I’m over the heartbreak of last Sunday Evening… that’s right, England not winning the Euro’s. What we can look forward to is the World Cup next year!!
So let’s not waste any time and dive straight into my Top Two Tech Stories of the week…
- First up… Netflix and video games?!
TV and movie streaming giant Netflix could offer video games as part of its subscription from as early as next year, a new report claims.
According to Bloomberg, a person “familiar with the situation” has stated that video games could appear “within the next year”, being available alongside the service’s current content as a new, standalone genre. Apparently, Netflix doesn’t have any plans to charge any extra for the video game content on offer, presumably meaning that current subscribers would be able to access the games with no extra steps required.
The report notes that Netflix has hired former Electronic Arts and Oculus veteran Mike Verdu as its vice president of game development; previously, Verdu worked as Facebook’s vice president and was in charge of helping developers bring their games to the Oculus VR platform.
The idea of Netflix adding games to its service isn’t new, of course; reports surrounding the possibility first appeared back in May, and the company itself has expressed that it’s “excited to do more with interactive entertainment.” We’ve also seen Netflix properties appear on Switch, such as Stranger Things 3: The Game – but will games like these end up being exclusive to Netflix’s service going forward?
2. Next up… do you know how dirty your phone actually is?
It’s very dirty.
So, in Japan… they’ve come up with a genius idea to sanitise your phone whilst you wash your hands!
What you do is, put your phone in the slot (blue on in the photo), and the phone is sucked in – sanitised and then returned to you – all whilst you wash your hands and dry them!
Love it. Great idea! We need more of these ideas. Because the less germs that are going around – the better it is!
So there you go – Netflix moving into games and the new invention in Japan to sanitise your phone whilst you wash your hands! Have a great Sunday!!