How to Turn YouTube Stars into Media Empires: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) Omnivision Entertainment CEO Rob Barnett discusses YouTube stars and talent development in the digital world. He speaks with Betty Liu on “In The Loop.” (Source: Bloomberg)
How to Build an Audience for a Successful YouTube Channel: Video - Bloomberg: (Allow video to load after clicking play or go to link above) RocketJump Founder Freddie Wong and Bloomberg’s Felix Gillette discuss YouTube, short-form digital videos and building an online audience. They speak on "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg Aug28) Instagram Hyperlapse app lets you create amazing time-lapse videos Tech Times Instagram has just launched Hyperlapse, an app that allows users to create professional-looking time lapse videos. The app uses image stabilizing algorithms to make images clearer. (Photo : Instagram). Instagram has just launched Hyperlapse, a standalone ...
Tech Times Amazon won't change a thing about Twitch: Acquisition accepted by Twitch ... Tech Times Amazon has announced that it won't bring changes to Twitch, so everything should stay the same. Furthermore, it appears the Twitch community is quite pleased with the buyout. (Photo : Roja Directa). After it had been announced that Amazon has acquired ...
CNNMoney Samsung unveils smartwatch that can make calls Reuters SEOUL Aug 28 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday unveiled what it said was the first smartwatch capable of making and receiving calls without a mobile phone nearby, in the South Korean firm's latest effort to find a new growth driver.
Telegraph.co.uk Apple to unveil iWatch alongside iPhone 6 Telegraph.co.uk Apple will unveil a smartwatch alongside the iPhone 6 on September 9, according to reports. The technology giant is expected to launch the iWatch at a "big" media event next month, Re/code has claimed. The wearable device could utilise the HomeKit ... Cotap, A WhatsApp For The Workplace, Adds Box, Dropbox, Google, OneDrive And Desktop App | TechCrunch: ".... for a client like a cafe or a hotel, users include not just those in the back office, but those working at the front line of the retail experience. “Think of Cotap on a smartphone as replacing and improving on how a large business might have used a walkie-talkie,” Patterson explains. The Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive integrations that are being announced today are a part of that bigger concept, Patterson tells me, with the idea here being that you can send flyers to staff with information, pictures of lost property, or other communications — as well as the latest marketing strategy...."
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L.A. Unified halts contract for iPads - LA Times: "LA schools Supt. John Deasy suspended future use of a contract with Apple on Monday that was to provide iPads to all students in the nation's second-largest school system amid mounting scrutiny of the $1-billion-plus effort. The suspension comes days after disclosures that the superintendent and his top deputy had especially close ties to executives of Apple, maker of the iPad, and Pearson, the company that is providing the curriculum on the devices. And an internal report that examined the technology effort showed major problems with the process and the implementation."Moving forward, we will no longer utilize our current contract with Apple Inc.," Deasy wrote in a memo sent to the Board of Education on Monday...Under the contract approved just over a year ago, Apple had been expected to provide iPads with Pearson as the subcontractor...." Huawei Is Shaking Up the Smartphone Market - WSJ: "WSJ: Have you ever considered using the Tizen operating system [developed by Samsung and backed by Intel Corp. and others]? Mr. Yu: We have no plans to use Tizen. Some telecom carriers are pushing us to design Tizen phones but I say "no" to them. In the past we had a team to do research on Tizen but I canceled it. We feel Tizen has no chance to be successful. Even for Windows Phone it's difficult to be successful. We have no plans to build our own OS. It's easy to design a new OS, but the problem is building the ecosystem around it."
Speed and Spectators Lead to Twitch, a Gaming Nexus New York Times The website has quickly emerged as the go-to destination for watching video games, drawing tens of millions of viewers each month. On Monday, that success led to a huge payday for the company's founders, as Amazon said it had reached a deal to buy ...
Businessweek Is Apple Prepping a Bigger iPad for 2015? Businessweek Remember when gadgets used to keep getting smaller? Now they keep getting bigger. Apple (AAPL) is rumored to be bringing out a larger iPhone this fall, and now our colleagues at Bloomberg News are reporting that a larger iPad is in the pipeline, too.
Here’s How Amazon Might Take Over Brick-and-Mortar Retail | Re/code: "Broadly, they said the world’s largest online retailer aims to make it easy for a wider array of brick-and-mortar shops to sell on Amazon while giving Amazon shoppers another way to receive orders on the same day they are purchased. The move would extend Amazon’s reach far beyond the virtual checkout aisle to the real ones in your neighborhood."
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