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YouTube for TV redesigned with left-hand guide, emphasis on subscriptions, recommendations, and channels

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by on August 14, 2014 at 5:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Google, Insider

YouTube today announced a redesign of its TV app that makes it easier to find the videos you want to watch from your couch. The big screen app update has already started rolling out to the Xbox One, and the Google-owned company says it is coming to other streaming devices “in the following weeks.” The biggest change is a new guide on the left-hand side that shows you the channels you subscribe to. It’s supposed to mimic the guide you already see on your desktop, phone, and tablet. If you’re signed in, your latest videos from your subscriptions and recommendations…

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How to use technology to grow and expand your non-tech event

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by on August 14, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, How-To's, Social Media

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Stephen Greenwood is a member of the Trillectro Music Festival team. He also works for the mobile app team at GEICO and is one half of the More Than Frnds DJ duo. Three years ago we started a music festival with no budget and no experience. With not much more than a small team and a few MacBooks, we made a splash in a market with behemoths like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Governors Ball. Approaching our third year, we’ve seen a lot of early success, and caught the attention of national media publications like Complex, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post. We owe this mostly to technology…

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How to use technology to grow and expand your non-tech event

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by on August 14, 2014 at 4:36 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Entrepreneur, How-To's, Social Media

People dance during a house music concer

Stephen Greenwood is a member of the Trillectro Music Festival team. He also works for the mobile app team at GEICO and is one half of the More Than Frnds DJ duo. Three years ago we started a music festival with no budget and no experience. With not much more than a small team and a few MacBooks, we made a splash in a market with behemoths like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Governors Ball. Approaching our third year, we’ve seen a lot of early success, and caught the attention of national media publications like Complex, The Washington Post, and The Huffington Post. We owe this mostly to technology…

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Google expands its Safe Browsing service to flag malware that makes unexpected changes to your computer

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by on August 14, 2014 at 4:16 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Google, Insider

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Google today announced it is expanding its Safe Browsing service to protect users against malware that makes unexpected changes to your computer. These threats typically take the form of helpful downloads, but they actually quietly switch your homepage, other browser settings, and in general modify operating system defaults. Google says it will show a warning in Chrome whenever an attempt is made to trick you into downloading and installing such software. The prompts will start appearing “next week” and look just like the warnings for other forms of malware: You can still access the download by going to your Downloads…

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Oculus Rift allows medical students to experience a procedure from a surgeon’s perspective

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by on August 14, 2014 at 4:14 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets

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When Facebook announced its Oculus VR acquisition in March, Mark Zuckerberg said video games would be “just the start” for the company’s virtual reality Oculus Rift headset. But how else could the device be used? Well, how about surgery. As Polygon reports, a project funded by the MOVEO Foundation has allowed surgeons to capture an entire medical procedure from the surgeon’s perspective. Whereas before, a medical student would often need to participate in the surgery – missing some of the process and techniques – the Oculus Rift allows them to relive everything from the lead surgeon’s point of view. The video…

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