Netflix revamps its TV interface, and it looks a lot better

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Netflix is going back to its roots with a revamped TV interface.

Yesterday, the streaming giant announced a brand-new look for those who use the service on a TV. It’s officially launching today, but it will take Netflix some time to push the new user interface out to all compatible smart TVs, streaming boxes, cable boxes, gaming consoles, and everything else. 

Netflix’s aim with this redesign is for content to be easier to find and to help users get watching faster. It builds off the Netflix mentality of them wanting to improve the customer experience. Stephen Garcia, a Director of Product Innovation at Netflix, wrote in a blog post that the “new interface was based on rigorous research and testing around how we can make it easier to find titles on TVs.”  Read more…

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This is how Google Calendar will look from now on — whether you like it or not

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On Wednesday, Google announced that the new Google Calendar look will now become the permanent interface — whether you like it or not

Don’t worry — the design is essentially the same as the calendar you’ve seen for the last few years.

Most everyone will be auto-updated on either Jan. 8 (for those that have the Rapid Release update option) or Jan. 15 (for those on the default rollout update option). Some folks may wish to opt-out until Feb. 28 — but after that, Google will auto-update those holdouts that are afraid of change hesitant to part with the older calendar (Google’s upgrading options can be found hereRead more…

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