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Euro 2016: Should You Block Live Streaming On Your Network?
Live streaming can impact network performance, create security risks and harm productivity. But it can also improve morale. Should you block or restrict it?
What We Learned When We Chilled With Netflix’s Top Innovator
4K HDR, algorithms, a rocketing user base, and virtual reality – what’s Netflix up to in 2016?
Spotify Ends Data Centre Foray With Google Cloud Deal
Spotify signals the end of its own data centre programme with move to the Google Cloud Platform
Has Your Spotify Account Been Hacked?
Spotify denies it has been hacked, but hundreds of user details have been leaked in online data dump
Avoiding First And Down On Super Bowl Sunday
How can businesses cope with spikes of traffic and avoid dreaded downtime?
10 Of The Best Music Apps
We want the funk - go grab it with our guide to the best music apps around
Chicago Introduces ‘Cloud Tax’ For Streaming And Cloud Storage Services
Consumers to be hit with 9 percent price hike as Chicago Department of Finance's new legislation affects Netflix, Spotify
The Dirty Cloud: IT Will Account For 12 Percent Of Global Electricity Use By 2017
Greenpeace report says mobile device boom and slow-acting tech giants such as Amazon are slowing cloud computing's green transformation
Netflix Denies Change To VPN Policies
Netflix denies caving into pressure from Hollywood and TV studios over geographic licensing issues
Apple Targets Music Streaming With Beats iOS Integration
Apple looks to take on the likes of Spotify by rolling Beats Music subscription service into iOS
Amazon Fire TV Stick Challenges Chromecast
The e-commerce giant's latest product is a TV dongle that streams Netflix, Spotify and more
Windows Phone To Get Its Own Chromecast
Microsoft is developing an answer to Apple TV and Chromecast with the Miracast Dongle for Windows Phone
Amazon Fire TV Targets Apple And Google
Amazon releases its Fire TV device that can instantly stream thousands of films and TV series to viewers
Google Invites Developers To Build Chromecast TV Apps
The amount of media content available on Chromecast is set to increase, but no information on the UK launch yet
Intel Confirms Web TV Move
Watch out Netflix and Lovefilm as Intel confirms a virtual TV service to stream content to home TVs
Virgin Media Broadband Advert Provokes ASA Ban
Virgin Media has once again fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority
Google Halts Arrival Of Nexus Q Streaming Device
Google has indefinitely postponed the arrival of its media streaming device in order to “make it better”
CeBIT 2012: IBM Announces Cloud-Based Desktop Streaming
With a USB stick and a cloud service, IBM is offering a secure enterprise desktop
Google To Take On Apple With Home Streaming System
Google is to challenge Apple and Microsoft with a Wi-Fi-based home entertainment system
YouTube Launches Film Streaming Service
YouTube is now offering users the chance to stream up to 3,000 films to their computers
Royals’ Decision To Wed Online Sets Internet Records
The wedding of William and Kate made online connections glow with activity but proved too hot for the BBC
Blackwave Delivers Internet Video To Juniper
Juniper is buying Blackwave's intellectual property to bulk up its growing Internet video delivery capabilities
YouTube Tests Live Streaming Service
YouTube has launched a two-day trial for its yet-to-be-released live streaming platform
Daily Show Dropped From Hulu TV Service
Comedy Central programmes "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" will be dropped from Hulu starting on 9 March, after a rights dispute