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Featured Jobs: 24i; Western Digital; Qumulo
JavaScript Developer — LA — 24i Technologist, Applications Engineering — Milpitas, CA — Western Digital UI Developer — Seattle — Qumulo Click here to view all availa... More
Scientists Uncover Formula for Box Office Movie Success (The Guardian)
A team of UK scientists believe they have found the formula for box office success. After analysing data from 6,147 movie scripts and filtering it through a series of algorithms, t... More
IBM, Travelport Partner on New Platform (Gigabit)
IBM insists that a new artificial intelligence-based platform, developed with Travelport, will disrupt the travel industry. Delivered via the IBM Cloud, IBM Travel Manager can trac... More
Smart City Technology: It’s All About the Internet of Things (Information Age)
The umbrella term of a smart city, is a city that uses data and technologies to improve the lives of the citizens and businesses that inhabit it. So, what are these technologies? I... More
Alexa is Coming to Cars, Thanks to New Amazon Developer Kit (MBW)
The move means that, if adopted by vehicle makers, drivers of Alexa-enabled cars will be able to use voice to listen to music in-car without the need for extra hardware. Other voic... More
Streaming Video Services Pour Resources Into the Home Screen (MediaPost)
Content may be king, but if you can’t find it easily, does it even matter? It’s the “If a tree falls in the forest” problem that faces streaming video companies. In a world... More
Pandora’s Podcast Genome Project Could Launch by the End of the Year (The Verge)
Breaking down music into its component parts helped Pandora build personalized music playlists years before services like Spotify even existed. Could taking a similar approach with... More
What Amazon Alexa’s ‘Answer Update’ Means for Marketers (GeoMarketing)
Amazon has confirmed the rollout of a new feature called “Answer Update,” which is designed to notify users when Alexa learns the answer to a question it didn’t know when the... More
Featured Jobs: Diamond; Paramount Pictures; Spotify
Chatbot Engineer — Culver City, CA — Diamond Senior Data Management Analyst — Hollywood, CA — Paramount Pictures Web Engineer, Infrastructure — NYC — Spotify Click h... More
IBM-Maersk Blockchain Platform Adds 92 Clients as Part of Global Launch (Forbes)
Some of the largest supply chain companies in the world have begun the process of moving their work to a blockchain. A previously unnamed collaborative effort between the world’s... More
Avid Brings 3D Graphics to European Athletics Championships (SCN)
Avid today announced that European Athletics is relying on the award-winning Avid Maestro | Designer for advanced 3D graphic design and branding in the international television bro... More
Wipro, Genesys to Develop Solutions for Autonomous Vehicles (ETtech.com)
Wipro will develop the navigational and control technology for autonomous system and smart mobility companies. As part of a pact between the companies, Wipro and Genesys first work... More
Adobe Appoints Sales and Data Vet as Head of Audience Manager, Americas (Adobe Blog)
Today, marketers and advertisers recognize that understanding their customers is fundamental to crafting standout customer experiences. Data management platforms (DMP) have become ... More
Microsoft Introduces Ethereum Proof-of-Authority Algorithm on Azure (Cointelegraph)
Microsoft’s cloud platform Azure has introduced a proof-of-authority (PoA) algorithm on its Ethereum (ETH) blockchain product, according to a blog post Aug. 7. The new Ethereum n... More
Amazon’s Alexa Debuts Answer Updates to Respond Later to Questions It Can’t Answer Immediately (VentureBeat)
Answer Updates will be rolled out to Alexa-enabled devices over the course of the coming week. Say “Alexa, turn on Answer Update” to receive alerts, and Alexa will say “If yo... More
Skype Chats are the Latest Place to Listen to Spotify (Engadget)
Now that Spotify is on Apple's iMessage and Facebook's Messenger, the company will soon empower you to share and preview songs inside another messaging service, Skype. If you're a ... More
Featured Jobs: Pandora; Technicolor; Dolby
Ad Platform Manager — Oakland, CA — Pandora 3D Animator — LA — Technicolor Manager, Americas Geo Marketing — San Francisco — Dolby Click here to view all available j... More
Viacom, NYT Share How They ‘Gamify’ the Data Experience (SCN)
Three experts from three very different media and entertainment companies gathered July 24 for a panel discussion on how to use data and analytics to attract and retain their custo... More
EIDR Content Identifiers Now Available for Individual Registration (SCN)
The Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR), the source of universal identifiers for digital distribution of movie and television assets, and The Title Registrar, a provider of da... More
Adobe Adds LiveRamp Matches to Advanced TV Advertising (B&C)
LiveRamp and Adobe have made a deal integrating LiveRamp’s IdentityLink across Adobe’s Advertising Manager, enabling addressable TV advertising using first or third party data.... More