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Twitter is reportedly planning to spread its ads to third-party sites

Jan10
by on January 10, 2015 at 12:53 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Social Media

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So here you thought because you were wise enough not to get involved with Twitter, you would also escape the long arm of its advertising schemes. The joke may be on you. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Twitter, in a presentation to media buyers at CES, is planning to rope even non-users of its service into a new ad strategy. This involves selling ads embedded within tweets on third-party publishers’ sites and apps wherein Twitter would split the ad revenue with those publishers. The idea is that Twitter already gets a huge number of eyeballs outside of its…

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#CES2015 Recap: Selfie mania punctuated with 4K curved TVs, concept cars and drones

Jan09
by on January 9, 2015 at 11:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Insert joke about how quickly the week flew by like drones at CES. Napier, Robbie and I had a great time covering CES this year! As we look back at the week that was CES 2015, here’s some of biggest news to come out of Vegas, along with the silliest things off the show floors. For those who missed our daily recap, check them out below: Day 0 | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 Cool beans US-based TV watchers were excited by this week’s announcement of Dish’s Sling TV — a $20 per month subscription service to select cable channels.…

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Become a better snowboarder with these motion tracking bindings

Jan09
by on January 9, 2015 at 9:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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CES had so many things to put on your wrist. Some were cool, most were just a waste of money. But nearly all of them want to tell you how many steps you take. Fortunately, some tracking devices don’t need your wrist and are ready for more than just a way to see how far you walked (spoiler, I walked a lot at CES). The XON Snow-1 bindings track your snowboarding form with a flex sensor that attaches to your snowboard and load-balance sensors in each binding to track your balance. The data, in conjunction with the Bluetooth-tethered companion app, can…

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The PufferSphere M ball display is the non-headset way to see 360 degree videos

Jan09
by on January 9, 2015 at 8:32 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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The 360-degree market is exploding thanks to VR headsets like the Oculus Rift. But while more and more cameras are being shoved into the market, beyond cramming your eyes into a headset or watching on a flat screen, there’s few ways to watch these videos in a fun, dynamic way. Pufferfish’s PufferSphere M is a video ball that lets you navigate a 360-degree video as if it were a globe. Just scroll with your fingers to peer around the video scene. While it can be a little odd, if you’re a business trying to display a 360-degree video, this is an…

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