Twitter is widening its video partnerships to include programming from news mainstays Time and The Wall Street Journal, as well as a deal with Univision to expand Spanish-language video exclusive to the social network. The announcements Monday were part of Twitter’s NewFront, an annual presentation to digital advertisers. Twitter’s ad-friendly pitch comes as debate continues …
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It’s too bad Hall of Famer Allen Iverson is out of the league because his speed and handle made him one of the best ever at iso ball and would have made him the perfect player for Twitter’s new iso-cam livestream. The NBA, Turner Sports and Twitter have teamed up to launch a new way to watch basketball — or, …
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NBA Digtial, along with the NBA and Turner Sports, has teamed up with Facebook to make all NBA, WNBA, NBA G League and NBA 2K League game recaps available on the social network. Now you can watch recaps from every game of the season on Facebook Watch, the social network’s platform for videos and livestreaming events. The episodes will include …
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Twitter will stream part of 20 NBA games this year, and each contest will feature a twist: The camera will focus on one player, who’s been voted on by basketball fans. Now playing: Watch this: Twitter CEO and NBA head talk latest tech partnership 2:57 In a tweet — of course — on Wednesday, Twitter, the NBA and Turner Sports said …
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I’m not sure what’s more exciting to my son: Santa coming down the chimney or Stephen Curry pulling up at the three-point line. It’s probably the former, but he won’t have to choose. I’ve got it on good authority that Santa will be making a stop at our house this year, and Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors are set to …
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Will tonight be the last time we see LeBron James in a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform? A free agent this summer, James will have many suiters. Lose to the Golden State Warriors again and he may seek a third team with which to tilt at the championship. The Cleveland Cavaliers blew Game 1 when JR Smith lost track of the score and …
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You can’t teleport to a pro basketball game — yet — but the NBA is doing the next best thing: Using an augmented reality app to bring you courtside at the NBA Finals. A new update to the NBA’s AR app adds a way to create doorways where you can step into 360-degree snippets of the NBA experience. Consider it …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Humans, stupefied, need Google’s Assistant to make them whole. Google/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What kind of world does Google want to create? One in which talking to machines is as natural — or even more natural — than talking to, well, humans. During the …
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I don’t have a DVR. When a New York Jets game begins on any given autumn Sunday, I’m racing to sit down and start watching. I clear my schedule. I open Twitter, and keep a sports app handy, too. I’m insufferable. It’s a routine. And being on time — to the second — matters immensely. I tried using Twitter’s live-streaming …
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If you’re cutting cable to save money, I have some bad news. YouTube TV, one of numerous new services that deliver a bunch of live TV channels over the Internet, will cost $40 monthly if you sign up on March 13 or later. That’s a $5 hike compared to the current price of $35. The good news is that today …
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