Friday, January 8, 2016

CES Daily News Recap

TOP STORIES: Oculus Founder: A Cheaper Rift Would Have Been a Mistake; MLB, NBA Commissioners Voic…
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CES Daily News Recap
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TOP STORIES

Oculus Founder: A Cheaper Rift Would Have Been a Mistake

By Janko Roettgers

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey defended the $599 price tag of his  company's Rift virtual reality headset in an interview with Variety Wednesday, saying that it would have been a mistake to make compromises in order to bring down th


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MLB, NBA Commissioners Voice Support for Regulating FanDuel, DraftKings

By Andrew Wallenstein

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred and National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver voiced their support for regulating fantasy-sports websites FanDuel and DraftKings in a joint appearance at CES on Thursday mor


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This Simple Trick Helped Netflix Increase Video Viewing by More Than 20 Percent

By Janko Roettgers

Netflix is obsessed with testing. The video service did more than 150 so-called A/B tests last year, showing different user interfaces and experiences to a small subset of its subscriber base, and then measuring their response. But Net


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Major League Baseball to Stream Live in China Via LeTV

By Patrick Frater

Major League Baseball matches will be shown live in China following a three-year strategic deal struck between MLB and Le Sports.


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Netflix May Offer 'Clean' Versions of Its Shows to Some Subscribers

By Janko Roettgers

Netflix's CES keynote quickly got raunchy when late-night talker Chelsea Handler took the stage Wednesday morning in Las Vegas, with Handler and fellow Netflix star Will Arnett joking about drugs, sex and horse genitalia. The internet


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