January 17, 2017
Roku’s new app can replace its remote, help you find something to watch
Fresh on the heels of introducing new TV models at CES, and touting its 13 percent share of the smart TV market, Roku today is rolling out a…
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January 13, 2017
Article recommendation startup ZergNet adds sponsored links, but promises to remain “content only”
ZergNet pitches itself as a higher quality alternative to content recommendation widgets like Taboola and Outbrain. Now co-founder and CEO Reggie Renner is planning to become a bigger…
Read articleJanuary 4, 2017
Medium lays off 50 employees, shuts down New York and D.C. offices
It’s not the happiest new year at social publishing platform Medium, apparently. According to a blog post from its CEO Ev Williams, also co-founder of Twitter, the well-funded startup is laying…
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Facebook adds automatic subtitling for Page videos
Facebook pulled the world back into the silent film era with its muted, auto-play videos, but its latest tool could make it easier to repurpose traditional clips. Facebook…
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BitTorrent Live’s “cable-killer” P2P video app finally hits iOS
Cable companies rule TV because they control the expensive wires and satellites that can deliver low-latency live content at scale. Cable companies can then dictate how much per…
Read articleDecember 15, 2016
Videopath’s platform adds crucial context to video — could it fight fake news?
Part of the reason so-called ‘fake news’ videos can spread so virally is that there is very rarely any supporting information attached to the video. Further links and…
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Adding encryption to cameras won’t solve photojournalists’ problems
When the Freedom of the Press Foundation published an open letter to Canon, encouraging the company to implement encryption features into its cameras, it missed the point. Yes,…
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The Daily Beast brings Cheat Sheet news summaries to its mobile app and Alexa
The Daily Beast launched a new version of its iOS app today, incorporating one of the IAC-owned news site’s main features — the Cheat Sheet, which provides brief…
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BuzzFeed hires Gilad Lotan as VP of data science
BuzzFeed has a new vice president leading its data science team. Gilad Lotan has a long résumé in the field, having most recently served as chief data scientist…
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Osmo raises $24 million from Sesame, Mattel and other big names in toys and education
Hardware kits, internet-connected toys and robots that teach kids to code are now commonplace. But Osmo, an early entrant in IoT toys, is pulling ahead of the pack…
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