The Visual Effects Society has chosen Douglas Trumbull filmmaker, innovator and entrepreneur as the recipient of the 2012 Georges Mlis Award, which honors those who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the art or science of visual effects.
Mobile local search and advertising company Poynt Corp. is celebrating today, because the Poynt app it launched in June 2008 reached the 10 million unique users milestone. Increasing penetration of smartphones has helped grow the Canadian company, which is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. .
Goodbye, Qwikster. In a U-turn fast enough to burn rubber, Netflix Inc. has killed off its plan to divide streaming from physical DVD rentals. Both arms of Netflix will now continue to share a unified website and remain a single destination for all of its subscribers.