If you're all about the robotic electronic supersonic music extravaganza that is Daft Punk, you're in for a treat this week - the first preview of their upcoming album Random Access Memories. This album has been previewed during this past weekend's Saturday Night Live, the name shining forth in a fabulous reveal the likes of which can only have been summoned by this artistic duo. You'll also notice that the album is called RAM.
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Weekend Watching: rediscovered VHS tapes of Woz speaking at 1984 Apple Pi club
Today several bits of a couple of speeches made by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and another Macintosh legend have surfaced via a friendly holder of several VHS recordings of a 1984 meeting of the Apple Pi computer club. These tapes recorded Woz and Apple Employee #6 Randy Wigginton speaking at the Denver Apple Pi computer club back on October 4th 1984, and are being digitized and cleaned for your enjoyment this weekend. Don’t miss the “Pledge of Apple Allegiance”, whatever you do.
YouTube Capture now available for iPad
Google first launched the YouTube Capture app for iPhone back in December. It allows you to record videos and instantly upload them to YouTube with nothing getting in your way. Today, though, Google has added support for the iPad and iPad mini to YouTube Capture. Users can now record videos on their iPad and then directly upload them to their YouTube channel right away.
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LG announces Smart Video eye-recognition tech for Optimus G Pro
Looks like LG is going to be debuting its own eye-recognition technology, possibly to compete with the Samsung Galaxy S IV's rumored eye-scrolling tech. LG's new tech will be available for the LG Optimus G Pro next month in Korea. It will be part of an entire value pack of updates, which includes a new camera feature, a "Magic Remote Pad and Text Keypad", customizable LED lighting, and the first Android emoticons to come in different colors.
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Vimeo on Demand lets content creators charge for videos
Vimeo, one of the top video content sharing websites, is implementing a new feature today that will allow Vimeo users with Pro accounts to sell their videos to their audience. The feature is called "Vimeo on Demand", and content creators can choose whatever content they want to sell, whether its films, episodes, skits, anything for whatever price they want. The sellers are able to sell their content through Vimeo or their own personal website.
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Takes app turns photos into video on the iPhone
If you're one of the hordes of people who enjoy taking video to share using your iPhone, a new app is available on the App Store right now called Takes. The app promises to take your photos and turn them into videos with music from its own pre-defined library or your personal music collection. The videos can then be shared like any other video.
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Google and MPEG LA announce agreement over VP8 video codec licensing
Google and patent licensing company MPEG LA have jointly announced an agreement between them providing Google with a couple different licensing rights, including the ability to sub-license VP8 techniques to VP8 users. This move will make the VP8 open video codec more widely available to users and could lead to a wider adoption of it across video services. Likewise, this also opens the lines for VP9 development, something that has already begun.
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Barnes & Noble NOOK Video expands with Lionsgate, MGM, Paramount, and more
The future for Barnes & Noble's NOOK business looks pretty bleak, but the company is continuing to make the best of what they still currently have by announcing more partnerships for its NOOK Video streaming service. Movies from several big studios will be making their way to NOOK Video, including titles from Lionsgate, MGM, and Paramount, as well as content from National Geographic.
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Roku 3 player unveiled, boasts redesigned user interface
Those who love the tiny, inexpensive, and all-around awesome little set-top box called Roku will be happy to know that the latest edition has just been unveiled, Roku 3. The set-top box features a sleek black design with rounded, slightly tapered edges and the same signature remote that users have come to love. Check out a picture and video of the device, as well as its specs, after the jump.
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Iron Man 3 theatrical trailer unleashes army of Iron Men
Today is the day we continue the Tony Stark saga with the first full theatrical trailer for Iron Man 3, complete with full views of the main villain, plotline confirmations galore, and a bit of a teaser of what's sure to be the final battle of the film. This movie contains much contemplation on the part of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark character and some hard decisions made by both he and his associates regarding the defense of the United States of America. To do this, for starters, they'll be rolling out with Iron Patriot - clad in the stars and stripes of the USA flag on an Iron Man body.
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Microsoft’s Future Vision has you clawing at the walls
Microsoft is gazing into the crystal ball again, with a new Future Vision concept video for how we'll "Live, Work, Play" 5-10 years in the future, and you can apparently expect to be bathed in the glow of a million displays. The concept, the product of Microsoft's freshly-revamped "Envisioning Center", describes a touch and voice controlled home where media can be swiped, flicked, and generally shifted all over the home; your kitchen can identify the vegetables you're holding; and every footstool will be equipped with its own Surface.
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Autodesk launches Socialcam 5.0 for iOS, offers HDR video
Autodesk has released its latest version of Socialcam for iOS, version 5.0. For those who don't know, Socialcam - which is available for Android as well - is an app designed to make sharing videos with friends and various online social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, relatively effortless. With this latest release, Apple device users get some pretty major new features, as well as a couple improvements.
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