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GIF If you can watch this and not desperately wish that there was an Indiana Jones cartoon to accompany it, then you are a stronger person than I. In his free time over the past five years, artist Patrick Schoenmaker has been putting together this wonderful trailer for an animated Indiana Jones adventure, and now…
Billed as the first match featuring English Premier League teams to be shown on the Facebook’s live video platform, Wayne Rooney’s testimonial match held special interest for media watchers. This was a match which was shown via Facebook Live to a potential audience of 1.7 billion, one which shows the intent of Facebook to develop the platform in…
The V-word was on everyone’s lips at our Monetising Media conference last week. Debates raged about production, distribution and of course, monetisation of video, but are the benefits of video really all they’re cracked up to be? The Media Briefing’s flagship State of the Media Industry Report 2017 (coming soon) highlights the importance of video…
cxenseparse_start The White House blasted what it called “rapid onset buyer’s remorse” after House and Senate leaders conceded problems with the 9/11 lawsuit bill Congress just enacted into law over President Obama’s veto. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., suggested that the House might take up a bill to fix problems with the Justice Against Sponsors…
In a recent interview with MSNBC’s Kasie Hunt, Gary Johnson was asked whether he believes he could actually catch up with his opponents in the polls if given a spot on the debate stage (at 9 percent, he—along with Green Party candidate Jill Stein— failed to qualify for Monday’s debate). “I do, and it wouldn’t…
Image via Getty. Imagine: You are at Sleep No More, an interactive horror play that Vulture has called “freakily immersive.” Beside you is a man with expensive-looking white hair, an Israeli accent, and a security detail. It is Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, and he is just here to let loose! After he was reportedly…
Carnegie Deli will close at the end of the year, ending a 79-year run.View Full Caption DNAinfo/Trevor Kapp MIDTOWN — New York institution Carnegie Deli will shutter at the end of the year, ending a 79-year run as the city’s premier destination for pastrami sandwiches, employees confirmed Friday. “They called us all in, but not…
The demise of Blackberry’s handset making division follows efforts to compete with other smartphones. The Canadian company released its first Android smartphone last year, which was followed with the Dtek50 this summer, billed as “the world’s most secure Android smartphone”. However, it has failed to reverse a trend of falling revenues since 2010, when the company was at its…
cxenseparse_start Donald Trump’s foundation is under investigation by the New York state attorney general’s office. USA TODAY The New York state attorney general’s office is investigating whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation ever obtained the certification required by the state to solicit money from the general public, according to reports from The Washington Post and…
Surrounded by a swirl of controversy after published reports connected him to an alt-right political organization, the 24-year-old Oculus exec has issued a statement saying he’s sorry his actions “are negatively impacting the perception of Oculus and his partners.” A post on Luckey’s Facebbook page appeared late Friday night, denoting the amount of money he…