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Xbox Made $2.25 Billion for Microsoft Last Quarter (VB)

Microsoft’s video game-related revenue continues to expand as it shifts its focus to services like Game Pass. The company’s Xbox division brought in $2.251 billion in the quart... More

Blockchain Gets Real? IBM Advances Projects with Walmart, Others (Xconomy)

For all the hype surrounding the potential for blockchain systems to transform many industries, the technology has yet to have much of an impact on businesses. But 2018 is shaping ... More

VRX Simulators and NAGRA Partner on eSports in the Cinema (MESA)

VRX Simulators and NAGRA announced a partnership to further develop VRX's SIM racing program in theaters through the myCinema platform & ecosystem. This in-venue, community focused... More

Amazon Web Services Launches ‘Blockchain Templates’ (CNBC)

Amazon.com wants to make it easier for developers to create projects based on the blockchain technology underlying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The company's cloud comput... More

Luxoft Develops ‘Blockchain Adapter’ for a Business Process Management Tool on Appian’s Platform (MESA)

Luxoft today announces it has built a blockchain adapter for Appian’s rapid application development platform. It is now available exclusively to businesses using Appian’s Busin... More

IBM Outlines the 5 Attributes of Useful AI (VentureBeat)

4. Measurable - For the moment, budgets for AI and machine learning projects are generous, but those budgets will dry up if data science teams can’t deliver concrete results. Thi... More

Location-Based VR Predicted to Surpass $800 Million by 2022 (Variety)

Virtual reality arcades and other location-based VR entertainment venues could generate more than $800 million in worldwide revenue by 2022, according to the latest Futuresource C... More

How Music Generated by Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping – Not Destroying – the Industry (Billboard)

There is an enduring fear in the music industry that artificial intelligence will replace the artists we love, and end creativity as we know it. As ridiculous as this claim may ... More

New OTT, Virtual Pay TV Ramp Up TV Spend (MediaPost)

With more big sporting events coming up, new OTT and virtual pay TV platforms have kicked up TV marketing spending. Since the first of the year through April 18, Hulu has spent ... More

Twitch Locks Up NBA 2K League Exclusive Live-Streaming eSports Rights (Variety)

A lineup of nearly 200 games in the NBA’s fledgling hoops esports league this year is coming to Twitch. The NBA 2K League announced a multiyear pact with Twitch that includes liv... More

Cisco Adds AI Tools, Cheaper Devices to WebEx Chat Offerings (Bloomberg)

Cisco said it’s expanding the use of artificial intelligence in its online collaboration and video-conference products to make meetings more useful and efficient. Menial tasks... More

NBA Video Game League to Stream Exclusively on Amazon’s Twitch (AdAge)

The National Basketball Association's new professional video-game league has signed a multiyear broadcast contract with Twitch, the streaming service owned by Amazon. The NBA 2K... More

NAGRA, ETC Partner on Fandom Genomics for myCinema (MESA)

NAGRA and the Entertainment Technology Center, a think tank and research center within the USC School of Cinematic Arts, have partnered to map Fandom Genomics. This data science st... More

Adobe Acquires Voice Interface Platform Sayspring (TechCrunch)

Adobe today announced that it has acquired Sayspring, a startup that helps developers prototype and build the voice interfaces for their Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant apps. The... More

Cisco Continues to Invest Heavily in AI With New Funding for Startup Gong.io (CRN)

Cisco is continuing to bet big on artificial intelligence, saying Monday that it has invested in AI startup Gong.io, which specializes in what it calls "conversation intelilgence" ... More

Facebook Tipping for Live Streamers Goes Live in Android, iOS Apps (Variety)

Facebook quietly added the ability to tip live streamers to its iOS and Android mobile apps late last week, allowing fans to support some of their favorite video game live streamer... More

OpenText: AI Fears Abating Among UK Consumers (CW)

UK citizens appear to be losing their fear of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, according to survey research by OpenText. The enterprise information management software supp... More

NAB Show: PlayStation Vue Breaks Out Beyond the PlayStation (B&C)

The origins of PlayStation Vue, initially launched to a set of U.S. markets about three years ago, are rooted to PlayStation 3 and 4 consoles, but adoption of Sony’s OTT TV servi... More

Blockchain Impacts on Marketing, Publishing Could Be Far-Reaching (MediaPost)

Blockchain has the potential to profoundly change a broad swath of industries, but perhaps none more dynamically than marketing – and that change may already be underway. The ... More

NAB Show: Avid Partners with Finnish AI Start Up (Broadcast)

As well as integrating the Finnish firm’s software into Media Central, Avid will also become a reseller for Valossa’s detailed and automated video search solutions, it was reve... More

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