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BitGravity superior for delivering HD video and rich media apps
Analysts expect nearly 200% growth of the $800 million content delivery network (CDN) market in 2008. The highly competitive companies trailing behind industry leader Akamai, includes Limelight, Mirror Image, Itiva and Grid Networks. Companies are looking for ways to differentiate themselves in the highly competite market.
Enter BitGravity with their game changing architecture designed specifically for the challenge [...]
Content-Aware Image Sizing
Ariel Shamir of the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science in Israel has developed a promising technology that enables image resizing that is much more intelligent than rescaling or cropping. See the amazing video for details. Hopefully this tool will find its way into Adobe CS4.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Brilliant New TED Conference Website
The TED organization (TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design) runs an invitation-only conference every year for the famous, brilliant and well connected. I’ve been on the waiting list for a few years. Last I subscribed (iTunes Link) to the TED conference video podcasts and have been enjoying the 20 minute presentations each morning on the tread [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Microsoft Surface
Jeff Han presented his Multi-Touch sensing work at the TED Conference 2006 and it looks like Microsoft has turned it into a product. At the D: All Things Digital conference Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled Microsoft Surface, the first in a new category of surface computing products from Microsoft that will “break down traditional barriers [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Break Up
A colleague pointed out to me (thanks Sean!) this brilliant web vignette from Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions in Europe. This makes a brilliant statement about the evolution of marketing in general but is also a brilliant lesson in Web 2.0. Bravo!
The Break UpUploaded by geertdesager
Viddler – Tags and comments on the video timeline
Viddler allows you to add tags and comments at any point in on the video timeline. This is a great feature to find specific points of interest, especially in long videos. Additionally user generated tags and comments make video search more relevant.
While the video is playing you can insert a tag or comments. When [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Video search engine
Blinkx is an advanced video search engine. Fed by automatic spiders that crawl the web for audio video content and content partnerships with over 200 leading content and media companies, blinkx uses visual analysis and speech recognition to better understand rich media content. Users can search for content, create personal TV channels that automatically splice [...]
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