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Man Utd vs. Liverpool Clash to Mark Technology First for Sky Sports with Spidercam (Rapid TV News)

The eagerly-awaited clash between English football’s two most successful teams on 15 January will break new ground for Premier League TV coverage, with the first use of the Spide... More

The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV (Stratechery)

There’s no question that Steve Jobs knew that Apple was on to something — he said so in the keynote, when he analogized the iPhone to the Mac and iPod. And yet, had he truly kn... More

How Slack is Capitalizing on the Podcasting Renaissance (The Drum)

Slack wants to grow its user base by creating quality editorial content that resonates with audiences which is why it has spent the last year establishing its brand in podcasting a... More

What Needs to Happen for 2017 to be the Year VR Monetizes? (Develop)

2016, in case you missed everyone bellowing about it, was the year virtual reality became a commercially available product.. It largely lived up to the much hyped "year of virtual ... More

CES 2017: Hollywood Loves VR More Than Ever, But Watch Out for Augmented Reality (The Wrap)

Soon, the Consumer Electronics Show might pass the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association for the Las Vegas convention with the most goggles. Virtual reality continues to be a bi... More

Amazon is Building the Fourth Pillar of its Business (FB)

Amazon has been working behind the scenes in the area of artificial intelligence for more than four years. The AI behind recent innovations is machine learning, and more specifical... More

CES 2017: Can Virtual Reality Finally Go Mainstream? (Barron’s Next)

A year ago, the tech world was abuzz about the slew of virtual-reality headsets that consumers could finally buy. It turns out the products weren’t ready for prime-time. While 20... More

CES 2017: The New York Times, IBM are Promoting a New Movie with Their First Augmented Reality Mobile App (Adweek)

The New York Times, a pioneer of using virtual reality in journalism in 2016, has teamed up with IBM to begin entering the world of augmented reality. IBM and the Times' T-Brand St... More

Why Developers Should Design for Streamers as Well as Players (GamesIndustry.biz)

It's no secret that livestreaming has changed the way people consume games. The rise of Twitch over the past few years has seen a shift in the role stream hosts play in exposing ti... More

CES 2017: You.i TV Adapts Cartoon Network App (Rapid TV News)

You.i TV has adapted Turner’s Cartoon Network Emmy award-winning app for Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV. The expansion of the Cartoon Network App is the latest cross-platform app to... More

Why Esports May Be the Next Great Frontier for Marketers (Adweek)

In just a few short years, esports has grown from a niche opportunity to a global phenomenon. Think professional gaming attracts a smaller audience than your favorite football riva... More

Ridley Scott, Fox Innovation Lab Team Up for ‘Alien: Covenant’ VR Experience (Variety)

Virtual reality is going to get scary in 2017: The Fox Innovation Lab and filmmaker Ridley Scott have teamed up to make an “Alien: Covenant” virtual reality (VR) experience. Th... More

5 Things That Could Make Amazon Even Stronger in 2017 (VentureBeat)

2. Doubling down on artificial intelligence and Alexa: Amazon had a big head start over Apple and Google in virtual assistants thanks to its early bet on the Echo and Alexa, the vo... More

7 Ways Streaming Music Will Change in 2017 (Fast Company)

Musicians will squirm as AI gets better at making music- Have you ever seen a computer write a song? It’s nuts. Give IBM’s Watson a simple melody and define a mood, and the mul... More

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is Thinking About Adding an Edit Button (Fortune)

You might know the feeling: you get home, head spinning, take out your smart phone and confront the horrible realization that you've offended half the Twitterverse. Well, a potenti... More

2016 Was the Year that Virtual Reality Became Real (ARC)

As virtual reality’s “Year Zero” draws to a close, the jury is still very much out as to whether or not 2016 can be considered a success. The acid test for virtual reality in... More

Why This Was a Big Year for PlayStation (TechRadar)

Usually, when a console is a mere three years old, it’s the games that you want to talk about not the hardware as an update is ages away. But not so with PlayStation in 2016. Th... More

Mobile Games Have 2.6 Billion Global Monthly Active Users (ARC)

Consumer interest in mobile games and other forms of interactive entertainment shows no sign of slowing down. A new report said that interactive entertainment generated $91 billion... More

Esports Sees Profit in Attracting Female Gamers (New York Times)

Revenue from esports is expected to surpass $1 billion worldwide by 2018, yet the viewership for esports is only 15 percent female, according to the market research firm SuperData.... More

Manchester City Lands Snapchat Spectacles to Offer Fans First-Person View Behind the Scenes Content on Matchdays (The Drum)

City is the first Premier League club to use the new device and has begun using it on matchdays to offer supporters exclusive content from a first-person point-of-view. The glasses... More

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