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Report: Verizon Testing Its Own Netflix-Style Cloud Gaming Service (The Verge)

Verizon is currently conducting alpha testing of Verizon Gaming, a game streaming service that would represent a major new initiative for the home and mobile internet giant. The Ve... More

Report: Amazon Developing a Subscription Video Game Streaming Service (WaPo)

Amazon is planning to use its massive cloud computing service to jump into the streaming market for video game play, according to a new report from the Information. The service, wh... More

CES 2019: What We Learned About 8K, 5G, VR (Dealerscope)

Each, in their own right, has dominated the conversation over the past few weeks and months (and even years, in the case of VR) as brands and industry analysts try to wrap their he... More

5 Important Augmented, Virtual Reality Trends for 2019 (Forbes)

3. Consumer Entertainment VR hits the mainstream. This year, stand-alone headsets incorporating powerful, dedicated computer technology will hit the shelves. Confident that their u... More

5G Rollout, New Tech Products Could See Delays Because of the Government Shutdown (Fortune)

The race to 5G is coming to a halt—thanks to the government shutdown. The fifth and next generation of cellular wireless technology, is a 2019 priority for many mobile carriers. ... More

Expect AI to Grow in Popularity in 2019 (Verdict)

The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) is predicted to continue unabated in 2019 on the back of technological breakthroughs that hold the promise of improving the operational... More

CES 2019: Credibility is King in eSports Marketing (Twice)

eSports provides a vast opportunity for marketers, but they need to understand its participants and its audience to achieve success. That was the message at the “eSports: The New... More

SAP’s Alicia Tillman: The Focus of B2B Marketing Has Gone From Decision-Makers to Consumers (Digiday)

B2B marketing is not a bubble. The rise of influencers and direct-to-consumer businesses have presented marketers with new challenges with whom to market to and which tools and cha... More

CES 2019: Technicolor’s Luis Martinez-Amago Discusses Key Trends Defining Network Service Provider Strategies for the Connected Home (MESA)

2019 will see more Network Service Providers (NSPs) around the world embrace “managed services” as a core strategy for generating new recurring revenues and competing with reta... More

How Rapid Growth in 2018 Transformed Media Localization (Slator)

Media entertainment is a high-growth industry, driven in large part by the digitalization of content, as online streaming providers have begun to challenge the traditional models o... More

CES 2019: IBM Wants to Make Weather Forecasts 200% More Accurate (Fortune)

IBM has figured out a way to improve the way we predict weather by 200%. The Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System, or GRAF, will use IBM supercomputers to aggregat... More

Twitter, Fox Sports Making a Live Show for the FIFA Women’s World Cup (Engadget)

Following their partnership during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Twitter and Fox Sports are now teaming up on video content for another major FIFA sporting event. For the 2019 FIFA Wome... More

After 5 Years, Sony’s PS4 is Still Killing It (Tech Crunch)

After a successful holiday season, Sony’s PlayStation 4 is nearing some pretty wild milestones. The company announced Monday that they had sold over 5.6 million PS4 units over th... More

EY, Kinaxis Partner to Drive Supply Chain Reinvention for the Digital Age (MESA)

EY and Kinaxis today announced they are forming an alliance to modernize their common clients' end-to-end supply chain capabilities and drive broader digital transformation. Under ... More

Adobe Bets on Sensei to Drive the Next Major Chapter in Its Journey (ET Tech)

Adobe now aims to make Sensei available to its ecosystem of partners, ISVs and developers, who can then build custom solutions on top of them to extend the functionality of these p... More

Twitter to Livestream NBA Games – Featuring a Camera Feed of a Single, Fan-Voted Player (Variety)

Twitter is doubling down on its strategy of complementing TV rather than trying to eat into television audiences. Under a new partnership inked by the NBA, Turner Sports and Twitte... More

CES 2019: Disney, Verizon Partner to Explore 5G Tech (Variety)

Walt Disney Studios and Verizon have partnered to explore the possibilities of 5G connectivity for media and entertainment at Disney’s StudioLab. The partnership, which was annou... More

CES 2019: TiVo Releases New Churn Analysis From Its Personalized Content Discovery Platform (MESA)

TiVo today released the findings from a recent churn reduction analysis pulled from its Personalized Content Discovery Platform. Among some of the key findings uncovered were that ... More

Who Will Lead in the Age of Artificial Intelligence? (Forbes)

Accelerating trends in artificial intelligence (AI) point to significant geopolitical disruption in the years ahead. Much as mass electrification enabled the rise of the United Sta... More

MicroStrategy 2019 Promises Voice Queries, Hyper-Targeted Intelligence (VentureBeat)

MicroStrategy today launched a new release of its longstanding business intelligence platform, MicroStrategy 2019, that comes with big promises. The company says that salespeople w... More

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