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YouTube for Android gets a built-in video trimming feature

Feb27
by on February 27, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Uploading videos through the YouTube app on Android is about to become a lot more useful: you can finally trim videos. Whereas before you’d have to upload a video in its entirety, the Android app now allows you to trim off parts of the video you don’t need or want. When you start uploading, you’ll see a timeline with two control points that lets you to set the beginning and end points of the video. It gets pretty precise too; you can practically trim content at exact frames. Once you’re done selecting your beginning and end points, you can preview your…

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Vimeo for iOS can now stream to your Chromecast

Feb27
by on February 27, 2015 at 3:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Google’s Chromecast is useful, but only insofar as applications actually support it. Today Vimeo is finally adding itself to the Chromecast party, but its currently an iOS-only affair. In order to start streaming, just open a video in fullscreen mode and tap on the Chromecast icon. Once you begin,, you can browse other content on the app while the video plays, should you want to add more content to your queue. No word on Android support yet, but Vimeo says it’s working on bringing Chromecast streaming to additional devices in the future. You can download the update from the iOS…

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Vimeo for iOS can now stream to your Chromecast

Feb27
by on February 27, 2015 at 3:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Google’s Chromecast is useful, but only insofar as applications actually support it. Today Vimeo is finally adding itself to the Chromecast party, but its currently an iOS-only affair. In order to start streaming, just open a video in fullscreen mode and tap on the Chromecast icon. Once you begin,, you can browse other content on the app while the video plays, should you want to add more content to your queue. No word on Android support yet, but Vimeo says it’s working on bringing Chromecast streaming to additional devices in the future. You can download the update from the iOS…

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Does your startup pass the ‘Toothbrush Test’?

Feb27
by on February 27, 2015 at 3:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Shareables, Videos

Last year, Google’s Larry Page urged startups to consider if their businesses pass the “Toothbrush Test.” What does it mean, exactly? Well, let’s just say it requires understanding the art of the metaphor… Vooza – a video comic strip about the tech world regularly shares a new video with you lovely TNW readers. Sign up for Vooza’s email list to get exclusive access to more funny videos like this one. Click here to support Vooza (and receive cool rewards).

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60,000 accounts deleted from QQ, WeChat, Weibo and others ahead of new username regulations

Feb27
by on February 27, 2015 at 2:55 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Insider

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Some of China’s most popular social media sites deleted more than 60,000 accounts in the last 24 hours because they did not conform to the strict new regulations due to be put in place on Sunday. Reuters reported that the country’s top social networks – QQ, Tencent’s WeChat and Sina Weibo – carried out the cleanup after China’s State Internet Information Office (SIIO) announced that new regulations will come into effect. The new rules ban the use of certain nicknames online, including parody accounts or accounts that are impersonating public figures or any username that appears to be fraudulent, violent…

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