- Will 2016 be the year of the machine? Why the convergence of tech means big things are ahead (TechCrunch)
- Stage and screen icon – and Harry Potter’s beloved Professor Snape – Alan Rickman dies at 69 (The Guardian)
- Analysts predict YouTube Red paid service will be a major growth-driver for Google (Quartz)
- Peach 101: Inside the new social network that’s taking the mobile world by storm (CNET)
- AwesomenessTV to support Latino youth audience with an investment in digital media startup Mitu (Variety)
- Taking the long-form road: Study shows a decrease in online video viewers’ interests in short-form content (Digital TV Europe)
- With a dedicated boss in place, Google significantly steps up its VR game (Re/code)
- Activision’s budding movie and TV studio now has a Hollywood producer at its helm (Los Angeles Times)
- In an unprecedented US$3.5-billion deal, US film studio Legendary Entertainment comes under Chinese ownership (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Following a floodgate of fan complaints, new Star Wars toys featuring Rey hit the market (The Wall Street Journal)
- CBS and Warner Bros.-owned youth net The CW may be getting the SVOD treatment (Bloomberg)
- Twitter drops Periscope Now live video into its feed, and why that matters (Wired)
- While the Chinese economy slumps, the rest of the world feels the burn (Washington Post)
- On the inequality of the app economy (TechCrunch)
- Fragmented caretaking – where mobile phones are to blame – can actually impede a child’s brain development (Patch)
- Pixar’s Inside Out takes home Golden Globe for best animated feature film (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Apple pockets more than US$1.1 billion during holiday app frenzy (Digital Journal)
- Move over, Mattel: Australian golfer places US$10-million bid for bankrupt tablet-maker Fuhu (Inc)
- #WheresRey sparks debate: Why toy merchandising is falling behind on the gender-neutral play trend (The Globe and Mail)
- On Funimation’s plans to bring a new anime streaming service to the UK (Wired)
- What modern moms want, marketers aren’t providing (AdWeek)
- How local internet providers must cope with Netflix’s vast global rollout (Wired)
- Social media stars buddy up with brands following Fullscreen-GroupM deal (Campaign US)
- Why Great Britain is the undisputed home to some of the world’s best children’s stories (The Atlantic)
- What CES is bringing to the kids table in terms of tech (Live Science)
- Changes to Canadian TV rules could cost more than 15,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2020 (The Toronto Star)
- Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy renegotiates its long-term loan after seeing a 57% slump in revenues (The Guardian)
- The bright future of TV? Samsung, LG and more unveil new HDR-enabled screens that hold several more shades of clarity (BBC)
- The five tech companies that owned 2015 (Business Insider)
- Smart drones, VR headsets, wearables and connected home products are set to take over CES (CNET)
- Costs of originals bring down Yahoo’s streaming service Screen (The New York Times)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens finally dethrones Yo-Kai Watch for top spot at the Japanese box office (Variety)
- A new face in town: Mark Zuckerberg wants to create his own AI assistant this year (Bloomberg)
- Privacy, intuition and the app-ocalypse: What the tech world has in store for 2016 (TechCrunch)
- As the market for girls construction toys vaults to US$900 million, category leader Lego Friends is here to stay (Wall Street Journal)
- Why Netflix’s rumored January 10 launch in India may not be a cakewalk for the SVOD (Business Standard)
- Star Wars has been a cosmic hit, so why is Disney’s stock down? (Fortune)
- Will 2016 be the year of the drone? (Mashable)
- These are 2015’s most important – and boldest – ideas in interface design (Fast Company)
- Batteries not (only) required: This year’s Christmas toy hits that are being powered by an internet connection (Quartz)
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