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Google releases how-to video to help users get ready for Glass

Google releases how-to video to help users get ready for Glass
  • Posted April 30, 2013, 6:30 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • There are a lot of varying opinions floating around the Internet about Google’s Project Glass from early adopters who were lucky enough to get their hands on a set, but regardless of how you feel about it, Google is turning…

Rdio rolls out a public preview of its video streaming service, Vdio

Rdio rolls out a public preview of its video streaming service, Vdio
  • Posted April 3, 2013, 2:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web, Software
  • Following a few short months in private beta and over a year in development, Vdio, the video streaming counterpart of music service Rdio is making its first public appearance. Initially, only Rdio Unlimited subscribers in the U.K. and the U.S.…

YouTube co-founder announces video collaboration site MixBit

YouTube co-founder announces video collaboration site MixBit
  • Posted April 1, 2013, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
  • Following up from a brief teaser in a Q&A session at SXSW three weeks ago, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley has formally announced his new online video venture, dubbed MixBit. The site itself hasn’t launched yet, but the timing for the…

"X-Ray for TV" lets Kindle, Wii U owners tap to identify actors

"X-Ray for TV" lets Kindle, Wii U owners tap to identify actors
  • Posted March 27, 2013, 2:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Amazon has just expanded its X-Ray service to include television shows. The service will bring Kindle Fire and Wii U episode watchers contextual information from the IMDb at the touch of a finger. Just like the movie-centric version of the…

Canon shows off prototype image sensor that can see in the dark

Canon shows off prototype image sensor that can see in the dark
  • Posted March 5, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • Canon is actively developing a video sensor that is able to see in the dark with just a smidgen of light. The sensor collects light by using very large pixels that have 7.5 times the surface area of the ones…

VESA updates DisplayPort Dual-Mode, pushes 4K UHD over HDMI

VESA updates DisplayPort Dual-Mode, pushes 4K UHD over HDMI
  • Posted February 1, 2013, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • Industry standards body VESA has officially updated its DisplayPort Dual-Mode 1.1 standard to provide better performance, higher resolutions and increased interoperability when hooking up to HDMI and DVI ports through a cable or adapter. Under Dual-Mode, a DisplayPort can output…

YouTube to launch paid channel subscriptions later this year

YouTube to launch paid channel subscriptions later this year
  • Posted January 29, 2013, 11:17 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
  • A handful of popular content producers on YouTube could start charging for channel subscriptions this spring, according to a report on AdAge. The move is intended to lure eyeballs and advertiser dollars away from traditional TV and would kick off…

Plair streams local and web video to any HDMI-equipped TV via Wi-Fi

Plair streams local and web video to any HDMI-equipped TV via Wi-Fi
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, The Web With Video
  • Picking the right media streaming box requires finding a balance between content and features. There are plenty of choices available, but none of them gets everything right -- usually you'll get plenty of popular streaming services with one option but…

Mozilla releases Popcorn Maker 1.0, written entirely in web standards

Mozilla releases Popcorn Maker 1.0, written entirely in web standards
  • Posted November 13, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web With Video
  • Mozilla released version 1.0 of Popcorn Maker during last weekend’s Mozilla Festival in London. The software is a timeline-based video editing application built using the organization’s JavaScript library Popcorn and written in modern web standards.

Video of "accidentally found" iPhone 5 released ahead of launch

Video of "accidentally found" iPhone 5 released ahead of launch
  • Posted September 6, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Apple With Video
  • A YouTube video in which someone compares an iPhone 4S alongside a purported iPhone 5 has reached over a million views in a single day. The camera footage, which could still stand to be the most elaborate iPhone 5 hoax…

Video footage reveals armed raid on MegaUpload founder's home

Video footage reveals armed raid on MegaUpload founder
  • Posted August 9, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web With Video
  • New Zealand-based news channel 3News has released new video footage of the armed raid launched against Kim Dotcom, MegaUpload's former head man. The video was courtesy of an "elite officer" involved in the operation and supports Dotcom's criticism of the…

The Internet Archive offers 1m+ public domain works via BitTorrent

The Internet Archive offers 1m+ public domain works via BitTorrent
  • Posted August 9, 2012, 7:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • The Internet Archive has partnered with BitTorrent to distribute its vast collection of movies, books, live music concerts, radio shows and other free public domain works. Whilst the old HTTP download format will remain, those using torrents will benefit from…

Netflix announces its own content delivery network, Open Connect

Netflix announces its own content delivery network, Open Connect
  • Posted June 6, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
  • As the largest single source of traffic on fixed networks in North America, Netflix accounted for 32.9% of peak hour downstream traffic in the first half of 2012. Netflix says that works out to nearly a billion hours of TV shows and movies streamed per month, and all of those videos are served via...

