Interactive
The iPod Shuffle’s Death Marks the End of an Era for Physical Buttons (The Verge)
There was no screen, no click wheel, no touch interface — just five buttons that you could use in the pitch black of a car at night or without taking your eyes off the running tr... More
Google’s Cord Cutter App YouTube TV Reaches 2 Million Downloads (TechCrunch)
Approximately 2 million people have installed the YouTube TV app, Google’s live TV service aimed at a younger generation of cord cutters, as well as those who never signed up for... More
Inside Jeffrey Katzenberg’s Plan to Revolutionize Entertainment on Mobile Screens (Variety)
Katzenberg’s plan involves nothing less than the creation of a whole new species of entertainment targeting 18- to 34-year-olds: short-form video series produced with budgets and... More
65% of People Will Install At Least One New App Per Month (ARC)
The runaway train that is the mobile apps economy is not going to stop. According to a recently published global report by mobile analytics provider App Annie, over 65% of peopl... More
Soccer is the Most Popular Sport on Instagram and It’s Not Even Close (Recode)
Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the rea... More
BTI Studios Welcomes Altor Funds as New Majority Shareholders (SSN)
BTI Studios Holding is to be acquired by Altor Fund IV from Carlyle European Technology Partners II. The sale and purchase agreement was signed on July 11, 2017. BTI Studios is one... More
Traditional Media Grabs for the eSports Control (Variety)
The explosive rise of eSports in the past decade has caught many off-guard, perhaps none more than the traditional — or “offline” — sports world. Game Five of the 2017 NBA ... More
VR Evolution Continues at Fox Sports (MCN)
Though the consumer virtual reality sector hasn’t taken off as rapidly as some had hoped, content providers continue to experiment with and refine their VR experiences for when t... More
Two-Factor Authentication is a Mess (The Verge)
For years, two-factor authentication has been the most important advice in personal cybersecurity — one that consumer tech companies were surprisingly slow to recognize. The move... More
Amazon Quietly Rolling Out Its Own Geek Squad to Set Up Gadgets in Your Home (Recode)
For 15 years, Best Buy’s Geek Squad installation and repair service has served as one key advantage over Amazon that the e-commerce giant seemed unlikely to match. But over the l... More
Tencent’s Mission to Attract Global Users to its Entertainment Ecosystem (The Drum)
Not content with owning China’s most popular app, Tencent is on a mission to make global audiences fall in love with WeChat’s captivating entertainment ecosystem. The intern... More
Google, Facebook Give Net Neutrality Campaign a Boost (Fortune)
The fight over net neutrality just got more interesting as two tech giants said they will step off the sidelines and join a so-called "day of action" on July 12, which aims to pres... More
Netflix Lets Viewers Pick the Plot (NYT)
Attention, kids: Netflix just put you in charge. Netflix has released a new episode on its streaming service of the animated show “The Adventures of Puss in Boots” with an inte... More
Q&A: How TiVo’s CIO Manages Disparate Mobile Platforms (CW)
What are your biggest challenges with enterprise mobility management?: "I personally haven't seen, at least in practice, the ability to manage all devices in a unified way. We don'... More
A Seismic Shift is Underway in Ad Tech (AdAge)
Brand safety concerns and a rising industry chorus around transparency with clients is pushing our industry to finally halt its blatant mistreatment of marketer dollars. Since l... More
Can Virtual Reality Find an Audience at the Multiplex? (USA Today)
There are numerous reasons why virtual reality has gotten off to a shaky start at home: cost, complexity, slim content, and the fact that you must wear this contraption on your hea... More
U.S. PC Market Expected to Grow Over Next Five Years (Dealerscope)
It’s 2017 and we just wrote a headline that delivers some excellent news for the personal computer market. After years of being cannibalized by the tablet and big-screen smartpho... More
Screen it from the Rooftops: How Outdoor Movies Have Become a ‘Selfie Paradise’ for Millennials (LA Times)
With moviegoing down among young adults age 18 to 39 over the last five years, film buffs looking to attract the coveted millennial demographic have had to get creative. Nontraditi... More
Apple Piles on the Features, and Users Say, ‘Enough!’ (NYT)
As Apple prepares to show off new features for the iPhone and other devices at its developer conference on Monday, the company is grappling with an uncomfortable issue: Many of its... More
Rumbling Seats. Virtual Reality. Booze. Theaters Plot the Future of Cinema in Uncertain Times (LA Times)
Today, moviegoers pay for tickets online and get their phones scanned at the door. They eat restaurant-style food and sip movie-themed cocktails in theater lounges before the films... More
