February 17, 2017
The importance of streaming to e-sports
There are three key ingredients for a game or pastime to become a sport: playing, competing and viewing. The ability to play and compete are necessary steps in…
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February 16, 2017
Snapchat beyond Stories: Be the HBO of mobile
Snap is three things, and everyone else is two of them. There are plenty of chat apps, and Stories is being copied successfully by Instagram, with more Facebook…
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Comcast rolls out a new Stream TV app for its cable and internet TV customers
Comcast is launching a new app called Xfinity Stream, which will replace its older Xfinity TV app on mobile devices, as well as deliver a host of features for cable subscribers, including…
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Facebook is pushing record labels to let you soundtrack your videos
How can Facebook and Instagram make their amateur videos more interesting than those you see on Twitter or Snapchat? A killer soundtrack. That’s why Facebook is now pressing…
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YouTube Kids gets its own original shows
YouTube Kids, the app offering a curated selection of age-appropriate videos sourced from YouTube, is launching its own original programming, the company announced today. The four new shows are…
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Musical.ly drops its fourth app, a video messenger called Ping Pong
Musical.ly, the tween and teen focused lip-syncing app, has just dropped another app onto the App Store. Days ago, the company launched a video messaging app called Ping Pong…
Read articleFebruary 11, 2017
Crunch Report: Prince returns to Spotify
Today’s Stories Prince returns to Spotify and Napster this weekend WhatsApp now supports two-step authentication Amazon’s Tap speaker gets a hands-free update in defiance of its name Beats…
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Twitch launches Communities to help gamers organize around their shared interests
Twitch’s push to broaden the scope of its video game streaming site to include more types of content continues today with the launch of a new section on…
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The New York Times offers free Spotify to new subscribers
If you’ve been thinking about subscribing to The New York Times, this could be the moment to do it, since The Times just announced a special offer that…
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Flipboard revamps its approach personalized news with new “Smart Magazines”
Flipboard is releasing a big update today, which introduces “Smart Magazines” — a new way for people to find news stories and other content tied to their interests.…
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