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WhatsApp is now a medium for storytelling

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 7:17 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile

Here’s an interesting sign of the prevalence of messaging apps — and WhatsApp, in particular — in modern life. The soon-to-be-Facebook-owned app is being used as a medium for online storytelling. And a pretty compelling one at that too. While I must confess that this story isn’t my cup of tea, I’ve been surprised at how popular this WhatsApp-themed story on Storiesforyourscreen.com has been, at least among my own friends. Update: It seems that the site is having intermittent difficulties loading, though you can access a cached copy at the URL if it is down. It seems that the clever format of the…

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Ultrakam lets iOS cinematographers shoot at film-quality resolution

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 7:02 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches, Product Reviews

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These days, it seems, everyone’s a videographer. We can attribute (or blame) that phenomenon at least partly on the ubiquity of video on smartphones and consumer cameras. But now there’s a way for mobile filmmakers of all levels to push even harder beyond creative limits. VFXWarrior today launched Ultrakam, the first and only iOS app that can record 2K video—a higher resolution than Full HD. With Ultrakam, you can shoot in either H.264 (iFrame) or M-JPEG codecs to yield up to 2240 x 1672 pixels, or 70 percent more than 1920 x 1080 Full HD. The app’s ability to capture 4:2:0…

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Ultrakam lets iOS cinematographers shoot at film-quality resolution

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 7:02 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Product Launches, Product Reviews

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These days, it seems, everyone’s a videographer. We can attribute (or blame) that phenomenon at least partly on the ubiquity of video on smartphones and consumer cameras. But now there’s a way for mobile filmmakers of all levels to push even harder beyond creative limits. VFXWarrior today launched Ultrakam, the first and only iOS app that can record 2K video—a higher resolution than Full HD. With Ultrakam, you can shoot in either H.264 (iFrame) or M-JPEG codecs to yield up to 2240 x 1672 pixels, or 70 percent more than 1920 x 1080 Full HD. The app’s ability to capture 4:2:0…

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China’s Xiaomi shipped 11m smartphones in first three months of 2014, aims for 60m by year end

Mar31
by on March 31, 2014 at 6:56 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets

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In an indication of the rising popularity of Xiaomi devices, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer has announced that it shipped 11 million smartphones in the first quarter of this year. For comparison, Xiaomi sold 18.7 million smartphones in 2013, up 160 percent from a year earlier and more than its initial target of 15 million devices. Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun earlier stated that the company expects to ship 40 million smartphones for 2014, but says now that it could reach 60 million units instead. He also expects Xiaomi to ship 100 million smartphones next year. The rise in shipments is no doubt being aided by Xiaomi’s…

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