‘The Flixies’ is how Netflix does The Oscars

Streaming video service Netflix has launched a brand new site that allows you to vote on a new set of "best of" movies and TV shows, which bears a striking resemblance to the Oscars.

Apple debuts film-focused iPad ad during the Oscars

Apple used the Oscars tonight to show off a sleek new iPad advertisement, this one appropriately focused on filmmaking and the movies.

If Twitter and Facebook users picked Oscar winners … (infographic)

The Oscars are here, and guaranteed, some arty French film with subtitles that no man has voluntarily watched will win one or three. But what if Twitterati and Facebookers chose the winners?

Google uses search data to predict this year’s Oscar winners

With the Oscar's around the corner, Google has made its own predictions of the winners on a new destination website.

On Twitter, the Oscar winners don’t stack up to the Grammys or Superbowl

The post-game analysis from the social media set is rolling in, and it seems like the Oscars, while big, didn’t manage to generate nearly as much conversation as The Grammys or Superbowl.

We’re not just using Twitter as a easy …