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Amazon unveiled its vision for smart homes powered by the Alexa voice assistant, with a dizzying array of new gadgets and features for almost every room in the house -- from a micr... More

Voice-activated shopping has been heralded by publication after publication as one of the next big things in retail, sure to revolutionize the way consumers order products. Many la... More

Naysayers continue to speak in opposition to the theory that data is the oil of the 21st century. While I understand their various opinions, I must disagree. Look at it this way, a... More

Each of the modern leaps in wireless network technology has brought distinct change: The second generation—aka 2G—allowed for voice transmission, 3G ushered in the app revoluti... More

With the NFL season now underway, and with more options for streaming those games online and via mobile devices, analysts are again asking: Will consumers continue shifting their s... More

A redesigned newsletter and redesigned web site for the Entertainment ID Registry (EIDR) have debuted, with both offering the latest news around the business of unique identifiers ... More

Networking and connected cloud services provider Sohonet used the IBC Show to debut the latest release of its real-time remote collaboration tool ClearView Flex Go, with a new pay-... More

NAGRA today announced comprehensive support for Android TV with an end-to-end content value protection ecosystem. Following a strong track record of successful Android TV deploymen... More

The smartphone market is slowing, users are holding onto their devices for longer and some manufacturers are feeling the heat. The response from technology firms? Pack the next gen... More

Apple Inc. will kick off a blitz of new products this week, ending a year of minor updates and setting the technology giant up for a potentially strong holiday quarter. Through the... More

Mary Kay Evans, chief marketing officer for Verizon Digital Media Services (VDMS), spoke with the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) about what a new Time Control featu... More

IBC 2018 will shine a spotlight on the growing world of eSports and the opportunities and challenges that it presents, looking at everything from media rights and sustainable comme... More

Apple has fixed one of the biggest problems with Apple Music: the unhelpful way that a given artists’ releases were listed and displayed on the service. Previously, singles and c... More

Instagram isn’t ready yet to reveal how it will turn on the monetization spigots for IGTV, its longer-form video product, but the company promises those will be arriving. Instagr... More

At the end of 2017, 210 million devices were installed in US consumer homes actively delivering internet connectivity to the TV screen, and this number is set to leap to 275 millio... More

Consumers are getting with the program when it comes to retailers’ mobile apps. According to a new study, more than two-thirds of shoppers (67 percent) have downloaded a retail a... More

Adobe CMO Ann Lewnes' mandate at Adobe was to transform marketing and use it to drive the business forward. Initially, she worked directly with the marketing organization’s lone ... More

In the five years since launch, GTA V and GTA Online gamers have listened to more than an estimated 75 billion minutes of music from the game’s 18 radio stations, according to Ro... More

Instagram has never truly failed at anything, but judging by modest initial view counts, IGTV could get stuck with a reputation as an abandoned theater if the company isn’t caref... More

Sony’s PlayStation (PS) VR virtual reality system achieved another major milestone as worldwide sell-through to consumers passed 3 million, according to Mary Yee, VP of PS market... More