Hasta La Gadget!

Sticky notes are a useful office tool. I can’t get enough of them, and after years of use I don’t know how many I’ve used. However, I can’t say that I’ve ever seen this many sticky notes used in a single animation.

Post It Life was put together by animation master FinalCutKing using no less than 7,000 Post-It notes. The notes are the perfect size to represent pixels of your favorite video game character, giving life to Mario as he jumps, runs, and makes his way through real life office desks and hallways. Pac-Man and Tetris stop by for a little fun too.

A word to the wise: always keep your sticky notes entertained!

[via designboom]

While hardware manufacturers like Sony and Vizio have been hard at work making new Google TV devices, the folks in Mountain View have been in the lab cooking up new software features for the platform. We got to speak with Google TV’s VP of Product Management Mario Queiroz today, and he shared a couple of tasty tidbits with us.

Firstly, he informed us that there’s now a New Releases section in GTV’s listings, which makes it easier than ever to find the latest and greatest movies. Additionally, it turns out that GTV’s taking a page from the Nexus Q and YouTube Remote playbooks to let users control YouTube videos on the big screen from their phones and tablets. Essentially, you’ll be able to bring up a video on your mobile device and have it populate on your TV with the tap of a finger. However, unlike Apple’s AirPlay — which delivers a similar UX by streaming video from a mobile device to an Apple TV — Google’s tech simply has your Google TV device stream the video directly from the web. Naturally, Mario wouldn’t dish out any more details about new feature, nor would he say exactly when this functionality will be pushed out to the public, but rest assured we’ll let you know when it does.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Software

Google TV now lists movie New Releases, to let users control YouTube vids from phones and tablets originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google is rolling out a string of updates today, particularly for its Nexus Q, YouTube app, and Play Movies & TV apps. So what’s exactly new with the Nexus Q app? Version 1.0.8.406084 now supports earlier system versions of Android as well as improvements to the social mix (guest mode) feature. The YouTube app, on the other hand, is now updated to support Nexus Q on Android 4.0 and above devices, as well earlier versions of Android.

This means that you can now turn your good old smartphone into a remote control to play your favorite YouTube videos on other devices. And as for the Google Play Movies & TV app, apart from a few bug fixes, the newly updated version has been tweaked to allow faster downloads. Google is also addressing a reported playback failure on some LG devices with the update. The updates aren’t that huge, but these baby steps will eventually turn into giant leaps in the long run – hopefully.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Nexus Q stock sold out, Nexus Q in stock at the Google Play Store,

The Nexus Q media streamer might not have generated the same kind of mania as the Nexus 7 tablet, but it’s still good news that Google is now shipping its mysteriously social orb. Google Play has the Q in stock and expects new US orders to arrive on doorsteps within the next three to five days. We’re not expecting the kind of runaway sales of the $299 hub that have made the more utilitarian Nexus 7 hard to find, but anyone who spends a lot of their leisure time in the Google media ecosystem might appreciate the integration. Alas, that made-in-the-USA design still isn’t available outside of the USA, so those in other countries will have to make do with alternatives.

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Nexus Q starts shipping in earnest from Google Play, social streaming reaches our doors in five days originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:10:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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YouTube may be looking to encourage users to use their real identities and names when posting comments on videos in the future. According to Wired, whenever you upload a new video or post a comment, YouTube will ask if it can use your real identity that has been associated with your Google+ account. Users can opt out of using their real names, although YouTube will then ask why they declined.

In addition, YouTube will offer up past comments for review to make sure you want them associated with your real name. The company is reportedly trying to clean up its image for potential advertisers and filmmakers, as some videos invite walls of negative comments. If Google’s insistence on using your real name bothers you, then there’s always the opt-out option, and the company says the feature is restricted to the United States for now.

Still, it will be rolling out internationally in the near future. It marks the fast expanding single identity and tight integration that Google is rolling out across all its services, spearheaded by Google+. Some have been vocal about the changes, but that hasn’t stopped 250 million users from registering with the service, with around 150 million accessing Google+ every day.

YouTube coaxes out real names to combat comment cruelty is written by Ben Kersey & originally posted on SlashGear.
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