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Adobe Forecasts U.S. Online Holiday Sales to Surpass $100 Billion (MESA)

Adobe released its online shopping predictions for the upcoming holiday season. Based on Adobe Analytics, Adobe expects that online sales will be $107.4 billion, an increase of 13.... More

10 Technologies that Could Change Retail Forever (CMO)

There was a time when retail meant only one thing—a physical store. But in 2017, retail can mean everything from brick-and-mortar and online to mobile and voice-based search. For... More

Microsoft Xbox One X Gets Amazon Prime Video in All Its 4K Glory (Fortune)

Microsoft’s Xbox One X is adding support for a popular video-streaming service. When the Xbox One X debuts next week, it’ll ship with support for Amazon Prime Video, the e-c... More

Comcast Now Lets You Watch Netflix Ultra HD 4K Content on X1 Set-Tops (Variety)

Comcast’s Xfinity X1 customers can access Netflix’s more than 1,200 hours of content in Ultra HD 4K content — including original series like “Stranger Things” — through... More

Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy (HBR)

There is a fundamental disconnect between the wealth of digital data available to us and the physical world in which we apply it. While reality is three-dimensional, the rich data ... More

New Data Shows Facebook’s Emphasis on Longer Video Clips is Working (Variety)

Facebook’s attempts to boost longer video clips on its platform are working, according to new data from social video publishing specialist Wochit. The data is based on an analysi... More

Brands Must Grasp the Digitally Driven Consumer Journey or Risk Becoming Prey (Adweek)

Digital transformation is increasingly an area of focus for executives in every industry. And yet, many don’t feel confident in their company’s ability to understand the potent... More

YouTube TV Finally Has an App Built for Your Living Room Screen (Engadget)

When YouTube TV arrived earlier this year, it was focused on phones. Sure, you could send video to your TV via Chromecast or AirPlay, but thus far there haven't been apps for the b... More

TiVo Debuts Bolt Vox with Voice Search (MESA)

TiVo today introduced several exciting additions to the TiVo consumer product family – the TiVo BOLT VOX™ and TiVo Mini VOX™. The latest device lineup includes TiVo’s first... More

Swinburne, Adobe Partner on New Postgrad Course for Marketers (CMO)

Melbourne-based Swinburne University has partnered Adobe to offer a new postgraduate course for marketing professionals seeking to learn the latest march skills, featuring Adobe Ex... More

Machine Learning Will Transform the Advertising Industry (CMS Wire)

Hype about machine learning in the media industry abounds, but once you move past the buzz, there are also a lot of practical applications for the technology. Machine learning... More

Netflix Offers a Rare Look Inside Its Strategy for Global Domination (Fast Company)

Attracting a global audience isn’t just a matter of luck–nothing at Netflix is. Rather, [Todd] Yellin and other colleagues go through endless rounds of AB tests and experimenta... More

The Truth About Marketing (Wazee Digital Blog)

Genuine marketing seeks truth, reality, and clarity. We muddle through the muck and uncover what really is. And we do it right now. Not next week. Not next month. And certainly not... More

Dolby Marks Dolby Vision, Atmos Gains to Close Fiscal Year

Increased adoption of Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos in consumer electronics devices helped the company’s fiscal fourth quarter results Oct. 25, with Dolby reporting revenue of $24... More

College Football Playoff Extends Exclusive Licensing Partnership with Wazee Digital (MESA)

Wazee Digital, a leading provider of cloud-native video management and licensing services, today announced that College Football Playoff (CFP) has extended its contract with Wazee ... More

IBM Can Run an Experimental AI in Memory, Not on Processors (MIT Technology Review)

Don’t throw out your CPUs just yet, but there may be a new way to run your neural networks. In the regular world of computing—whether you’re running exotic deep learning a... More

OTT Becomes A-OK on the STB (B&C)

After being held off at arm’s length, over-the-top video services are now being embraced enthusiastically by cable operators and integrated on their set-top box platforms at an a... More

Huawei, Dolby Debut HDR STB (Advanced Television)

Huawei and Dolby Laboratories have unveiled the Huawei Q22 set-top box, which they say is the first IPTV set-top box in the world to support Dolby Vision high-dynamic-range (HDR) t... More

TiVo’s Upcoming DVR, the TiVo BOLT VOX, Will Include Voice Support (TechCrunch)

TiVo is nearing the launch of a new product in its BOLT family of DVRs, which can either be swapped in place of your cable company’s DVR, or, in the case of the original BOLT, be... More

Update to Bring Dolby TrueHD to 2017 LG OLED TVs (HD Guru)

LG said that a new firmware update for its 4K Ultra HD OLED TVs is bringing support for Dolby TrueHD lossless sound technology to 2017 models. The update will make it possible for ... More

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