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Get Ready for the First Truly Digital Decade (TechCrunch)

No matter how this election ends one thing is clear: what happens online in the next decade will have an increasingly important effect on our daily lives. Until recently politics, ... More

Cities Considering Taxes on Video Streaming Services (SiliconValley)

For television viewers who “cut the cord” and moved over to streaming video services, the cable companies aren’t the only ones missing your money. Turns out your hometown mig... More

Deluxe’s Iloura Heightens Intensity in ‘Deepwater Horizon’ (MESA)

Deluxe’s Iloura was tapped to heighten realism in many of the film’s high action sequences, adding digital mud, fire and smoke. To ensure continuity across shots and deliver in... More

U.S. Election Day Faces Specter of Cyberattacks (CIO)

Don't be surprised if hackers make their presence felt on U.S. Election Day. Distributed denial-of-service attacks and high-profile leaks are among the tactics they might use if th... More

Report: App Publishers will Earn $189 Billion In Revenue In 2020 (ARC)

The installed mobile device base will help to power revenue, with the report forecasting that there will be around 6.2 billion devices (smartphones and tablets) in 2020. Emerging m... More

Live Video Takes Center Stage on Election Day (Digiday)

The biggest winner of Election Day will be Facebook and live video in general. More than a dozen media companies including ABC News, The New York Times, NowThis and The Washington ... More

Mindtree Expands European Presence with New Salesforce Center-of-Excellence in Germany (MESA)

Mindtree today announced the opening of a Salesforce Center-of-Excellence in Munich, Germany. This facility is anchored by Magnet 360, a Salesforce Platinum Partner and a wholly-ow... More

Netflix says Offline Viewing is Just for Emerging Markets (RTN)

Fans of Stranger Things and Orange is the New Black might want to save content for later off-line viewing, but that’s something that Netflix is considering only for international... More

Facebook Partners with News Outlets for Election Day Live Video Blitz (Reuters)

Facebook said on Monday it would partner with 50 broadcast stations, print and online publications for an Election Day live video blitz, as the social media company aims to build o... More

Google Adds HDR Support for YouTube (MESA)

Google Nov. 7 announced it’s adding high dynamic range (HDR) support for YouTube videos, allowing users to upload content that includes the technology, which offers more contrast... More

Oracle Closes NetSuite Deal (ZDNet)

Oracle on Monday will close its $9.3 billion purchase of NetSuite and expand its cloud footprint and total addressable market into smaller companies in a hurry. The enterprise soft... More

Inside Dolby Labs as it Moves Beyond Sound (San Francisco Chronicle)

Dolby is best known for the audio-enhancing technologies developed since the late Ray Dolby founded the company in 1965. Now the company has branched out into movies, video, projec... More

FCC Ushers in a Troublesome New World for Online Privacy (TechCrunch)

The speed of technological change counsels against regulating the Internet based on any particular conception of the current state of technology, as the inevitable evolution will s... More

China’s Internet Controls Will Get Stricter, to Dismay of Foreign Business (N.Y. Times)

In August, business groups around the world petitioned China to rethink a proposed cybersecurity law that they said would hurt foreign companies and further separate the country fr... More

Why Some Big Brands are Starting to Produce Their Own Podcasts (Adweek)

As marketers struggle to find creative ways to inure fickle consumers to their ads, companies like General Electric and HBO are busy producing their own podcasts, hoping to capture... More

Media Jostles for Viewers, Relevancy with Election Night Live-Streams (USA Today)

The media is looking at election night with a whole new view. The Super Bowl of politics — the election of a president on Tuesday — culminates months of around-the-clock campai... More

How VR Needs to Evolve Before it Can Really Be for Everyone (TechRadar)

Right now the content that you experience when you try a headset for the first time has been created solely to wow you and show off the tech. It’s more informative than insightfu... More

Election Unease Will Linger Through the Holiday Shopping Season (Twice)

Regardless of whom you vote for tomorrow, we can all agree that the current election cycle has been unnerving for consumers. And this unease will apparently impact the holiday shop... More

China Cracks Down on Growing Live Streaming Industry (CNN Money)

The Cyberspace Administration of China posted a 20-point edict that will go into effect next month. It said the regulations were aimed at "promoting the healthy and orderly develop... More

What if Twitter’s Future is Becoming Facebook’s Live Media App? (Fusion)

Facebook should buy Twitter, and roll it up with its Live video offering. Facebook’s transformation from a free social-networking website for desktop web browsers into an ecosyst... More

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