• NEWS
    Google Arts & Culture, Tourism Ministry Partner on 360-Degree ‘Incredible India’ Video

    Google Arts & Culture has partnered with the Ministry of Tourism to unveil a 360-degree virtual reality video for the global ‘Incredible India’ tourism campaign. As part of the partnership, Google Arts & Culture will provide users with an immersive 360-degree view (seen below) of India’s heritage, festivity, spirituality and adventure. The video showcases a 360-degree view of […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    This video shows the iPhone X’s crazy app switching swipe

    The iPhone X is about to be released, and somehow, either officially sanctioned or otherwise, a handful of videos have appeared showing different functions of the device. What follows is a short video showing the novel way users will switch apps on the iPhone X. Since the iPhone X does not have a home button, […]

  • COMPUTERS
    When Video Game Consoles Wanted (and Failed) to Be Computers

    Image: Scan of Intelivision owner manual. A lot of early video game consoles secretly wanted to be home computers, too. Their makers either sold keyboard add-ons or failed miserably in the process. A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. Of all […]

  • ALL DEALS
    Finally, Mobile Live Video Streaming Comes to YouTube

    Six years after YouTube featured live-streaming for desktops in 2011, the company finally decided to bring the app to mobile. YouTubers around the world have been waiting for this feature since the company announced it in June of 2016. It is here, but with a caveat. You need more than 10,000 followers to use the […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Viber Adds Video Calling for Android and Apple Devices

    Viber, the VOIP service purchased earlier this year by the Japanese eCommerce company Rakuten, now has the ability to make Viber video calls on mobile. Previously, Viber users could only make video calls using the app’s desktop platform. Mobile Viber users – both iOS and Android – were limited to making voice calls and sending text […]

  • COMPUTERS
    VideoBlocks Gives Video Editors, Designers another Option

    Usefulness Functionality Price Summary VideoBlocks is good resource for all things stock footage. Use it to access studio-quality videos, templates and backgrounds for your advertisements. VideoBlocks is a stock video footage media company that allows you to pay an annual subscription for unlimited access to its catalog of audio clips, images and of course videos. […]

  • NEWS
    Yes, You CAN Now Make Video Calls on Slack

    Team messaging platform Slack is introducing video calls to its range of features. For Slack, which has been described as an instant messaging and collaboration system on steroids, the addition of video calling has been a long time coming. But now that it is, watch out! Slack has a great messaging system, collaboration features and […]

  • Top 10 Interesting Microsoft Products for Small Businesses (Video)

    Recently I visited the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond as part of its Small Business Ambassador tour (I’m one of the Small Business Ambassadors).  While there I learned about some new Microsoft products I’d never heard of, and got a deeper look at others I already knew about. Here are 10 Microsoft products for small businesses (or […]

  • COMPUTERS
    Channel Your Spielberg with Renderforest – The Free Online Video Software

    Usefullness Functionality Price Summary Renderforest is a free online animated video and slideshow maker. The online platform allows both businesses and individuals alike to quickly, easily and affordably create logo animations, slideshows, explainer and promotional business videos, and much more In many cases, when people hear of free online things, the first thing that comes […]

  • NEWS
    VideoBlocks Gives Video Editors, Designers another Option

    Usefulness Functionality Price Summary VideoBlocks is good resource for all things stock footage. Use it to access studio-quality videos, templates and backgrounds for your advertisements. VideoBlocks is a stock video footage media company that allows you to pay an annual subscription for unlimited access to its catalog of audio clips, images and of course videos. […]

  • ELECTRONICS
    Yes, You CAN Now Make Video Calls on Slack

    Team messaging platform Slack is introducing video calls to its range of features. For Slack, which has been described as an instant messaging and collaboration system on steroids, the addition of video calling has been a long time coming. But now that it is, watch out! Slack has a great messaging system, collaboration features and […]