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Manage Email SubscriptionsGannett Co.’s USA Today Network is planning the first regularly scheduled news show in virtual reality called ‘VRtually There.’ The show will cover politics, sports, technology and finance.
Robert Bosch said it is launching its own cloud for the Internet of Things, the latest step in its transition from a traditional industrial company to equal parts manufacturer and information technology group.
Mic, the venture-backed online publishing company that focuses on reaching millennials, is acquiring mobile app Hyper, which aspires to aggregate the best video content on the Web each day.
HR technology is headed in a decisively consumer-focused direction in 2016, with features and designs aimed first and foremost at engaging employees and improving their performance rather than easing HR administration. This is good news for organizations seeking improved tools for IT workforce planning, performance management, and recruiting and retention, according to a report from Bersin by Deloitte.
Banks are starting to experiment with a new way of reducing credit-card fraud: tracking their customers’ cellphones. If the phone and card are in the same place, they figure, the transaction is probably legitimate.
Snapchat Inc. has raised $175 million in fresh funding from Fidelity Investments, valuing the messaging company at the same $16 billion valuation from one year ago, a person familiar with the matter said.
Investors really “like” Facebook. In fact, they arguably “love” it. Nomura's Anthony DiClemente is the latest analyst to get even more bullish on Facebook shares.
Mobile-game maker Zynga said Chief Executive Mark Pincus is passing the reins to Frank Gibeau, who joined the board in August after more than two decades at Electronic Arts.
High-grade corporate issuance during the first two months of the year is up from the same period a year ago, but for lower-rated firms, it has been a different story.
The young, tech-savvy volunteers who have flocked to Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign created a constellation of apps and websites to track his popularity, prod new donors and even send pizza to campaign offices.
GoPro Inc. is buying two video-editing app companies for a total of $105 million in cash and stock as the company seeks to diversity its top line amid a challenging market for its wearable cameras.
“The real growth engine for Domino’s is the mobile platform,” Chief Information Officer Kevin Vasconi said in an interview. Mobile is the fastest growing area of the pizza company’s e-commerce business, prompting continued work to develop applications for different mobile operating systems.
The actor, producer and best-selling author’s latest project: the List App. The social-media platform, which launched last fall, allows users to share lists—on everything from favorite books to must-see movies.
Since 120 Sports launched with backing from investors such as Time Inc., MLB and the NHL two year ago, the sports-centric mobile video app has struggled to develop a significant following. Now it’s pivoting to focus on social video.
Connected health (cHealth) promises to be a hot topic at the annual HIMSS conference taking place this week in Las Vegas. Harry Greenspun, M.D., and director of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions for Deloitte LLP, shares his views on cHealth, including approaches for encouraging adoption among the various stakeholders in the continuum of care.
The standoff between Apple and the FBI may divide the general public, but chief information officers and other IT leaders side squarely with Apple, according to exclusive research from CIO Journal. Almost 60% of 706 CIOs and other readers polled say Apple CEO Tim Cook should refuse to provide the government with software to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters.
Chinese Internet giant Alibaba is in discussions with banks for a loan of up to $4 billion to fund expansion plans, including acquisitions.
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DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. have launched a new mobile app to bring together fans of the comic book company’s movie, TV and videogame franchises, while helping challenge Marvel’s brand ascension.