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Apple Buys VR Broadcasting Startup
Apple Buys VR Broadcasting Startup
May 14, 2020  |  Apple

Apple has confirmed it has purchased NextVR, the virtual reality (VR) streaming startup, CNBC reported. Apple declined to reveal the purchase price or the terms...

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Movie Theaters Are Closed, But Consumers Don’t Seem To Miss Them
Movie Theaters Are Closed, But Consumers Don’t Seem To Miss Them
April 29, 2020  |  Innovation

In the week of April 20, something truly unusual happened in the history of the American film industry: The total weekend box office take came...

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NBCUniversal TV Launches Shoppable Ads
NBCUniversal TV Launches Shoppable Ads
April 23, 2020  |  Retail

NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast, will allow consumers to buy products from branded TV advertisements, articles and videos without going to a new website, according to...

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Netflix Results Show Deluge Of Streaming Media Demand, With Tempered Growth Coming Later
Netflix Results Show Deluge Of Streaming Media Demand, With Tempered Growth Coming Later
April 22, 2020  |  Earnings

Call it, in a way, the power of the lockdown. As we’ve detailed in this space in the past, the coronavirus has shifted all manner...

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Netflix, Disney And The Great Entertainment Shift
Netflix, Disney And The Great Entertainment Shift
April 20, 2020  |  Subscription Commerce

On Wall Street, market capitalizations are shorthand for investor sentiment — for positive or negative views, generally speaking, of publicly-traded companies’ prospects. Rule of thumb:...

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Ericsson NA COO On Fast-Tracking 5G
Ericsson NA COO On Fast-Tracking 5G
April 03, 2020  |  Mobile

On the other side of the pandemic — whenever that might be — might 5G and a new age of connectivity await? As Amy McCune, VP &...

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Today In Payments: Apple Eases Streaming App Commissions; Softbank Abandons WeWork Deal
Today In Payments: Apple Eases Streaming App Commissions; Softbank Abandons WeWork Deal
April 02, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, Apple will end its practice of taking a commission from streaming platforms operating on its devices, and Softbank pulled out of...

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Apple Eases Streaming App Commissions
Apple Eases Streaming App Commissions
April 02, 2020  |  Apple

Apple has announced it will end its practice of taking a cut of streaming revenue from Amazon’s Prime Video and other such platforms for some...

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Why Going Digital Isn’t Quite A Blanket Solution For COVID-19
Why Going Digital Isn’t Quite A Blanket Solution For COVID-19
March 26, 2020  |  Coronavirus

In a world where options for going out are severely limited by the national social distancing plan in place, using digital tools to bring the...

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