IMDb is one of the most useful sites on the web. But it’s also one of the most outmoded. Now, two web designers have taken it upon themselves what an IMDb for 2014 would look like—and the results are pretty great. Here’s how they explain their design.
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Last year IMDb updated its mobile application to bring folks HD-quality movie trailers to aid in their cinematic decision making. Today, iOS and Android users living in the US can act on those decisions with the addition of in-app movie ticket purchases. Purchases themselves are processed through Fandango, but doing so merely requires navigating to a preferred movie in IMDb, then choosing your preferred theater and time. The updates are available now, so head on down to the source for the new digital goodies — Monday movie night awaits!
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During my lunch break yesterday, I decided to do a little multitasking and give the kind folks at PayPal a call regarding an ongoing issue I was having with my account. I figured, stupidly, that a company as big as PayPal would have more than three people working the whole of their customer service wing. As the call disconnected two hours and 15 minutes of hold time later—likely because even the automated system got bored talking to me—I realized how very wrong I was. Here’s a quick recap.
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Now you can find out who played that guy Raylan Givens just shot down on Justified without frantically searching the internet while pausing the show.
Amazon’s continuing the steady X-Ray takeover of media today by extending the feature to its TV selection. The latest implementation of the concept, which has already made its way to the company’s e-book offerings, offers up similar functionality to its movie counterpart, harnessing IMDB data to offer up contextual information on actors. The feature’s available as of today for “most popular TV shows” on the company’s Instant Video offering (some of which are also a part of its Prime video selection). And it’s a solid list, too, including: Justified, Downton Abbey, The West Wing, Sons of Anarchy, Falling Skies, American Horror Story, Grey’s Anatomy, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Lost, Glee, Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones. More info on the feature can be found below.
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Amazon is on a roll at its Kindle press event today, unveiling tons of new hardware, but it’s also got some software tricks up its sleeve too: the company just announced X-Ray for Movies, a feature that uses the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) to name the actors for you. As you might know, Amazon already offers X-Ray for books, but this is the first time you can use the feature to get more information about films. To active X-Ray, just pause whatever you’re watching and you’ll see things like actor bios, a cast list and links to other titles (which you can purchase, natch). All told, not exactly a novel idea, but for Amazon, at least, it’s a logical extension for X-Ray. Look for it on the new Kindle Fire HD or the smaller $159 Fire that was also announced earlier.
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IMDB has an updated iPhone app out today which is cool and fine, but one peculiar addition is the ability to “check-in” and share whatever movie or TV show you’re watching. I mean, whatever, Foursquare and Facebook and Yelp were fine, but at what point does the whole check-in trend become overkill? Does every special interest site need a social networking aspect? Maybe it’s just me, but this seems dumb. [TheNextWeb] More »
If you’re a movie junkie, then my guess is that you’ve already used IMDb on the web or on your mobile device in the form of apps. Today, the world’s most popular online movie database is announcing that its app on Android and iOS has already reached more than 40 million downloads. IMDb said that the monthly visits over the last 5 months have reached more than 150 million on a monthly basis. But the Amazon-owned behemoth isn’t resting on its laurels yet. That’s because IMDb is also announcing a few updates to its app for iOS and Android.
The said updates include mobile-optimized message boards, check-ins, similarities, film locations and soundtracks. On iOS, the IMDb app now has an improved TV experience, which should make it easier for users to locate and watch their favorite TV shows. Android users, on the other hand, will now be able log-in using their Amazon account information. Also, IMDb for Android now features personalized recommendations, Metacritic, and movie locations which allow users to check the locations of movies via a map. You can get the apps here.
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