of job vacancies in Canada reaching 900,000 in January.

The Conversation

Netflix Launched Its Website 24 Years Ago: A Timeline

This article was originally published on April 16, 2022 The streaming giant has come a long way since launching its first product. Reed Hastings and Marc Rudolph decided to mail themselves a DVD in 1997, and after the DVD arrived unscathed, the idea for Netflix was born.

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Video game developers set for cash influx as tech firms compete for deals

Companies including Microsoft and Apple are attempting to build ‘Netflix for games’

The Guardian - UK

A biryani western on bhang: RRR reopens Indian cinema in spectacular style

Fans and critics welcome multilingual, pan-Indian, historical-action-romance blockbuster from the renowned Telugu film-maker SS Rajamouli

The Guardian - UK

The 5 Nottingham high street shops we miss the most

The lost retailers that left a hole in our lives ... and our hearts

Nottingham Post

Blockbuster: Why video rental giant sunk by Netflix won't disappear from Manchester

Nearly a decade after stores closed, Blockbuster refuses to vanish completely

Manchester Evening News

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Blockbuster CEO ‘struggled not to laugh’ at chance to buy Netflix, new books says

‘As soon as I saw it, I knew what was happening: John Antioco was struggling not to laugh,’ Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph recalls of the disastrous meeting

The Independent UK

Lamborghini, Blockbuster Wade Into NFT Space

The luxury Italian carmaker announced that it is auctioning off an NFT series in February.

The Street

Blockbuster Could Be Launching NFTs, A Cryptocurrency Soon: What Investors Should Know

A comeback for video game rental company Blockbuster could come soon via the cryptocurrency market. Here’s the latest on what Blockbuster could have planned for the future.

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