And now there’s another one. According to Bloomberg, it appears Verizon is planning to enter the OTT-based live TV space this summer, and in the process of securing streaming rights from TV network owners. The service will reportedly be independent of Verizon’s FiOS home TV service, as well as from its go90 mobile video service. […]
The VR market is growing a little more slowly than some expected, but that doesn’t mean it’s not growing. A new analysis from ABI Research projects that the global VR market will likely be worth more than $60 billion by 2021. ABI finds that there are currently more than 460 companies operating within the VR […]
Palmer Luckey is leaving Oculus, the Facebook-owned VR company that he founded in 2012. Luckey’s future at Oculus had been a bit up in the air since September, when it was revealed that he’d secretly funded a right-leaning group that created controversial anti-Hillary Clinton memes. The revelation immediately created some turmoil at the company; according […]
Twitter users, feel free to be a little more long-winded in your responses. The social service announced that user names in replies will no longer be factored into a tweet’s 140-character limit – even if the response is to more than one user. And instead of seeing usernames within the text of a reply tweet, […]
Facebook is getting ready to go all in on chat bots, according to an unconfirmed report. TechCrunch reports that the social media giant will soon unveil a new class of group bots that can work inside Messenger group chats. The bots will reportedly inform users about real-time news such as ecommerce deliveries, the progress of […]
And now it goes to the White House. On a razor-thin 215-205 vote, the U.S. House voted to repeal FCC regulations that prohibited broadband providers from using customer data in ad-targeting without opt-in user consent. The Senate passed the same repeal bill last week, and President Trump is now widely expected to sign it. The […]
Comcast’s stripped down broadband TV package, originally launched in 2015 but so far limited to the Boston and Chicago service areas, will roll out across the company’s entire U.S. footprint in Q3 of this year. The company confirmed the roll-out to multiple press outlets. The offering, previously called Xfinity Stream, will be renamed Xfinity Instant […]
Twitter is out to monetize its live-streaming app. The company is now letting select advertisers run pre-roll ads ahead of Periscope live-streams, as well as archived Periscope broadcasts. The company says that the new ad offerings will roll out to a greater number of advertisers in the coming months. The move comes a week after […]
Some major restructuring is afoot at BitTorrent. Variety reports that the P2P tech company has named Rogelio Choy as its new CEO, while company founder Bram Cohen is expected to withdraw from his day-to-day involvement in the company. Instead, he’ll reportedly focus on a new crypto-currency project. The move is a homecoming for Choy, who […]
When a tech-heavy company enters the retail space, it’s no surprise to see some geek-friendly flourishes. The New York Times reports that Amazon is currently exploring the idea of creating physical retail stores for home appliances and furniture. And according to the Times, the company is considering using in-store augmented and virtual reality to let […]
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