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Amazon Continues Alexa Push with Dock to Turn Tablets Into Echos (Bloomberg)

Amazon.com unveiled a new dock and software upgrade that turns its tepid-selling line of Fire tablets into voice-controlled Echo speakers, the latest attempt by the e-commerce lead... More

7 Trends Driving Blockchain Forward (CMS Wire)

There are a number of emerging and established trends around blockchain that are gaining traction at the moment. There are new technologies and capabilities emerging almost daily a... More

Will We be Watching the Next World Cup in AR? (Forbes)

After 3D television failed to fulfil its early promise as the “next big thing” in sports broadcasting, it has been Virtual Reality (VR)’s turn to carry the burden of the indu... More

Box Adds AI Services from Microsoft Azure, IBM Watson (VentureBeat)

Injecting cloud storage with AI is easier said than done. Even something as simple as optical character recognition can take ages to get up and running, and businesses more often t... More

IBM Launches Starter Kit for Blockchain Developers (Forbes)

To help developers at new blockchain startups, and at companies seeking to start using blockchain, IBM has developed the IBM Blockchain Platform Starter Plan to help them build blo... More

Veritone, JB&A Distribution Launch Strategic Alliance (MESA)

JB&A Distribution announced a new strategic alliance with Veritone. JB&A will represent Veritone to JB&A's systems integrator (SI) and value-added reseller (VAR) clients in the Uni... More

Cisco Teams with Disney’s StudioLAB to Bridge Hollywood, Silicon Valley (FierceCable)

Cisco is the newest founding member and Innovation Partner for Walt Disney Studio’s StudioLAB, an initiative aimed at developing next-generation media and entertainment. Cisco is... More

IBM Watson’s Seifer on How Agencies Can Embrace Blockchain (Beet.TV)

After transparency, back-handers and disintermediation by platforms, next on the list of challenges facing media agencies is blockchain. Or, is it? A blockchain is a public, distri... More

Researchers Use AI to Turn YouTube Videos Into Interactive Holograms (TVB Europe)

Four researchers at the University of Washington have collaborated with Google and Facebook to turn video into fully interactive holograms. The team of researchers have developed a... More

Microsoft Re-Launching its Blockchain (TechRadar)

Microsoft is looking to re-enter the blockchain game with a new service aiming to help settle payment disputes. The Windows 10 maker has revealed a new service aimed at helping com... More

IoT Could be the Killer App for Blockchain (CW)

As the number of sensors in vehicles, factory machinery, buildings and city infrastructure grows, companies are looking for a secure and automated way of enabling a mesh network fo... More

Fox Sports App Sees Big Lift From World Cup (Variety)

The U.S. soccer team may not have qualified for the World Cup, but Fox Sports is still seeing a big boost in app downloads as soccer fans are looking to stream matches of the tourn... More

Instagram Launches Long-Form Video Service Called IGTV (Variety)

Instagram unveiled IGTV, a new service for long-form videos from professional Instagram creators, at an event in San Francisco Wednesday morning. IGTV will live both within the mai... More

The Glamorous Life of a Pro Gamer (Bloomberg)

Teams are dolling out signing bonuses, big salaries and housing to attract the best teens and twenty-somethings in the $1.5 billion esports industry.... More

How Social Media Can Benefit from Blockchain Technology (Forbes)

Blockchain has gained increasing popularity over the past year. Having begun as the technology behind cryptocurrency exchanges, it has now shown promise in almost every other secto... More

Box, IBM Intro New Services for Building Box Skills with Watson (ZDNet)

Box and IBM are rolling out two new services for building custom Box Skills with Watson smarts. Box Skills provide a framework for applying machine learning to the Box cloud conten... More

The Future of Making Movie Magic is Very Bright (Adobe Blog)

“It really feels like we are in a new golden age of filmmaking,” says Van Bedient, senior business development manager at Adobe. “The way stories are told and enjoyed is chan... More

5G Still More Like Rocket Fuel Than a Mission to Mars (LightReading)

Broadly speaking, there are two types of 5G. We'll call the first "rocket fuel" and the second "mission to Mars." As the names imply, the first is a pick-me-up for today's mobile b... More

YouTube Reveals New Tools to Help Creators Make Money (THR)

The new tools include an expanded version of Channel Membership that will allow creators with over 100,000 subscribers to have access to the business model, a platform for creators... More

Google Cloud, Unity Partner to Create Multiplayer Development Suite (Gamesindustry.biz)

The goal of the partnership is to help both large and small developers tackle particular challenges involved in developing multiplayer games. The suite will include server hosting ... More

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