Now you can binge-watch with your long-distance friends

Why didn’t they think of this years ago?

It seems like a no-brainer but Netflix just launched Netflix Party, a Chrome extension that enables you to synchronize your days-long viewing of “House of Cards” with friends across the globe, as well as a group chat sidebar.  And they’re a little late to their own party – video chat app Rabbit, which allows friends to watch Netflix and YouTube together, launched in 2013. MB