Oh M8, you've grown up before our eyes. It seems like just yesterday we were looking at your early incarnations and their uncanny similarity to certain other devices. And how could we forget those times we spent together waiting for you at trade shows, and mocking checking out your early hardware? And now look at you, all grown up and caught on video doing your thing. You know what? This actually looks pretty damn nice. Sure, the obvious major iPhone influence is still there, but we have to say, Jack Wong and co. have done a pretty good job of smoothing out this UI -- and we didn't expect to see multitouch working this nicely. Of course, the clip says more than we ever could, so go and wrap yourself in your grandmother's afghan, grab a steaming cup of coffee, head out to the porch of your 19th century farmhouse, and just listen to the wind chimes and smooth sounds of this video as you take a tour of the Meizu M8... after the break.

[Via MP4 Nation Blog]

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You would think that the highest-rated Comedy Central show of all-time would either be an episode of South Park or one of the nightly news satire programs, The Daily Show or The Colbert Report. It's actually none of those. The biggest audience-getter was a Christmas special featuring various puppets.

The Sunday debut of Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special grabbed 6. 6 million viewers. South Park held the record before and is now in second place.

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ATLANTA----Internap Network Services Corporation , a global provider of end-to-end Internet business solutions, announced today its Performance IP™ network and data center colocation are powering innovative services from ActiveVideo Networks™ to enable the seamless delivery of Web-infused television programming via existing set-top boxes and Web-connected consumer electronics devices.

Mark Pilgrim is back telling us what is new in the world of HTML 5 and focuses on changes with the video tag and API:

The big news this week is a major revamping of how browsers should process multimedia in the <audio> and <video> elements.

r2404 makes a number of important changes. First, the canPlayType() method has moved from the navigator object to HTMLMediaElement (i.e. a specific <audio> or <video> element), and it now returns a string rather than an integer. [canPlayType() discussion]

The canPlayType(type) method must return the string “no” if type is a type that the user agent knows it cannot render; it must return “probably” if the user agent is confident that the type represents a media resource that it can render if used in with this audio or video element; and it must return “maybe” otherwise. Implementors are encouraged to return “maybe” unless the type can be confidently established as being supported or not. Generally, a user agent should never return “probably” if the type doesn’t have a codecs parameter.

Wait, what codecs parameter? That’s the second major change: the <source type> attribute (which previously could only contain a MIME type like “video/mp4″, which is insufficient to determine playability) can now contain a MIME type and a codecs parameter. As specified in RFC 4281, the codecs parameter specifies the specific codecs used by the individual streams within the audio/video container. The section on the type attribute contains several examples of using the codecs parameter.

Video and the Open Web is a huge issue. The idea of having video be a native object that other components can integrate with (e.g. rotate in canvas) is great. We need codecs implemented. We need penetration. We need more.

In their own words

“Convert online YouTube videos direct to PC, iPod, iPhone, PSP and Mobile.”

Why it might be a killer

It is a simple yet effective tool that can be used freely.

Some questions

How could this web-based solution be improved?

What it does

There is a fair number of online applications that aim to make the experience of using YouTube a more realized one. Preeminently among them are the tools for capturing and converting video files stored at the popular hosting service. The one we are discussing right now falls squarely into that category.

In general terms, all you have to do is cut and paste the corresponding YouTube URL into the provided box and hit the “Convert & Download” button. It is really as easy as that. There is not a lot to worry about, but there is not a lot to configure either. In a certain sense, I guess that is the idea of the site. And the one aspect that can be modified is actually the one that should not be bypassed, namely the file extension. This is important if only because it will enable you to rest assured the converted file will be viewable in different setups (like PCs and Macs) and devices (like iPods and iPhones).

At the end of the day, it is always nice to know that there are free services like this one available on the WWW. You always end up needing them when least expected, and that is a fact.



Link: http://www.convertmytube.com
Our Review: http://www.killerstartups.com/Video-Music-Photo/convertmytube-com-convert-youtube-videos

 

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Hana Pestle is out with the video to her debut single 'These Two Hands', off the Billings, Montana singer songwriter's self-titled EP, out now on FNR Records. Hana is currently working on her debut...

Here’s a demo of some thoughtful UI on Ffffound.com.

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Dream Evil are out with the live video for 'The Book Of Heavy Metal', taken from the Swedish metal group's CD/DVD 'Gold Medal In Metal (Alive & Archive)', out now on Century Media. Watch it...

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Decortica are out with the video to their new single 'Macchina', off the Auckland, New Zealand alternative rock group's debut album 'A New Aesthetic', out now on Universal Music. Watch the Leah...

Attic Lights are out with the video to their new single 'Late Night Sunshine', off the Glasgow, Scotland indie rock group's debut album 'Friday Night Lights', out now on Island Records. Watch it...

Avant Break Ya Back (In A Good Way) Video - Avant has debuted a music video for his new single “Break Ya Back (In A Good Way).” The song is off the singer’s self-titled fifth album that will be released on December 9, 2008 via MJM and Capitol Records.The video fails on many levels:lack of [...]

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Fans might remember the original TV show Cupid, which starred Jeremy Piven long before Entourage made him a household name and he won a bunch of Emmy awards. It was about a seemingly ordinary guy who might just have been the magical guy who gets lovers together (or maybe he was just crazy). There's a new version coming to ABC from Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas, and the trailer for the show is after the jump.

This one stars Bobby Cannavale, and it seems to be...quirkier than the original? Not that the original wasn't quirky, but there was something very down to earth about it. This one seems like it might be forcing that quirkiness. I'm not sure if it's going to be a comedy, a drama, or the dreaded dramedy, so I'll throw it in both categories. It has a good cast though.

Studio 60 fans will recognize Sarah Paulson. I'm sure her character will be just as beloved in this show as she was in that one.

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