He picked up a prototype version of the Motorola DynaTAC and he called up the folks at Bell Labs, which was a division of AT&T at the time. Apparently, he just said, “I’m ringing you just to see if my call sounds good at your end.” It must have sounded good enough, because that prototype was developed into the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x.

The nearly $4,000 phone weighed 2.5 pounds and had a single text-only LED display line. It went on to spawn a whole generation of cell phone users, from the “Zack Morris” of Saved by the Bell fame to the DynaTAC used by Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. I remember when my parents got their first cell phone in the early 1990s. Even then, there was a certain air of exclusivity to having a mobile phone.

What is your earliest cell phone memory? Were you around when Marty Cooper made that historic phone call?

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For some time now, Netflix has wanted to integrate social media into their customer’s video watching experience. That has been prevented due to the United State’s Video Privacy Protection Act. The bill prevented companies from sharing customer’s watched videos without written consent from the customer.

A few days ago the Senate approved a House bill that ammends the current act allowing for customers to opt in to video sharing via online means, rather than just with written consent.

Netflix has been pushing for this for some time now to be able to integrate Netflix with Facebook, allowing customers to share their viewed videos with friends via social media. This has been the case in countries other than the United States for some time now, however the US represents such a large chunk of Netflix’s business.

This feature is set to go live as soon as President Obama signs the bill. Is this a feature you would use or not?

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