E3 2012 PC game trailer roundup

E3 2012 PC game trailer roundup
  • Posted June 5, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming
  • With E3 well underway, dozens of fresh game trailers and demos have hit the Web. We've collected some of the most popular videos for upcoming PC releases, including Crysis 3, Far Cry 3, Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Borderlands 2, Dishonored and more. Titles are ordered alphabetically...

Microsoft wants Xbox to be the entertainment hub for all your devices

Microsoft wants Xbox to be the entertainment hub for all your devices
  • Posted May 30, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, Gaming
  • In a pre-E3 pep talk, Microsoft highlighted the Xbox 360's ongoing success and teased some plans to keep its momentum rolling. The company has sold 67 million units since the console launched in 2005, generating over $56 billion at retail and earning Microsoft a 47% share of...

Netflix revamps Web-based video player with new look, features

Netflix revamps Web-based video player with new look, features
  • Posted May 17, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web
  • Netflix has updated its Web-based video player, tweaking the look of existing controls and adding a few new ones. You'll notice that the interface is streamlined with all of the controls on a single line, whereas the previous interface was more disjointed with buttons scattered across two lines...

Weekend tech reading: GTX 690 unveiled, and why is Ivy Bridge so hot?

Weekend tech reading: GTX 690 unveiled, and why is Ivy Bridge so hot?
  • Posted April 29, 2012, 1:47 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • As we mentioned back on Monday, Nvidia was going to be making some kind of GeForce announcement this evening at the Nvida Gaming Festival 2012 in Shanghai, China. Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has just finished his speech, announcing Nvidia’s next ultra-premium video card...

Online movie streaming will overtake DVD sales this year in U.S.

Online movie streaming will overtake DVD sales this year in U.S.
  • Posted March 23, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • For the first time ever, more films will be watched online (legally) than purchased in the United States, according to IHS Screen Digest. The analytics firm estimates that Americans will watch 3.4 billion movies online in 2012, a figure that is considerably…

Microsoft: Internet Explorer is the browser you love to hate

Microsoft: Internet Explorer is the browser you love to hate
  • Posted March 21, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Software, Microsoft With Video
  • "The Browser You Love to Hate" is Microsoft's latest attempt at humility, applying its self-deprecating, signature humor to yet another quirky ad campaign aimed to win back former users of their increasingly abandoned browser. "It's good now. No, really." seems to be…

Microsoft: Motorola and Google are trying to 'kill video on the Web'

Microsoft: Motorola and Google are trying to
  • Posted February 23, 2012, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Microsoft, The Web
  • Microsoft has launched a legal assault against Motorola for requesting unfair patent royalties involving video streaming. Filed with the European Commission, the complaint alleges that Motorola has broken a promise to license patents on industry-standard technologies in a "fair, reasonable…

YouTube surpasses 4 billion video views per day

YouTube surpasses 4 billion video views per day
  • Posted January 23, 2012, 11:37 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • YouTube has announced via an interview with Reuters that they are now serving up 4 billion video views each day on the site. It was less than a year ago that the popular online video site surpassed 3 billion daily…

FedEx responds to employee monitor-tossing viral video

FedEx responds to employee monitor-tossing viral video
  • Posted December 22, 2011, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • FedEx has responded to a video posted on YouTube earlier this week that shows a delivery man literally throwing a computer monitor over a fence and casually walking back to his truck. The clip went viral, amassing over 4.5 million…

Rumor: Apple readying cloud-based movie streaming service

Rumor: Apple readying cloud-based movie streaming service
  • Posted October 13, 2011, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • Apple could launch a new movie service before the end of the year or in early 2012, according to the Los Angeles Times. The paper says representatives from Apple have been meeting with studios to finalize deals that would allow…

Netflix calls off Qwikster plans, DVDs staying at Netflix.com

Netflix calls off Qwikster plans, DVDs staying at Netflix.com
  • Posted October 10, 2011, 10:37 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • Less than a month since making the official announcement, Netflix is calling off plans to divide its streaming and DVD-by-mail services into two separate entities, its co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings revealed today in an emailed statement.

Nielsen survey reveals habits of Netflix and Hulu customers

Nielsen survey reveals habits of Netflix and Hulu customers
  • Posted July 28, 2011, 11:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Despite the growing number of smartphones and tablets that are capable of streaming online video content, the majority of Netflix and Hulu users still stream to a TV screen or a computer. A new Nielsen survey that polled 12,000 streaming…

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