a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Amazon is adding Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime catalogs into Fire TV’s voice search

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 8:16 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

Amazon today announced Hulu Plus, Crackle, and Showtime Anytime will be adding support for their full catalogs into Fire TV‘s unified voice search feature “starting this summer.” The trio join Vevo, which supported the feature from the start to let users find videos without any typing. The Fire TV naturally also supports Amazon’s own movie, TV show, and music video selections. “We’re excited and energized by the momentum we’re seeing with Fire TV,” Amazon Devices Vice President Dave Limp said in a statement. “We’re thrilled to have Hulu Plus, Crackle, and SHOWTIME integrating their full selection of movies and TV…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Laughing Giraffe’s new Soundpix app makes your photos talk

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 7:37 pm
Posted In: Around the Web

222
A tiny subset of photography apps has slowly emerged from the vast pack on Apple’s app store to offer an alternative multimedia experience, a hybrid of stills and video: Images with sound. Soundpix, a free app released today by Laughing Giraffe Technologies, gives you the auditory pleasure of your cat’s meow or your kid telling their absent sibling where to go (nicely, of course) without having to view tedious, poorly shot video footage. Soundpix is not the first app out there to embrace this concept. Shuttersong, for example, lets you attach a music file to your image, while AudioSnaps offers…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Heroku launches bug bounty program with rewards ranging from $100 to $1,500

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 6:43 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, Insider

Heroku today launched a bug bounty program in conjunction with Bugcrowd. Rewards range between $100 and $1,500, with the amount being completely based on the severity of the vulnerability. If a security researcher shows interest in donating their bounty to a recognized charity, Heroku promises to match it dollar-for-dollar. Customer apps are out of scope for the bounty, but Heroku promises to pass information along if security researchers inform the company anyway. “Working with security researchers to ensure the trustworthiness of Heroku’s platform is an ongoing effort of ours,” the company says. Until now, Heroku has merely listed security researchers…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: 
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Microsoft starts letting Windows Phone developers respond to app reviews

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 6:13 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Mobile

Screen Shot 2014-04-02 at 16.37.56
Microsoft today announced the launch of a pilot program that lets Windows Phone developers respond to app reviews. The company says the roll-out will begin this week with a small group of developers who have been pre-selected to participate, though it didn’t say based on what criteria. Developers will be able to respond to reviews posted from Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 devices, in the US only for now. Once a developer posts a response, users will receive the comment via an email from Microsoft. They can then choose to a) ignore the email b) respond to the…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: ,
a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

How to retain mental and creative focus

Apr17
by on April 17, 2014 at 6:09 pm
Posted In: Analysis and Opinion, Around the Web, Entrepreneur, How-To's, LifeHacks

shutter focus
David Hassell is the CEO of 15Five. This post originally appeared on the 15five blog. Have you ever wondered why, when you leave a two-hour meeting you usually have very little retention of what was said? An onslaught of stimuli and information comes our way every day. Why do our minds label some of it as important, and the rest becomes no more memorable than this morning’s Starbucks experience? Lack of focus is not due to too much TV as a child, it’s a function of our Reticular Activating System (also called the extrathalamic control modulatory system, but let’s just call it…

This story continues at The Next Web

└ Tags: