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Hunch Introduces Itself to the World

by Jeff Weisbein August 11, 2011
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Earlier today, a New York City based startup called Hunch released a video (below) essentially introducing Hunch to the world. It’s a service that uses information added by its users (e.g. you, your friends, connections, other people with similar tastes as you) to build a “taste” graph of things you like, would potentially like, or not like.

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Comcast + Skype = Genius

by Mike Mansell June 15, 2011
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Video conferencing is by no means a new or unorthodox concept. If you look ten or even fifteen years back, large companies were taking advantage of video communications system to hold virtual and entirely visually interactive discussions and meetings with colleagues around the world.

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Would You Rent Amateur Content from YouTube?

by Jeff Weisbein June 13, 2011
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Relatively recently YouTube started to allow content creators to rent their content to people willing to purchase it.  Now that got me thinking.  Would you rent amateur content?  And if so, how good would it have to be and how much would you be willing to pay?  I’m not sure I would and I create content for [...]

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What’s the Best Webcam?

by Jeff Weisbein June 1, 2011
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Back in 2008, I wrote about the best webcam at the time, but here we are in 2011 and there currently better webcams on the market. So what is the best webcam in 2011? Well, as the technology has gotten better over the years so have these cameras. In fact, some of them are very impressive. I just purchased the Microsoft Lifecam Studio and it’s awesome.

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iPad 2 Unboxing

by Jeff Weisbein March 26, 2011
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It was just under a year ago that I unboxed the original iPad live on stream and now almost one year later I’ve unboxed the iPad 2.  I know I previously stated that I probably wouldn’t be buying an iPad 2, and well, I ended up doing so.  How did it end up happening you [...]

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UStream Producer (Pro) Sucks. Telestream and UStream Should Be Embarrassed.

by Jeff Weisbein November 19, 2010
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Earlier this year UStream announced their own white label version of Wirecast called UStream Producer Pro.  Of course, I bought a copy for $199.  I also bought the $99 HD video plugin.  Approximately $300 later, I had what I thought would be the ultimate in live streaming software.  When I purchased Producer Pro I knew [...]

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New MacBook Air Models Experiencing Kernel Panics and Video Problems

by Jeff Weisbein November 2, 2010
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It appears that there is a rising number of complaints from users who purchased the new MacBook Air with regard to kernel panics, video problems, and other issues that could be related to defective logic boards.  On Apple’s discussion boards there have been several posts about issues with both the 11-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air [...]

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How To: Play DivX and Xvid Videos on the iPad

by Jeff Weisbein August 6, 2010
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CineXPlayer is a new video player for the iPad that allows you to play Xvid and DivX movies straight from the device itself.  It allows you to easily transfer videos to your iPad using the file sharing support in iTunes.  The video above is a step by step tutorial which will show you how to [...]

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Review: Vuzix Wrap 310 Video Glasses

by Rohan Reddy July 31, 2010
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Whenever you think of video glasses, you think of the future. You think of being able to whip out a pair of RayBans and watch your favorite movies and TV Shows. Well we are not yet there style wise, but we do have a line of video glasses from the company Vuzix. The Wrap 310′s [...]

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YouTube to Increase Video Upload Time Limit to 15 Minutes

by Jeff Weisbein July 29, 2010
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According to BoingBoing, YouTube will soon increase the maximum duration of uploaded videos from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.  While this move may not mean much to most people, it will definitely be helpful to those of you who are not YouTube partners who use YouTube as a publishing platform your content.  Obviously, the increase [...]

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