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DreamWorks has announced a partnership with Netflix to create Turbo:F.A.S.T  ( Fast Action Stunt Team) based on the 3D movie “Turbo”.  Turbo features the story of a snail, who dreams of competing in a race and accidentally gains super powers due to a freak accident. The show is expected to pick up where the movie left and will showcase the exploits of Turbo in his adventures. The movie is to be released on July 19^th, while the show itself is expected to debut in December, featuring the voices of Ryan Reynolds and Paul Giamatti.  (more…)

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On January 24th, 25-year-old snowmobiler Caleb Moore crashed during the X Games freestyle finals in Aspen. A week later, he died of complications from his injuries. And if you want, today, you can watch the fatal crash in its entirety right on YouTube. It’s been uploaded dozens of times by perverse opportunists, viewed by millions of post-ironic eyeballs, and sponsored by a herd of unsuspecting advertisers. By any measure, it’s one of the most popular snuff films in history. More »

Dan Rose, vice president of Partnerships at Facebook, just took the stage with host Mike Issac here at D:Dive Into Media 2013. In a nutshell, Rose is responsible for relationships with the myriad developers that end up in News Feeds in some way — regardless of whether the program is built for Facebook, or simply a program that shows interactions on Facebook. Right out of the gate, Issac asked about the ever-changing News Feed, and what users can expect from that in the future.

Rose noted that Facebook is constantly “trying to find that perfect equilibrium between a great user experience, while still being enticing to developers. We listen to users on Feedback who tell us if something is valuable. Hiding a post is negative, while Liking or commenting on a post would be positive — sometimes our algorithms don’t hear the user signal fast enough. In those cases, we work closely with our partners so that they understand why we’re making those changes. We want people to continue using Facebook, and the only way we do that is if we keep things interesting and we respond to user input.” In other words, it’s a constant battle between users who don’t want to be spammed by pitches in their feeds, and developers who want to get as much visibility as possible by getting into those very feeds.

He continued: “If a developer says ‘What’s the one thing I should focus on?’, the answer is simple: create great content. We’re spending a lot more time focusing on that, particularly on media content. Recently, we increased the size of photos for news sites — that’s a much better experience. That image needs to be large so that it captures the essence of the brand, rather than a thumbnail. With those larger images, people click more often (around 15 percent more). It does a better job of honoring their content.”

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HTC has released an infographic that aims at ” Bringing Audio Speak to the Masses”. It is quite interesting and covers audio properties that most people are not familiar with, like frequency response curve, signal to noise, or multi-source interference. Interestingly, the infographic ends with: And in 2013, HTC will change your expectations of mobile audio. It’s not new that HTC cares a lot about sound: it recently invested hundreds of millions of dollars in Beats, an audio technology better known for their Beats by Dre headphones (in partnership with Monster) and for their integration into HP’s line of products. We had given high marks to the HTC One X for its audio, and we’re really looking forward to seeing what HTC has done to improve upon that. Now, we also wonder: is audio the primary thing that customers want improved (what about faster OS updates)? What’s your take? Is HTC right to take a stance on Audio? Head to the full page to see it. (more…)

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