One of the problems with making VR experiences feel real is that your if your body isn’t experiencing the same thing as your eyes are seeing, it can all feel a bit fake. Well, Microsoft Research has been working on a number of different solutions to this problem that might help V … | Continue reading
Don’t miss Pep Rosenfeld at TNW Europe on May 26-27th! Get your ticket here. What do you call people who are stretching the limits of their imagination to engineer a new future? At The Next Web, we call them the imagineers. Produced in partnership with the City of Amsterdam, e … | Continue reading
Smartphone users shoot a lot of video, but turning those videos into something special still takes a lot of work. A newly launched app called Videorama aims to solve that problem by offering a powerful video editor that’s also super simple to use. In other words, you don’t need t … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Frank Radice, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, April 29, 2016. Apple dips and Twitter flutters, but the Gang won’t bet against them as new media picks new winners. Plus, the latest G3 with Halley Suitt Tucker, El … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, John Taschek and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 1pmPT/4pmET. Gillmor Gang LIVE chatroom during live show recording Gillmor Gang on Facebook HEREOther Gillmor Gang Studios shows:G3 : Complete catalog of show ar … | Continue reading
It’s not exactly a Netflix or YouTube rival, but AT&T-backed Fullscreen is hoping to carve out its own niche in the now-crowded subscription video market with its new service, launched this week. The $5 per month offering includes a mix of shorter, original content alongside full … | Continue reading
One of the world’s largest children’s mobile app makers, Toca Boca, whose studios have produced apps totalling over 140 million downloads, has been acquired. The company had originally operated like a startup within the 200-year old Swedish publishing firm Bonnier, but has now be … | Continue reading
As the Tribeca Film Festival winds down in New York City, we’re highlighting one of the most tech-driven parts of the event — Storyscapes, which showcased 10 works of virtual reality and interactive storytelling. At Storyscapes, I talked to the creators of Notes on Blindness (whi … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Thursday, April 21, 2016. The sudden death of the Artist Forever Known as Prince reverberates across generations, decades, and the melting pot of pop, soul, funk, and rock and … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today at 11amPT/2pmET. Gillmor Gang LIVE chatroom during live show recording Gillmor Gang on Facebook HERE Read More | Continue reading
VideoBlocks, a stock image and video service that offers both a subscription library and a marketplace for buying individual items, today announced that it is bringing 360-degree video to its service. As VideoBlocks founder and executive chairman Joel Holland told me, the company … | Continue reading
IBM today unveiled some significant strides forward in its bid to be a major player in the world of online and cloud-based video services, three months after the company acquired live-streaming startup Ustream and formed a cloud video unit. AOL (which owns TechCrunch), the Canadi … | Continue reading
How do you sell Hollywood directors on a new drone designed to shoot epic movies? By including ancient martial arts on rooftops, of courseThat's what leading drone maker DJI did on Sunday when it introduced its new Matrice 600 (aka the M600) drone via an inspiring video on YouTub … | Continue reading
Azure Media Services, Microsoft’s collection of cloud-based tools for video workflows, is about to get a lot smarter. As the company announced at the annual NAB show in Las Vegas today, Media Services will now make use of some of the tools Microsoft developed for its machine lear … | Continue reading
Facebook is making big strides in using its artificial intelligence systems for image recognition, but it’s also working on bringing this technology to video. As the company demoed at its F8 developer conference in San Francisco today, it has a team working on automatically taggi … | Continue reading
Frame.io today launched Frame.io for Adobe Premier Pro, an extension that will enable video editors to use the video collaboration tool inside the video-editing program. When Frame.io CEO Emery Wells asked me to join the beta program for the company’s Premier extension, I jumped … | Continue reading
SPONSORED: This sponsored post is produced by BlueJeans. Video is increasingly referenced as one of the most powerful tools within an organization. Join this live executive panel on April 12th and hear from six leading global execs on how they’re using video to empower their busi … | Continue reading
Facebook isn’t done making it easier for you to find live videos on the social network, both on desktop and on mobile. The company announced today that it has updated its search capability to help you discover when someone is broadcasting live. Those Facebook Live videos that bec … | Continue reading
Facebook is making some changes to its livestreaming product, adding features that should make your broadcasts more engaging, shareable, and discoverable. Rolling out over the coming weeks are the ability to broadcast live videos to Facebook Groups and Events, addition of Reactio … | Continue reading
The days of CDs and vinyl might be (mostly) over, but singer-songerwriter Beatie Wolfe is making music physical again, in a very literal way. Wolfe stopped by the TechCrunch New York office to show off her a jacket designed by Mr. Fish, who also created designs for legends like D … | Continue reading
Capturing your life in video on Instagram just got a lot more interesting. The company just announced that it's increasing the video time limit to a full 60 secondsSee also: New Instagram search bar takes stalking to the next levelCompared to the 15-second videos available on the … | Continue reading
We're all familiar with binge-watching shows on Netflix, only to be rudely interrupted by the prompt that asks ... "Are you still watching?"Of course, we're still watching. We're always watching, Netflix.See also: Netflix has tons of hidden categories — here's how to see themBut … | Continue reading
