Netflix Beats HBO in Subscribers and Other News You Need to Know

Stan Schroeder2013-04-23 13:57:49 UTC

Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world.

Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Netflix continues to take on traditional cable TV networks as the video-streaming site surpasses HBO in U.S. subscribers. According to Google’s Eric Schmidt, we need to wait about a year until Glass is widely available. Finally, Tumblr has revealed its advertising plans in (what else) — a short Tumblr post.

Check out the video above for more on these stories.

Thumbnail image via iStockphoto, bmcent1

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