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10

2021

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Apple unveils new subscription service aimed at small businesses

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Erin Carson | CNET.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business #Digital Apple has a new subscription service for businesses covering device management, iCloud storage and more. Apple is working on a new service, built for small businesses with up to 500 employees. Apple Business Essentials will include iCloud storage, Apple support and device management among other offerings, the company said in a blog post, Wednesday. "Apple Business Essentials is designed to help streamline every step of employee device management within a small business — from setup, onboarding, and upgrading, to accessing fast service and prioritized support, all while keeping data backed up…

Nov

09

2021

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Unheard Tapes of Young Kobe Bryant to Be Featured On New Podcast (Exclusive)

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital The tapes were recorded by the NBA star's high school basketball coach Jeremy Treatman as the two planned to write a book together at the time. An upcoming podcast from iHeartRadio and Diversion Podcasts will feature previously unheard tapes of a teenage Kobe Bryant discussing his dreams and goals as the burgeoning basketball star begins his career. Hosted by the journalist Mike Sielski, I Am Kobe lets listeners hear directly from Bryant as a high school senior and graduate, as well as during his first season with the Los Angeles Lakers. The tapes were recorded by the star’s…

Nov

08

2021

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Mercedes-Benz Gears Up to Offer Dolby Atmos in Select Car Models

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BY CAROLYN GIARDINA | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital The immersive sound system will be offered in top models, including the Mercedes-Maybach. Mercedes–Benz is bringing Dolby Atmos sound to a range of its top car models starting in the summer of 2022, the company announced Thursday. The immersive sound system will be built into the optional Burmester 4D and 3D sound system as well as integrated into the Mercedes-Maybach, followed by the Mercedes-BenzS-Class. The configuration will include 31 speakers, including six speakers that emit sound from above and four speakers in the front seats, as well as a subwoofer. “Mercedes-Benz is one of…

Nov

07

2021

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Warner Bros. Plans ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ NFT Project (Exclusive)

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BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital #Technology The studio and partner Nifty's will sell 100,000 unique 'Matrix'-inspired avatars, and next month the buyers will be given the option to transform them by taking a "Red Pill." The Matrix universe is expanding to the blockchain, the latest example in a series of efforts by traditional Hollywood power players to break into the non-fungible token (NFT) space. Later this month Warner Bros. will release non-fungible tokens inspired by The Matrixfranchise and the upcoming film The Matrix: Resurrections. Unlike other NFT projects based on Hollywood intellectual property, the Matrix project is instead taking its inspiration from…

Nov

06

2021

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How YouTube Sidestepped Woes Over Apple’s Privacy Changes

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital Unlike Snapchat and Facebook, the video platform’s parent company, Google, has its own operating system — which came in handy when users started opting out of ad targeting on iOS devices. When Snap, the first major tech giant out of the gate with third-quarter earnings, revealed Oct. 21 an overall miss caused by Apple’s iOS privacy changes, shares tumbled 20 percent as analysts watched carefully to see whether the dent to targeted advertising would become a trend. For the most part, it has. Days later, Facebook (now officially rebranded as…

Oct

30

2021

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Facebook Rebrands as Meta, Shifts to Virtual Reality Focus

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital #Business As part of the name change, which highlights the company's focus on the "metaverse," Facebook will change its stock ticker to MVRS beginning Dec. 1. Facebook is changing its corporate name to Meta as the company shifts its focus to virtual and augmented reality, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday. The rebranded company’s suite of apps — including Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp — will not change names, but Meta’s stock ticker will change from FB to MVRS beginning Dec. 1. “Starting today, our company is now Meta,” Zuckerberg said during Facebook Connect, the…

Oct

29

2021

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McDonald’s Turned the McRib into an NFT

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By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The fan favorite sandwich maybe have debuted in the 1980s, but its latest iteration is very 2021. Ever since an NFT landed in mainstream headlines by selling for $69.3 million back in March, seemingly every brand on Earth has jumped on the non-fungible token trend, from Scotch to potato chips. The market has quickly become so saturated that most NFT stunts simply elicit a yawning face emoji. But like your grandmother investing her life savings in Dogecoin, sometimes the meeting of past and present elicits a head turn for its pure incongruence… like NFTs and McRibs.…

Oct

22

2021

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Snap Crosses $1B in Revenue, Reaches 306M Daily Active Users in Third Quarter

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital The company narrowly missed its revenue expectations but surpassed its projections for daily active users. Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, crossed $1 billion in revenue during Q3 but narrowly missed its projections last quarter of revenue ranging between $1.07 to $1.08 billion. The company also reported it has reached 306 million daily active users for Q3, topping its expectations last quarter of having 301 million daily users. Snap had a 57 percent increase in revenue year over year, reporting $1.067 billion in revenue for Q3 and a 23 percent year-over-year increase…

Oct

19

2021

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Netflix Adds 4.4M New Subscribers in Third Quarter, Surpassing Projections

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BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital #Business The streaming giant projected it would add 3.5 million new subscribers in Q3. Netflix added 4.4 million new subscribers in the third quarter of 2021 for a total of 214 million paid subscribers. The subscriber adds surpass Netflix’s modest projections that it would add 3.5 million subscribers in Q3. Last quarter, the company saw its total subscriber base increase by 1.5 million, though Netflix lost around 400,000 subscribers in the U.S. and Canada. In Q1, the company failed to meet its projections, adding only 4 million new subscribers — 2 million short of…

Oct

17

2021

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Fox Plans NFT Debut With $20 ‘Masked Singer’ Collectibles

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BY ALEX WEPRIN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital #Technology The NFT packs mark the broadcaster's first foray into the area, with other projects like 'Krapopolis' to follow. Fox’s plans in the digital collectibles space are beginning to get a little clearer. The broadcast network will launch its first set of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) Wednesday, tied to its celebrity singing competition The Masked Singer. The company will also launch a marketplace and community in which users can buy, sell or trade Masked Singer NFTs, which it is calling The MaskVerse. Users will be able to claim a free NFT of the show’s mascot “Miss Masky,”…

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