Category: Technology News

Apple brings its free tutorials to YouTube

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By: Igor Bonifacic

Since 2017, all of Apple’s retail stores have offered Today At Apple sessions, free workshops where you can learn, among other things, how to get the most out of the company’s devices and software. In 2020, necessitated by the pandemic, Apple started offering those tutorials online, hosting the sessions over …

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Netflix hints at plans to stream video games as subscriber growth slows to a crawl

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By: The Associated Press

Netflix reported its worst slowdown in subscriber growth in eight years as people emerge from their pandemic cocoons. So it’s adding a new attraction to its marquee: Video games.

The confirmation of the long-anticipated expansion came in conjunction with the release of Netflix’s latest earnings report. That …

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Roku Would Like to Remind You About Its Apple TV+ Remote Button

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By: Brennan Carley

After Roku announced in April that it would officially add an Apple TV+ shortcut to its coveted remote buttons — a foursome that also includes Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ — the streaming giant has officially added an image of the new remote to its homepage, signaling the button’s arrival …

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Roku Stock Can Keep Climbing, This Analyst Says. It’s Not Because of Comcast Rumors.

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By: Connor Smith

Roku stock got a bit of a boost amid speculation that is could be a potential acquisition target for Comcast. While Wall Street doesn’t think much of that news, an analyst at Macquarie thinks Roku is still undervalued.

Macquarie analyst Tim Nollen raised his price target on Roku stock (ticker: ROKU) to $485 …

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Tubi will tally up $1B in ad sales for Fox by 2023: analyst

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By: Ben Munson

Fox acquired Tubi for $440 million just over one year ago and the focus on improved monetization will help push the FAST past $1 billion in ad sales.

According to a research note from MoffettNathanson, Tubi brought in approximately $150 million in advertising revenue in 2020. The analyst firm …

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Apple and Google Privacy Updates: the Impact on Influencer and Affiliate Marketing

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By: Alex Markov

User privacy has moved to the forefront of the digital advertising conversation over recent months. The most significant developments recently are Apple’s iOS14 app tracking transparency and Google Chrome’s intent to shift away from 3rd party cookies.

More than two-thirds of marketers plan to use influencer marketing in 2021 …

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FOX Streaming Service Tubi Announces New Partnership Designed To Allow Advertisers To Target Specific Consumers

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By: Anne Easton

As the number of streaming services increases, their approach to reaching specific consumers within the audience is evolving.

Today, FOX Entertainment’s streaming service Tubi, an ad-supported video on demand (AVOD) service, announced that they are “the first CTV publisher to implement Unified ID 2.0 to solve for the …

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Fox Upfront Hammers Home Idea Tubi Is Not Another Brick in the Paywall

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By: Joe Otterson

Fox’s 2021 upfront presentation focused in large part on the fact that both Fox and the streaming service Tubi are entirely supported by ads, standing in contrast with other streamers associated with broadcast networks.

Numerous references were made to the fact that Tubi has no paywall like other streamers, with …

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WarnerMedia and Discovery Are Combining to Create a Media Behemoth

By: Chris Murphy

The streaming world just got a big shake-up. On Monday, telecommunications giant AT&T announced that it would be spinning off WarnerMedia and combining it with cable-programming company Discovery in a brand-new venture. The decision to spin off WarnerMedia—which includes HBO, HBO Max, Warner Bros., CNN, and several other cable networks—comes three years …

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Google is finally bringing YouTube Music to Wear OS

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By: Mariella Moon

Big changes are coming to the Wear OS platform. Google announced that it developed the next version of Wear OS with Samsung at its I/O developer conference, where it also revealed that it’s (finally!) launching a YouTube Music app for the operating system. The tech giant started shutting down the Play Music app back …

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