Video: This Exquisite Forest: Introduction”This Exquisite Forest uses several of Google Chrome’s advanced HTML5 and JavaScript features to produce a unique content creation and exploration experience,” says Aaron Koblin on the Google Blog.
“For example, the Web Audio API makes it possible for contributors to generate music to accompany their submissions. The project also runs on Google App Engine and Google Cloud Storage.”.
An accompanying installation will open on July 23 in the Level 3 gallery of Tate Modern.
Trees seeded by Tate artists and public contributions will be on display as large scale projections.
HootsuiteFans of social media management interface Hootsuite can officially rejoice.
Other victims inside the theater posted on social media that when they first saw the tear gas smoke rise up they thought it was special effects.
They can also select and share specific text and images found on websites with Custom Content Sharing (Chrome only feature).
Right click and select “Share current page via HootSuite Hootlet using selected text”.
The quote is then pasted into Hootlet’s Compose Box with a shortened link to the website.
Sharing images: Right click an image and select “Share image via HootSuite Hootlet.
The text “[image]” and the link to the uploaded image will then appear into Hootlet’s Compose Box.
LinkedInLinked introduced the latest version of its Homepage on Monday.
The landing page, which has been completely redesigned, offers a more visual and easier scanning and navigating experience, with the most relevant updates and articles showing at the top of the feed.
“This is just the beginning of many more exciting, new features we plan to bring to the Homepage to offer more customization and functionality this year,” says Product Manager Caroline Gaffney on the LinkedIn Blog.
“We look forward to making the LinkedIn Homepage your go to destination to discover and discuss what matters to you, your industry and your professional network around the world.”.
Paper.liContent curation platform Paper.li launched its new premium service for publishers on Wednesday.
Paper.li Pro is a paying upgrade that allows users to take their papers to the next level with several features: extended branding (custom banner or company’s logo with hyperlink), custom advertising and increased editorial control.
TwitterTwitter introduced new navigation features in TweetDeck, its desktop application, on Tuesday.
) that allows you to implement several actions without having to leave your main column view: create links, block and report Tweeps for spam, add an account to a list, delete your own Tweet, etc.
Twitter also released a new version of its Twitter for Blackberry app earlier this week.
Arabic and Hebrew), expanded Tweets, and full resolution images and RIM maps for geolocated Tweets.
Here they are below:Blogs we Follow allows users to display the blogs they follow via the WordPress.com Reader — either as a grid of images or a series of links.
Many of the users spreading the 9gag/shooting connection link to this image, which, in 9gag fashion, contains text overlaid on a photograph, saying, “Tomorrow we will kill everyone during the new Batman premiere in Colorado people will die for the glory of le 9gag army .
Posts we Like shows visitors the latest posts that a blogger has liked as an image grid or a series of links.
Our Community lets users highlight all the activity happening on their blogs (comments, likes and/or new followers).
Gravatar Profile automatically pulls in and displays a user’s Gravatar profile information (photo, bio, verified services, and custom links).
Users can choose to measure top posts views or by likes, and display the list as text, text with images or a visual grid of larger images.
YouTubeYouTube added Face Blurring to its list of features on Wednesday.
Here is how the feature works:Choose the video you want to editClick the “Enhancements” tab, which is located between “Edit” and “Annotations”.
Click “Additional Features” under the video and then the “Apply” button below “Blur All Faces”.
When you “Save As”, a new copy of your video will be created, in which all faces are permanently blurred.
“This is emerging technology, which means it sometimes has difficulty detecting faces depending on the angle, lighting, obstructions and video quality,” says Amanda Conway, YouTube policy associate, on the YouTube Blog.
“It’s possible that certain faces or frames will not be blurred. If you are not satisfied with the accuracy of the blurring as you see it in the preview, you may wish to keep your video private.”.
The analysis looked at the 260 most popular YouTube videos over a 15 month period —January 2011 to March 2012 — Japanese earthquake and tsunami were some of the most searched videos on the site.
The linking ability has been extended to Change.org, Donorschoose.org, RocketHub and Causes.
Finally, members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program will soon be able to learn more about YouTube thanks to the YouTube for Good team’s upcoming series of online trainings via Google+ Hangouts on Air.
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