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TVSync’s Open API Uses Video and Audio Recognition Across All Four Screens

Tech Zulu Event

TVSync’s parent company Voible , has provided fingerprint protection technology to most major movie studios and TV networks since 2005. The platform allows users to sync content and commands across all four screens — the smartphone, tablet/pad, computer and TV. What does that mean? The content is instantly identified.

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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

billion caused me to recall an awkward meeting I had in 2005 with a particularly clueless group of cellular executives. Cool stuff for circa 2005, unless you were an idiot working for a cellular carrier. The recent purchase of Skype by Microsoft for $8.5 Their utter stupidity is a bit disheartening, but highly instructional.

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StoryBots And The Future of Learning,With Gregg Spiridellis, JibJab

socalTECH

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. Gregg Spiridellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005.

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StoryBots And The Future of Learning,With Gregg Spiradellis, JibJab

socalTECH

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). The mythology of StoryBots, is that they are these little creature who live behind our screens. Gregg Spiradellis: We were producing viral video hits in 2005.

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Interview with Sherry Gunther, Masher Media

socalTECH

We spoke with Sherry Gunther, CEO and founder of the firm, earlier this week to get a better look at the company and the dynamics behind the virtual world market nowadays--as well as why Sherry decided to make the jump from the world of entertainment media to online. I found the process incredibly great. There's always technology involved.

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63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of

SoCal Delicious

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Charlie Capen – Co-founder of HowToBeADad.com.

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

Both Sides of the Table

When I started my second company in 2005 we decided to do everything differently. It’s the input screens where we enter data or search requests. It’s the screens that pop up our restaurant locations, calculate our exercise outputs or show us our bank balances. I see the same again with the entertainment industry.

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