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Vimeo boosts its global credentials with new captioning and translation tools, currencies and more

Nov04
by on November 4, 2014 at 3:36 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Video-sharing platform Vimeo is receiving a number of new features as the company looks to expand its international credentials. With a growing global audience, Vimeo is introducing new translation and subtitling tools, as well as more currency options. Global norming Video-creators can tap a self-service editor, powered by Amara, to create captions or subtitle files for their videos for free, or they have the option to purchase captions and subtitles using professional translators through the service. If you opt to have your videos converted by a pro, you can choose from basic audio transcriptions to full captioning and translations in…

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7 ways to staff a strong social media team

Nov04
by on November 4, 2014 at 2:45 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, hootsuite, How-To's, Social for Business, Social Media

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This post is part of a series titled “Business Social,” and is brought to you by Hootsuite.

Managing your social media as a part of your greater marketing strategy is no easy task. Although social media is much more cost effective than other forms of advertising, the time commitment, resources and staffing required to execute it properly can be quite a commitment for an organization of any size. Every business is different when it comes to internal organization, as well as the goals they are trying to achieve. As a result, the team necessary to properly manage your company’s time, resources, and benchmarks on your social channels vary greatly from organization to organization. Source: Altimeter Group Even…

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Amazon gives Prime members unlimited full resolution photo storage

Nov04
by on November 4, 2014 at 2:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

Amazon today revealed the newest tool its Prime members have at their disposal: Prime Photos. As you might surmise form the name, it’s a cloud photo storage service, and its users get unlimited uploads. The service lets you upload from a plethora of platforms, including iOS, Android, Fire tablets and phones, as well as Mac and Windows PCs. Unlike some other services, users get to upload all their files at their original, full resolution without any data restrictions. Google+ limits your resolution if you want to use unlimited photos, and Flickr gives you “only” 1TB of storage, for instance. While it’s…

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With Open Roberta, Google wants to help German school kids learn to program with robots

Nov04
by on November 4, 2014 at 2:17 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google has launched a new cloud platform in Germany called Open Roberta, as the internet giant looks to simplify “programming for small robots.” With Open Roberta, Google is looking to encourage kids to code using LEGO Mindstorms, which are basically programmable robots. Google has been working with local IT organization Fraunhofer IAIS, which received €1 million from Google.org, to develop the new program  to work on ways to simplify the programming of the robots, and circumvent technical hurdles for students and certified ‘Roberta Teachers’. Part of this involved putting any required software in the cloud and making it open source….

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Sonos’ speaker software update beta brings multi-account support and improved Playbar performance

Nov04
by on November 4, 2014 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Sonos

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Sonos is launching a public beta of the latest software for its wireless home speaker range, which promises to bring a slew of new features, and improved performance to its Playbar soundbar. The update to version 5.2 allows multiple users to log on and play music on Sonos speakers, freeing them from the restriction of single-user control. Finding the right song to play becomes easier too, thanks to improved search capabilities that can sort through all connected music sources, including users’ mobile devices. Android users will be able to control audio playback right from the lock screen. Sonos also asserts that Playbar…

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