PlayStation 4, Origin, UPlay, and Xbox One gamers all playing multiplayer titles together in harmony? Absolutely, if Microsoft has anything to say about it.

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Spiderman is a big deal, but not even close to the biggest reveals likely to happens in Captain America: Winter Soldier (possible spoilers ahead). Fans of Spiderman have been patiently waiting (no… that’s a lie) to get a glimpse of the web-slinging hero in action and we finally got it in the most recent trailer for Captain America: Civil War. Was now the right time to show him off?

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More and more, people are using their phones for everything they do, leaving their computers behind them. From watching TV to shopping to communication, mobile is quickly gaining market share, and anybody not paying attention will be left in the dust. The number of people that use their phones to listen to music has also increased dramatically every year—so much so that MP3 players have all but bitten the dust. Now that streaming music is finally beginning to reach the masses in an impactful way, everybody’s mobile devices are playing a larger and more important role in their listening habits, and according to a new report, streaming music is even more popular on mobile devices than previously thought.

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The sweet treat is actually all about getting your science straight.

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Unique Identifier Headers remain a problem internationally, but the FCC could drive reforms going forward, and other companies could follow suit.

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Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) is scheduled to report its fiscal third quarter earnings with a release and conference call on Tuesday, March 15th.  (The company’s fiscal years end with May.)  Analysts’ consensus estimates for revenue and earnings per share are $9.1 billion and $2.60, respectively. Once again, we foresee a retrenchment on both metrics. We provide the cheat sheet below presenting our mare detailed understanding of its expected performance., as follows.

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Disney’s ABC broadcasting network has a significant reliance on advertising income, despite of the fact that it is the only major network that does not carry NFL programming. It should be noted that sports programming accounts for more than one-third of advertising income for the major broadcasting networks. Of late, advertisers have been spending more on online and social platforms, thereby reducing television’s share in overall spending. While this has impacted media companies in the past few quarters, broadcasting networks have rather done well with high growth in the scatter market ad pricing.   We expect ABC to post steady growth in advertising in the near term, driven by upcoming events that will impact the overall ad marketplace and garner higher ad pricing for ABC. Ad spending usually follows uneven trends, driven by factors such as sports and political events. Hence, this will turn in favor of broadcasting networks in the near term due to the Presidential election and the 2016 Olympics. This latter event will primarily benefit NBC, as it has has telecast rights for the Olympics through 2032. Regarding the former, 2016 election ad spending on television is expected to grow 16% to $4.4 billion, as compared to the 2012 elections, according to a research by Kantar Media.   And most of the election ad spending on television goes to broadcasting networks and ABC will surely benefit from its proportional share. The figure below highlights the changes in ABC’s revenue and EBITDA over the next three years, according to our estimates.

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