Market Reality: Perfect Corp. & EchoPixel Close Series A Rounds on Interactive Apps
Investors are ready to throw their money at augmented and virtual use cases that demonstrate a business purpose and a return on investment.
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News: Forget CNN or FOX, WhatsApp Is Now a Popular News Source
According to a new study from the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford, people are getting their news from ... unexpected sources. Put away your CNN app and stop checking the New York Times because a familiar app is now keeping you up to date on current events: WhatsApp.
Market Reality: Analysts Continue to Paint Rosy Picture for Augmented Reality Industry
While the numbers may not always seem to agree, the message remains the same: augmented reality is a growth segment. This week's edition of Market Reality starts with two new reports outlining the expected good fortunes for the industry and concludes with an example of a company capitalizing on their own growth.
How To: Use Google's Android Market on an HTC Droid Incredible
The Google Android Market offers you thousands of free and for purchase applications to download to the HTC Droid Incredible cell phone. In this video, Verizon Wireless shows you how to navigate the Android Marketplace and download the newest and coolest Android apps.
How To: Import media into Avid Media Composer 5
Learn how to import audio, video and images into your Media Composer 5 projects. Whether you're new to Avid's popular non-linear editor (also known as "The Avid") or are a seasoned digital video professional just looking to better acquaint yourself with Media Composer 5, you're sure to enjoy this free software tutorial. For detailed instructions, and to get started importing media into Media Composer 5 yourself, take a look.
How To: Try the stock market without investing money
This is an interesting way to "play" the stock market without really playing it. Basically, it's a hypothetical way to learn a little bit before you start investing. Use Google finance.
How To: Get a career in affiliate marketing
Big business is on the web these days and you don't have to build a shopping website or blog to get involved.
How To: Reconnect media files to Windows Media Player
New to Windows? This computer operating system could be a bit tricky for beginners, but fret not, help is here. Check out this video tutorial on how to reconnect media files to Windows Media Player.
Market Reality: Nreal Light Goes Hollywood, Coronavirus Disrupts AR Industry, & Apple Takes on Snapchat
Smartglasses startup Nreal enjoyed some highs and endured some lows this week, as the company landed a product placement with Kevin Bacon but then faced production issues related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Market Reality: Microsoft Debuts HoloLens 2 AR Clones, Samsung Posts Smartglasses Patent, & Intel Depth Cams Get Cheaper
The longer it takes Apple, Snapchat, Facebook, and other tech giants to build their own version of augmented reality headsets and smartglasses, the longer runway of practical experience Microsoft gains with the HoloLens and its sequel. The latest example: AR cloning.
Marketing: Snapchat Sells Advertisers on Augmented Reality with New E-Commerce Features
In an effort to help its advertising partners close sales with its sponsored augmented reality camera effects, Snapchat has launched a set of e-commerce tools designed to encourage users to buy products directly in the app.
Market Reality: Apple Presents Bright Future for AR, While Snap Shows Reality of Glum Present
We may have to wait a few years before they arrive, but reports of Apple's headset taking shape in Cupertino gives the tech world hope that its white knight for consumer AR is on its way.
Market Reality: AR Investors & Influencers Respond to Apple's Big AR 'Meh'
The launch of the latest line of iPhones came and went without major revelations for advanced AR hardware other than the next iteration of processors and cameras.
Market Reality: Immersv Closes Funding Round While Lampix Completes Coin Offering
This week, two companies looking to capitalize on the growing augmented reality industry, raised funding from starkly different sources.
How To: Download apps from the Android Market on a T-Mobile myTouch 4G
Find and download new apps to a myTouch 4G with the Android Market! This clip will teach you how. Whether you're the proud owner of a T-Mobile myTouch 4G Google Android smartphone or are merely toying with the idea of picking one up sometime in the near future, you're sure to be well served by this brief, official video tutorial from the folks at T-Mobile. For complete instructions, watch the video!
How To: Calculate yield to market & effective annual yield from bond price in Excel
As you might guess, one of the domains in which Microsoft Excel really excels is finance math. Brush up on the stuff for your next or current job with this how-to. In this tutorial from everyone's favorite digital spreadsheet guru, YouTube's ExcelIsFun, the 49th installment in his "Excel Finance Class" series of free video lessons, you'll learn how to calculate yield to market and effective annual yield from a bond price.
How To: Use forex trading spreads to make better currency investments
The foreign exchange, or forex, market is a relatively safe place to invest money, but like with any investment research and understanding indicators are key to making profits. Watch this video to learn how to use forex trading spreads to read the market and make sound investments.
How To: Sell your home or real estate fast in a slow market
Check out this instructional real estate video that demonstrates how to sell your home or real estate fast in a slow market. Get every real estate agent in town to show your property first without paying full commissions. This is what most realtors don't want you to know! Sell your home fast in this real estate video presentation.
How To: Craft mixed media rats
Did you and your child love the film Ratatouille? Learn how to make mixed media rats from a professional art instructor in this free crafts video series.
How To: Avoid deadly marketing mistakes in lawn care business
The Gopher Haul crew teaches you the 6 deadly marketing mistakes a lawn care operator must try to avoid at all costs.
How To: Get great referrals for your lawn care business
In this episode of Gopher Haul you'll learn some marketing ideas for lawn care operators - tips which include: how to get referrals and how to take advantage of the current real estate market to make more money with lawn care.
