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Amazon’s Fire TV is adding local news in many more cities

The Verge

Back in December, Amazon launched an ad-sponsored news app on its Fire TV platform. At that time, the app offered local news coverage in 12 cities, including New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Miami, and more. The news app now comes built into the Fire TV software, and local news gets its own tab in the app. Austin, TX.

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Why Kansas City Has a Shot at Bridging the Digital Divide

Tech Soup

One element is an infrastructure project installing fiber optical cabling to homes, schools and businesses and gigabit (ultra-fast) Internet, sponsored by Google. The broadband company, CenturyLink , is also building a gigabit fiber network in Omaha, so this is definitely a growing trend. The Community Driven Fund.

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Meet 15 companies that are turning ads and marketing into cultural moments

Fast Company Tech

Airbnb managed to create a product extension through its own cultural intermingling, and now its Icons platform allows guests to book stays in IRL pop-cultural locales. That distinction has allowed the Liberty to not only unlock new sponsors but give them more ways to engage with fans.

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