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This weekend, Periscope celebrated its one-year anniversary by revisiting some of the broadcasts that have been on the service. And what an active 12 months it has been. Periscope has gone from being a startup to being acquired to rising to prominence within Twitter’s ranks as a … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Frank Radice, John Taschek, Keith Teare, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 25, 2016. The Gang floats on the border between virtual fiction and greater reality. Plus, the latest G3 w/ Mary Hodder, Rebecca Woodcock, Francine Hardaway, … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – Frank Radice, Robert Scoble Keith Teare, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, March, 25, 2016, at 1pmPT/4pmET.Gillmor Gang LIVE chat during show recordingGillmor Gang on Facebook HEREG3 on Facebook HEREG3 archives on Ustream Read More | Continue reading
Netflix admitted yesterday it’s been secretly throttling video streams for AT&T and Verizon customers – it said to prevent these people from consuming their entire data plan in a matter of hours – and soon it’ll let you opt to do this yourself. Starting in May, Netflix apps will … | Continue reading
Facebook today announced that it’s adding daily measurements of how much people watch videos posted on the social network. Until now, people could see things like the number of views, the number of unique viewers, and the number of minutes that a video was viewed. Now, video publ … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — John Taschek, Dan Farber, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 18, 2016. The Gang predicts an Echological intersection between bots and voice command, while binge viewers plan a surreal TV show in Cleveland. Plus, the latest … | Continue reading
I’ve spent a lot of time over the past few days with the folks at Nike, who were showing off a whole bunch of new and upcoming products at their Innovation for Everybody event. The big attention-getter was the HyperAdapt 1.0 — namely, self-tying shoes. Nike had already toyed with … | Continue reading
I recently sat down with Grammy-nominated rapper Wale to talk about his views on technology, social media, and the music industry. Like most artists, Wale has a dedicated following on all major social media platforms, and has an interesting perspective on how each one gives him a … | Continue reading
Sky has unveiled that it’s opened an in-house VR production studio and its first creation, a look inside F1 racing in Barcelona, will be released on Facebook 360 Video this Friday. To experience everything from the pit lane to the team garages in full, you’ll need a VR headset, b … | Continue reading
Last week I sat down with apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak to hear about his newest creation, Silicon Valley Comic Con. The event, which will be held this weekend at the San Jose Convention Center, will play host to celebrities like Michael J. Fox, William Shatner, and Stan Lee. Wo … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Instagram had an impressive 2015, full of new developments and new revenue streams. It also courted a little controversy. Today, the results of a new study from Quintly reveal Instagram’s current state, how businesses are using it, and what’s happening to both follower … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Daniel Ilkovich, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Friday, March 11, 2016. The Gang joins the hybrid world of thin media, where bots masquerade as us and vice versa. Plus, the latest G3 (below) with Elisa … | Continue reading
Gillmor Gang – John Borthwick, Robert Scoble, Daniel Ilkovich, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session today, Friday March 11 at 1pm PT. Our LIVE chat during the show broadcast Gillmor Gang on Facebook HEREConnect with our other show – G3 – on Faceboo … | Continue reading
This is a pretty neat way to get stuff moving around a bustling city.RMIT Industrial Design student Oscar Fehlberg designed this EsCargo motorcycle concept, coming second at the Australian university's Green Innovators contest. It's powered by a 15 kilowatt electric motor, with a … | Continue reading
Ever wanted to video chat with more than one friend at a time? Well, today you might be in luck as mobile messaging service Line has added support for multiple person video calls. Read More | Continue reading
You think you want robots to make your breakfast, take care of your kids and clean your home, but you're forgetting something about technology — unexpected glitchesThat's the central focus of an award winning new short science fiction film titled The iMom, in which a mother leave … | Continue reading
iFlix, the video streaming service rivaling Netflix in Southeast Asia, has landed $45 million in fresh funding from UK broadcaster Sky. Read More | Continue reading
Skype, the Microsoft-owned video calling service, has quietly announced that it will no longer offer an app for smart TVs from June. Read More | Continue reading
As we approach the inevitable rise of VR we’re going to need some better cameras. The $109 Panoporter might be just the thing. This 1080p device features a single camera and a clever lens system that takes a 360-degree view without multiple cameras. It includes videoconferencing … | Continue reading
Amazon is debuting its first live TV show tonight – a 30-minute daily fashion and beauty segment featuring a former Miss America, an ex-Big Brother star and an MTV presenter as its hosts. From the ‘Style Code Live‘ trailer it looks insufferably cheerful, with Rachel Smith, Franki … | Continue reading
Kids these days don't know the hardships us older folks (that means over 30) had to endure back in the early days of personal computing, like hoping that a 5¼-inch disk still works or squinting at a monochrome monitor. But Windows 95, as old as it is, should still be pretty recog … | Continue reading
The Gillmor Gang — Dan Farber, Frank Radice, Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor. Recorded live Saturday, March 5, 2016. The Gang goes full tilt boogie on the Republican race to the bottom with Trump in the driver seat. In the real time race, Twitter has the nomination lo … | Continue reading
Any modern age marketer worth his salt is under substantial pressure to prove the ROI (return on investment) behind his marketing activities and endeavors. Awash in endless reams of data from dozens of sources, and countless different metrics or signs he/she can measure, it’s no … | Continue reading
Thanks to smartphones and the rise of apps like Snapchat and Periscope, vertical videos have gone from being an annoyance requiring a workaround to a popular and often preferred video file format. That shift has inspired a number of startups to focus on the medium, in an effort t … | Continue reading
J.J. Abrams, best known as the co-creator of TV series “Lost” and director of recent “Star Trek” movies as well as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” is now bringing his love for space exploration to a new documentary series called “Moon Shot” on YouTube. The series will feature the … | Continue reading