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Sky’s NOW TV box finally gets a YouTube app

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by on August 1, 2014 at 8:50 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates

Sky has announced that users of its Roku-made £10 streaming NOW TV box can now download a YouTube app for the device via the Roku Channel Store for the first time. While it’s not a big update, the addition is significant; the NOW TV boxes cost just £10 because they allow Sky to potentially increase the number of paying subscribers for its NOW TV Entertainment, Movies and Sports packages. However, the downside is a more cut-back list of app options than you would find on a Roku-branded device. With YouTube now joining BBC iPlayer, 4oD, ITV Player, Demand 5 and a number of other channels…

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Why China’s top tech firms are investing in Silicon Valley: the Alibaba example

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by on August 1, 2014 at 7:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia

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For a look at how Chinese tech firms are increasingly making a mark on the US tech scene, just turn to e-commerce giant Alibaba. Alibaba is well on its way to recording the world’s largest ever tech IPO in the US, which may explain its increased activity there — but it is definitely not the only Chinese company eyeing the US tech scene. Chinese firms’ big US hires To that extent, Alibaba has been extremely active in the US tech scene, as a series of recent events show. It is not obviously carving its way into the US — its very…

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