As a bevy of the nation’s late-night programs hope to use the coming Republican and Democratic national conventions to boost their on-air profiles, Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” wants the events to help lend it some digital-media credibility as well. The Trevor Noah-led program will be the only one of TV’s late-night coterie to be on …
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah today unveiled more details of its plans for the 2016 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. They includes increased programming and additional content, a unique on-the-ground activation in Cleveland for the RNC, launches on SiriusXM and Amazon and a series of specials on Snapchat. REX/Shutterstock The Daily Show already announced that it will originate …
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The Comedy Central show will be the only late-night entry to broadcast from the locations of both the DNC and RNC conventions in Philadelphia and Cleveland, respectively. The Daily Show is going all in for the upcoming political conventions. The Trevor Noah-hosted program on Monday announced an ambitious, multiplatform strategy to cover both the DNC and …
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News and research before you hear about it on CNBC and others. Claim your 2-week free trial to StreetInsider Premium here. GE (NYSE: GE) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced a partnership that will make GE’s Predix platform for the Industrial Internet available on the Microsoft Azure cloud for industrial businesses. The move marks the …
To date, the most successful implementations of artificial intelligence in the consumer-facing space have been from the biggest players on the market. Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Echo have become near-household products, but that doesn’t mean there’s no more room for smaller players to shake up the future of AI. In interviews with The Verge, several …
Pop quiz on this Monday morning, so grab your coffee and look alive. True or false: Thanks to mobile devices and apps, American consumers spend more time today shopping than they did in 2003. If you said false, pat yourself on the back, tell everyone in the office you’re a genius and make them buy you …
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TechTalk – Smart Homes: Interview with Tom Guy, of Hive / British Gas, about smart homes and intelligent buildings of the future. Courtesy of Currys PC World The phrase “bricks and mortar” is till used to conjure up images of buildings, residential or commercial. Usually, the phrase differentiates between something virtual or exists only in computers, say a website …
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Image source: Intel. Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) recently announced that it’ll be working on creating a new autonomous driving platform with Mobileye and BMW. The companies have set the ambitious goal of bringing fully autonomous driving technology to fleet vehicles by 2021, and each will bring their own expertise to the project. However, there’s arguably more at stake …
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Amazon’s second Prime Day is quickly approaching, with the online retailer kicking off the massive sale on July 12. Those with an Alexa-enabled device can get in on the action a little early, however, as Amazon is offering $10 off your first order of $20 or more when you place it through Alexa. That promotion …