Segment leader Roku announces 13.4 million accounts, 1 billion hours of streaming video and music in Dec 2016

Roku Inc., the leading TV streaming platform, today announced that 13.4 million active accounts streamed a record 1 billion hours of video and music in December 2016 and that Roku customers streamed a total of 9 billion hours in all of 2016. According to Nielsen, in December 2016, Roku accounted for 48 percent of active streaming players in the U.S. For the full year of 2016, the company experienced record growth resulting in nearly $400 million dollars in revenue. The Media and Licensing segment which includes content consumption and promotion, licensing, and advertising sales on the platform exceeded $100 million in high-margin revenue in 2016.

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MCE ships fastest 1TB PCIe-based SSD for Mac Pro (Late 2013)

MCE has given owners of the Mac Pro an option to upgrade the Mac Pro with 1TB PCIe-based SSD storage which should add some life to Apple's Mac Pro. The SSD cost US $700.

he MCE 1TB PCIe-based Flash Storage Upgrade Solution for the Late 2013 Cylinder Mac Pro was designed to take advantage of the super-fast PCIe architecture present in that machine.Hit jump for specifics.

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Adobe Illustrator celebrates 30th anniversary

Adobe is celebrating Illustrator's 30th anniversary. Adobe Illustrator is the marquee creative tool for professional illustrators/ More than 180 million graphics are created with Illustrator CC on a monthly basis. Its output is everywhere, from the billboards you pass on the highway to the packages you see at the grocery. Read more about it here.

Dyson announces a second UK Technology Campus in Hullavington

Dyson announced to begin work on a second Cotswold technology campus, very near its global headquarters in Malmesbury.

The 517 acre space, on former Ministry of Defense land at Hullavington, Wiltshire, will increase Dyson’s footprint in the UK by 10 times. The new campus will enable Dyson to continue creating more high-skilled jobs in Britain, while boosting UK exports.

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