Video streaming pioneer Netflix added more subscribers than projected in the US and abroad during the first quarter.

If anyone was in the slightest doubt how much technology touches all our lives, they only have to look to the success of the annual Web Summit in Dublin.

Netflix is preparing a sequel unlikely to be a hit with subscribers — the internet video service is about to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more programming such as its popular political drama House Of Cards.

Netflix is preparing a sequel unlikely to be a hit with subscribers – the internet video service is about to raise its prices for the first time in three years to help pay for more programming such as its popular political drama House Of Cards.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Silicon Valley leaders have formally launched a political group aimed at revamping immigration policy, boosting education and encouraging investment in scientific research.

Facebook’s No 2 executive, Sheryl Sandberg, has become the first woman on the social-networking company’s board of directors.

Computing giant Microsoft says it is poised to make a “major” announcement in Los Angeles on Monday.

The largest streaming video platform on the planet is betting its future on commissioning original programming, reports Nick Summers