Entertainment:
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Christopher Nolan will be the guest editor on WIRED’s
December issue
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Ad tech startup Drawbridge has been talking about its vision
for targeting users across devices for a couple of years, but now it’s adding
another device to the mix — Internet-connected TVs
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RealD is reporting this morning that it has been issued a
patent in Europe, for the company's XL Cinema System.
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The eight instalment of the Star Wars franchise will shoot
at the UK's Pinewood studios, confirmed Pinewood Shepperton chief exec Ivan
Dunleavy in a far-reaching keynote address at the annual conference of the
Confederation of British Industry
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Fullscreen, the big YouTube multi-channel network and talent
management group, has bought Austin-based online pioneer Rooster Teeth, home of
the hugely popular online video series Red Vs. Blue and other titles predating even the rise of
YouTube
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Entertainment One will expand its Australian operations,
launching a TV production and development unit headed by Jude Troy, the
executives heading eOne Films Australia and eOne Television jointly announced
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A24 is closing a $3MM U.S. distribution deal along with
DirecTV for “Dark Places”, based on the bestselling novel by ‘Gone Girl’ author
Gillian Flynn
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Luc Besson's EuropaCorp has signed a multi-year output deal
with Canadian distributor VVS Films
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Movistar TV has tested Piloto 360, a virtual reality app,
for the last race of Moto GP season so viewers can become involved both inside
the Yamaha team box and on the track
Tech:
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Elon Musk is gearing up to develop a new startup, to launch
his own constellation of satellites to deliver Internet access
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Blake Benthall, one of the masterminds behind Silk Road 2,
was a contractor on Close - a secretive startup founded by former Googlers
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Belkin’s WeMo product line, which consists of cameras,
switches, lights, and even Crock-Pots, offers you control over everything from
outlets to light switches, and now individual light bulbs
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The team at DNA Medical Institute have created rHEALTH, a
device that can diagnose hundreds of diseases using a single drop of blood
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Twitter has partnered with a nonprofit known as Women,
Action & Media, or WAM, on a tool that will allow people to report abuse
and harassment on Twitter and get the issue resolved within 24 hours
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President Obama has come out in favor of net neutrality in a
special website and video announcement wherein he lays out his plan for
protecting the freedom and openness of the Internet
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Ted Cruz just called net neutrality "Obamacare for the
internet" and that's bad news for everyone
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Thingsee One is designed to democratize the Internet of
Things by allowing users to easily configure a particular function within a
companion mobile app, so without needing to be a software programmer or
hardware tinkerer to do so
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The November update for the Xbox One will bring custom
backgrounds and Twitter integration to the console
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Uber is raising a $1B round, at a valuation around $25B, in
what could be a convertible note
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Blizzard has announced plans for its next big video game,
Overwatch, which will be a first person shooter revolving around a team of heroes
set in an technologically advanced and stylized future earth
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The Who have released a mobile app and previewed their
forthcoming "virtual reality experience”
Deals:
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GoPro is heading back to the stock
market to sell more shares, and so is the founder, Nicholas Woodman
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AT&T agreed to buy Iusacell,
one of Mexico’s biggest cellphone service providers, for $2.5B including debt,
as it seeks to expand its international presence by moving southward
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Time Warner has approached Ten
Network Holdings with a $588MM acquisition offer, reports the Australian
Financial Review
Business:
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Evernote announced that it has raised $20MM in new capital
from Nikkei, the Japanese media conglomerate that publishes the influential
financial newspaper – Nikkei
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Coca Cola is rolling out a startup incubator
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Google joins Facebook in launching an Ebola donation
campaign, will match contributions 2:1
Exec Moves:
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Tom Fallows, head of the Google
Express same-day delivery service, is leaving for a job at Uber
Retail:
Startups:
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Getaways by Groupon, a free app
for iOS and Android, bypasses Groupon’s wider focus on local merchant deals to
focus only on travel packages and hotels, and it has 25,000 offers listed right
now
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DogVacay, Airbnb for dogs, raised
$25MM in Series B1 funding
Government:
Other:
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