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Enlarge / Grab a phone, strap in, and start watching VR content. VidCon, the largest conference for online video creators, took place this week, and YouTube celebrated by announcing a new VR format. YouTube has supported VR and 360° video for some time, but the format is really hard to do right. The camera rigs are really expensive, and for […]
At today’s Vidcon event, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki rolled out a new format for videos called VR180. Intended to split the difference between 360/VR formats and standard videos, it lets creators shoot videos that are immersive when viewed in a virtual reality headset, but still have a normal perspective — with slight stretching and flattening […]
Today Twitter launched a new way for advertisers to promote a chat experience with Promoted Tweets. Direct Message Cards allow brands to reach users to start an experience with a bot directly in their Twitter feed. “Using a Direct Message Card, businesses can capture people’s attention with engaging image or video creatives, and include up to […]
The Chase star admitted that he had tuned in to Rylan Clark-Neal’s show in the hope of finding a new watchable quizzing gem. However, the 51-year-old was left bitterly disappointed with the ideas behind the programme. In a series of tweets, The Beast wrote: “Looking forward to first ep of @Babushka. Challenge TV has classic […]
Prior to the 2002-03 season, the NBA changed the format of the playoffs, with the first round switching from a best-of-five format to a best-of-seven series. The result has been that almost nothing has changed, especially for the best teams. In the 14 years since the change, 1-seeds are 25-3 and 2-seeds are 27-1 in the […]
Public cloud infrastructure provider Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced a small but helpful update to Amazon QuickSight, its web-based business intelligence (BI) tool for visualizing data. Now it’s possible to export data from a visualization into a .CSV file, which people can use in other software, including spreadsheet apps like Microsoft Excel and Google […]
Remember when Facebook used to routinely change its website layout around and confused / incited anger in everyone every few months? These days it’s sticking to a pretty standard look, but the company does test a few format changes here and there to see what might be worth updating. The latest update appears to be […]
In a cruel twist of the NHL’s divisional playoff format, say goodbye to one of the three best teams in the league in the first round. “I don’t think it was designed for this,” Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Jarmo Kekalainen said. “I don’t think it was intended for this to happen.” The Washington Capitals, […]
(credit: Flickr: Rego Korosi ) If you watch any amount of videos on YouTube, you’re probably accustomed to waiting five seconds before hitting that “skip ad” button. You’re probably well aware of just how annoying it is when that button never appears and you’re forced to sit through 30 seconds of a car commercial even […]
SIMON COWELL is reportedly looking to take legal action against The Voice as the singing show appears to copy X Factor’s Six Chair Challenge format. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
