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Digital TV Players Eye Blockchain to Block Facebook, Google (AdAge)

Advertisers and publishers could get help from Bitcoin technology. The idea of using blockchain to handle digital ad transactions is starting to seep into the conversation among ad... More

Hollywood Has No Idea What to Do with VR (MIT Tech Review)

Content creators—visual artists and game developers, filmmakers and other storytellers—are trying to figure out how it might work. Gaming software and networks represent the mo... More

What Does Virtual Reality Want to Be When It Grows Up? Three Scenarios for the Future (VRD)

I believe we have three future scenario’s starting to emerge: The New Mobile Display. This is the scenario that says VR will evolve as a technology to be used mainly with mobile ... More

Tim Cook says Augmented Reality is ‘A Big Idea Like the Smartphone’ (The Verge)

It’s no secret that Apple’s culture of secrecy forbids even the most powerful at the company from spilling details about upcoming products. But, as CEO Tim Cook has illustrated... More

What Snap’s IPO Tells Us About Spectacles’ Future (Engadget)

When Snap Inc officially filed its IPO last week, we finally got our clearest look yet at its operations. In addition to learning that its co-founders will be donating up to 13,000... More

AI is Going Mobile (VentureBeat)

The advent of certain technologies — notably inexpensive high-speed internet, secure cloud storage, mobility solutions, and low-cost devices — has allowed the fantastic possibi... More

Fox Sports to Deliver Super Bowl VR Highlights in Real Time (Digital Trends)

Getting up, close and personal at Super Bowl LI may no longer cost you a year’s salary. For the first time, Super Bowl highlights will be delivered in virtual reality– in near ... More

Why Mobile Will Win First in VR (First Round)

A few years from now, I think there’s a strong chance that the the mobile VR headset market will look a lot like today’s headphone market. Most people will use low cost devices... More

Apple said to Join Amazon, Google in AI Research Group (Bloomberg)

Apple is set to join the Partnership on AI, an artificial intelligence research group that includes Amazon.com Inc., Google, Facebook Inc., International Business Machines Corp. an... More

Hulu, Live Nation Premiere Virtual Reality Music Show (Variety)

Hulu released the first episode of its new virtual reality (VR) music show “On Stage” on its Hulu VR app Thursday. The show, which is being produced in cooperation with Live Na... More

How Alexa Fits Into Amazon’s Prime Directive (NYT)

Five years ago, few would have guessed that Amazon would already be ahead of the top tech companies vying to be leaders in home automation. But Jeff Bezos has been shaping this vis... More

‘Heroes of the Dorm’ Ditches ESPN for Facebook (VentureBeat)

It looks like ESPN 2 will have more room for bowling. Blizzard announced that its third Heroes of the Dorm event — a tournament of its Heroes of the Storm multiplayer online batt... More

Box Debuts Updated Note-Taking App (MESA)

Box is rolling out updates to Box Notes, its real-time collaboration and note-taking tool. The new Box Notes features a streamlined web experience that makes it easy to create, edi... More

Super Bowl LI to be Shot in 4K, 8K with 360 Degree Views (4K)

Possibly for the first time ever, those watching the Super Bowl this coming February 5th are going to get a view of the game that in some ways surpasses anything available to the a... More

Davos Highlights AI’s Massive PR Problem (Forbes)

Aside from the occasional assembly line worker getting too close to the machinery, killer robots aren’t in the cards for AI in the near term. However, the economic impact that dr... More

Amazon Puts Virtual Dash Buttons on its Homepage (TechCrunch)

Amazon has just made it easier to repurchase your favorite items from its online store. The company on Thursday added virtual “Dash” buttons to its homepage and mobile app that... More

Inside IMAX’s Big Bet to Rule the Future of VR (Wired)

IMAX has set its sights on a new technology: virtual reality. IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond believes VR is much more than a toy for gamers or a living-room furniture piece. He sees it as t... More

C-SPAN to Provide VR View of Inauguration Prep (MCN)

C-SPAN will not only be covering the inauguration of Dnald Trump wall to wall, but in 360 degrees as well. The cable-industry provided public service multimedia platform will, for ... More

Mark Zuckerberg: VR Goal is Still 5-10 Years Away (Factor)

“I don’t think that good virtual reality is fully there yet,” said Zuckerberg. “It’s going to take five or 10 more years of development before we get to where we all want... More

IBM’s Rometty Lays Out AI Considerations, Ethical Principles (ZDNet)

IBM CEO Ginni Rometty became the latest technology leader to call for more transparency, ethics, and societal impact analysis around artificial intelligence and cognitive applicati... More

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