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Cloud, Virtual Reality Among Top Tech Trends For 2016

The tech industry will be a battleground in 2016 for companies seeking to dominate in a host of emerging technologies, from cloud computing to over-the-top TV. The winners will reap the rewards of lucrative new markets. The losers risk being rendered obsolete. What follows is a look at five key technology battlegrounds for 2016: cloud computing, voice user interface, virtual reality, autonomous vehicles, over-the-top Internet TV. Cloud Computing

Facebook, Social Media Is Where Millennials Get News

Chin Lu, 27, doesn’t read print newspapers. In fact, she says the only time she reads any printed material (including books and magazines) is when she has to get on a plane and is about to lose her Web connection. Nor does she tune in to network news. “I never seek out local TV news, ever. All my media consumption is on the Web, or on the phone,” said Lu, who works as a social media strategist at a marketing agency. She also, by the way, graduated

Oracle Q2 Cloud Lifts As Earnings Beat Expectations

Oracle (ORCL) stock was up 1.7% in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the largest Silicon Valley-based software maker posted fiscal Q2 earnings that beat expectations. Revenue for period ended Nov. 30 fell 6% from the year-earlier quarter and just missed Wall Street estimates, but the company showed strong double-digit growth in its rising cloud software businesses. Company executives are expected to give Q3 guidance a little later Wednesday, on