| Today's Top 3 Stories | | #1 | Dish Network Announces Web-Based Pay TV Offering
| | | Dish Network, the satellite provider, is trying to lure younger viewers back to paying for television with the start of a web-based offering that includes ESPN and a number of other popular networks for $20 a month, about a fifth the cost of the average household bill for cable and satellite service. (The New York Times)
Why This Is Important: Sling TV is Dish's attempt to stay relevant with cord-cutters and the all-important 18- to 35-year-old demographic. Including sports may just be the golden ticket that entices fence-sitters to leap over.
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| | #2 | Microsoft's New $29 Cell Phone Has A Battery That Will Last A Month
| | | Microsoft has dropped the Nokia branding from its line of Lumia smartphones, but it lives on with a new budget cell phone named the Nokia 215. The phone, which will retail starting at $29, comes in both single- and dual-SIM configurations, and sports a battery that supports up to 20 hours of talk time, or up to 29 days of standby time. (Geek Wire)
Why This Is Important: The smartphone (yes, smartphone) is targeted at emerging markets, a sector Nokia has traditionally excelled in.
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| | #3 | Google Cast: Stream Audio To Your Speakers, Dongle-Free
| | | You know all the cool shenanigans you can get up to with Chromecast, and now Google wants to extend this streaming functionality beyond the dongle. The company today unveiled its "Google Cast" technology, which will allow users to send audio streams directly from the cloud to their speaker. (PCMag)
Why This Is Important: Announced speaker partners already include Sony, LG and Denon.
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"It is the launch of a whole new industry here. We are innovators. We are disrupters. We don't always make people happy because we challenge the status quo." — Joe Clayton, Dish CEO
| | | Blog Post of The Day | The Transformation Of Digital Content
By Kelsey Pommer
One thing we can all agree on is that video content has gone digital. From network television to original content and streaming services, watching TV no longer requires actually watching a certain channel at a certain time or meticulously scheduling your DVR. More » |
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