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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout.

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Backed by LG, AmazeVR is hoping to resurrect virtual reality’s consumer dreams

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We see no reason that VR content shouldn’t be compelling enough to support a Netflix model. The company was formed and financed with $6.3 “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee. To get there, we must devise mechanisms to inspire, assist, and reward content creators,” said Steve Lee, CEO of AmazeVR.

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TenHands HD Video Collaboration I Founders Interview

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Co-founder and lead software developer Anil Kumar was a led software engineer for WebEx. Further, growing familiarity of video from streaming applications such as Netflix and YouTube and real-time video service Skype were driving the consumerization of video and BYOD expectation to the workplace.