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Snap Times: New York Times will launch its first Snapchat channel

The New York Times announced it will turn its popular daily briefings into a new channel on Snapchat's Discovery tab.
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Uber Flat: Ridesharing service offers rides in NYC for cheap fees

Uber is offering people up to 40 Uber X and UberPool rides for flat fares under $6 all around New York City.
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Super Bowl VR: Fox Sports is bringing you Super Bowl highlights in virtual reality

Fox Sports will deliver 20 highlights from Super Bowl LI in virtual reality through its Fox Sports VR app.
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Twitter users may soon know just how many times their videos are watched

Some Twitter users have noticed a view counter next to their videos, and the company confirms it is experimenting with implementing one.
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Nike's Air Jordan XIII was designed using a Macintosh computer, Photoshop in 1996

Tinker Hatfield, lead designer of 15 Air Jordan sneakers, explains how the Air Jordan XIII was created thanks to a computer.
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Sprint buys a stake in Tidal, which will now produce exclusive content for the carrier

Sprint's 33-percent stake in Tidal includes a marketing fund for artists and exclusive content from Tidal for Sprint's subscribers.
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Tidal's new Track Edit feature is fun, but with a few limitations

Tidal updated its mobile app and introduced Track Edit, a new feature that lets you edit any song in its catalog.
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President Obama’s farewell address is the first bona fide social media hit of 2017

Barack Obama's final speech as President of the United States had the most social media activity of any event in 2017 -- so far.
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‘Get some (VR) glasses, ref!’ NFL considers training referees with virtual reality

The NFL may use 360-degree virtual reality experiences to train NFL referees. This could be one of the first VR training initiatives the NFL has done.
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VR university: Big Ten Network to live-stream its first game in virtual reality

For the first time ever, a college sports network will produce a game in virtual reality, offering fans four separate angles fans to choose from.
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Ford taps Snapchat maestro DJ Khaled to spread message on new EcoSport

DJ Khaled speaks about the dangers of celebrities over-sharing on social media, Trump's election, and why he put his son's birth on Snapchat.
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Legrand and Samsung wants to make a home that thinks for itself and you

As part of Eliot, Legrand's new internet-of-things program, the electric product specialist will use Samsung's Artik Cloud to make homes autonomous.
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4 strange, fun tech exhibits that blew us away at ComplexCon

The inaugural ComplexCon event featured a myriad of tech too big and exclusive for the average home. Room-sized sound synthesizers, massive balls that emit animations, and augmented reality dressing rooms are a few examples.
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Courtside cameras weren’t enough. This year, the NBA is doing VR right

At a recent Virtual Reality 20/20 Summit in New York City, NBA rep Jeff Marsillo discusses the future of NBA games in virtual reality.
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Exclusive: Mountain Dew will use holograms to let people try on its first clothing collection

As part of the release of Mountain Dew's clothing collaboration with streetwear brand VFiles, the company will let people to try on the clothes, virtually.
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'Falling Water' creators: GOT and Mr. Robot helped get TV ready for a show about dreams

Gale Anne Hurd and Blake Masters, creators of the new USA Networks show 'Falling Water,' discuss the science of dreams and why TV is finally ready for it.
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Bryan Cranston’s ‘Sneaky Pete’ is expected to air on Amazon in January

At this year's New York Comic Con, Sneaky Pete, an Amazon original series, flashed its release date after screening footage from the upcoming season.
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Internet of Stranger Things: 'Black Mirror' tackles horrors of augmented reality in new Netflix episode

At the 2016 New York Comic Con, Playtest, a new episode from the upcoming season of Netflix's Black Mirror, explores the dangers of augmented reality.
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OneRepublic’s ‘Kids’ music video is what happens when virtual reality and the record business play nice

OneRepublic shot a music video for the band's single 'Kids' inMexico City using Nokia's OZO virtual reality camera, a move that changed its album release.
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MTV made music videos cool. Technology will make them epic

Digital Trends explores how modern technology will make music videos relevant again with interaction, social media and virtual reality.
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iPlaylist: Apple Music is using your iTunes history to make playlists for you

Apple Music's new playlists -- My New Music Mix and My Favorites Mix -- are created based partly on each user's iTunes history.
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Chance the Rapper, Tidal to live-stream his Magnificent Coloring Day festival

Chance the Rapper's Magnificent Coloring Day music festival, featuring performances from Lil Wayne and John Legend, will stream exclusively on Tidal.
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Sound of the swipe: Tinder now lets you use Spotify to find a date

Tinder users can add a Tinder Anthem, a song that best describes them, from Spotify onto their profile. Users can see the Spotify activity of other users.
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Luke Skywalker and the Star Wars gang are coming to Turner starting next week

As part of a new deal Turner struck with Disney and 20th Century Fox, all of the Star Wars films and four future installments will air on TBS and TNT.
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Pilot episode of ‘Atlanta,’ Donald Glover’s new FX series, is free to stream

FX Networks has made the pilot episode of Community star Donald Glover's new show Atlanta free to stream on YouTube and Facebook.
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Uber now lets you stream Pandora as the soundtrack for your ride

Uber added Pandora integration into its app so riders can seamlessly play Pandora stations and playlists straight from the Uber app.
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New Beatles documentary wouldn't look the same without footage from social media

The new Beatles documentary, The Beatles: Eight Days A Week -- The Touring Years contains rare live performance footage from crowdsourcing on social media.
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Sony's Shuhei Yoshida boldly predicts when everyone will be using VR — and it's soon

In a recent interview, Shuhei Yoshida, Sony's head of game development, said he believes the entire world will be using virtual reality by the year 2020.
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Decades-old machines turn used CDs into playable vinyl at Afropunk music fest

At the 2016 Afropunk Music Festival in Brooklyn, Toyota Music showcased an installation where vinyl records were cut from used CDs in front of concertgoers.
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Code in formation: New York City teachers are using Beyonce to learn JavaScript

Bey Script is a computational metaphor developed by computer science educator Emily Thomforde to help teachers learn Javascript by using Beyonce.
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Is professional drone racing about to take off, or is it just a hobby?

At Mountain Dew and DR1 Racing's Day of Drones' event in Brooklyn, experienced drone racers demonstrated why drone racing can be the next big sport.
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The 2016 Rio Olympics should get a gold medal for online streaming

In the first 10 days of competition, the 2016 Olympics have been streamed for more minutes than any other Olympics event ever.
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Turner CEO: There are too many TV networks in the United States

In a recent interview with bloomberg, Turner CEO John Martin explained why skinny cable bundles are the future of television consumption.
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Exclusive: Listen to CeeLo Green’s brand new song ‘My Favorite MCs’

CeeLo Green talks about streaming's negative affect on Hip Hop, shares his new song My Favorite MCs exclusively on Digital Trends.