How To: Avoid sock puppet marketing and the associated law suits on your website
Google is the biggest and best search engine on Earth, and if you are a webmaster and want your website to be a big success it would really behoove you to know as much about how it works as possible. The Google Webmasters series of videos and website were created to teach webmasters, SEO professionals, and others how Google works by answering their questions and giving them insights into how they can best integrate and utilize Google's functionality to improve their business. This video will ...
How To: Unlock your AppleTV
Mike Agerbo explains the benefits from listening to one's music through AppleTV, however it seems that one cannot listen to any music or other audio files unless he/she is using iTunes media. Agerbo explains how you can use Apple TV with other types of media, using a program called ATV Flash. Agerbo believes ATV Flash to be an easy and inexpensive tool to upgrade one's Apple Television so it can use the USB port and download and use other media content. One can also create a Boxee account to ...
How To: Organize and downsize your media center
Is you media center in chaos? Watch this video tutorial by Better TV for ten tips on how to organize and down-size your media center.
Deal Alert: Learn the Stock Market Inside & Out for Under 30 Bucks
"Buy low and sell high" is great advice, but how do you accomplish it? While the stock market can be unpredictable, it's not a complete enigma. There are patterns to watch for that can make you a successful trader.
How To: Learn How to Speculate & Make Money as a Day Trader While You're Stuck at Home
We all know how volatile the stock market is, especially during times of crisis. That does not mean that the market is impossible to gauge, however. Day traders are trained to read charts in order to recognize market trends and price patterns, giving them the insight they need to make their trades as profitable as possible.
News: Adobe Releases Aero App to Compete Head-to-Head with Apple's Reality Composer for Mobile AR Development
As one of the household brands in creative software, Adobe is now ready to lay its claim to the artistic side of augmented reality.
News: Magic Leap Deepens Funding from Telecom Industry with $280 Million from Japan's NTT Docomo
Magic Leap's business strategy for bringing augmented reality to the mainstream has become even clearer via its latest funding round.
Market Reality: Future of AR Series: 5G, AR Cloud, Blockchain, & Apple Glasses, Plus Marvel & HBO Franchise Hits Go AR
Over the past two years, the tech industry has formed a series of symbiotic relationships that are now converging in the augmented reality space. This week, we took a look at these interrelated technologies and how they are shaping the future of AR.
Market Reality: Magic Leap's Florida Fortress Exposed, Apple's Smartglasses Secret Weapon, & Game of Thrones in AR
They say home is where the heart is. So, the opportunity to view the inner sanctum of Magic Leap is like gaining access to what makes the company tick, just as the fruits of its labor make it into select AT&T stores.
Market Reality: Microsoft's Next HoloLens Close to Arriving, Apple Prepares for Big AR Marketing Push
The hype around augmented reality has risen to a fever pitch over the past two years, and if this week's selection of business news stories are any indication, the din is about to get down right deafening.
Market Reality: US Army Chooses Microsoft Over Magic Leap & Niantic Puts Its Money on Consumer Smartglasses
The recent announcement of a $480 million US Army contract awarded to Microsoft over Magic Leap for supplying 100,000 augmented reality headsets shows just a how lucrative the enterprise (and government) sector can be for AR.
Pocket Camp 101: How to Use Market Boxes to Buy & Sell Items with Other Animal Crossing Players
Market boxes are an integral part of the player experience in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, but using them effectively can be a tricky task. The item-trading tool between human friends is the locale for both junk and diamond-in-the-rough deals, and it can greatly increase the number of bells you earn if you play your cards right.
Market Reality: Lampix, Nokia, Xiaomi & More Invest in AR
Over the past week, companies took a variety of approaches to investing in augmented reality. Lampix is backing its own effort to build an ecosystem for augmented reality platforms. Nokia and Xiaomi are teaming up on numerous fronts, potentially including augmented reality.
News: Hit Musical.ly Live Show Gives Teen Girls a Platform to Create
Who would have thought that musical.ly would be the first social media app with a highly successful original show?
News: Blippar Brings App-Free Augmented Reality to Web Display Ads
Mobile augmented reality developer Blippar has escalated the augmented reality advertising arms race, introducing a new rich media ad format that enables augmented reality experiences without a dedicated app.
Market Reality: Computer Vision Shown the Money
Every Friday, Next Reality reviews the latest headlines from the financial side of augmented and mixed reality. This Market Reality column covers funding announcements, mergers and acquisitions, market analysis, and the like. This week's column is led by two companies cashing in on visual inputs.
News: Sixth Outbreak of Avian Flu Confirmed in China
China just confirmed a sixth avian flu outbreak since October. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Agriculture stated that there had been another instance of bird flu in the Hubei province, of the H5N6 influenza virus. The outbreak occurred in the city of Daye, which is home to some 900,000 people, but hasn't been linked to human infections yet.
News: DAQRI's New Smart Glasses Made Tough for the Manufacturing Sector
DAQRI, a company mostly known for its odd but fun-looking industrial Smart Helmet, unveiled their new Smart Glasses product at CES 2017. Their smartglasses look like a strange attempt to answer the Microsoft HoloLens, and the price tag of $4,995 for the developer's edition reinforces that notion.
How To: Find Only the Best Tablet-Specific Apps for Your Nexus 7
Apps sure do run great on Android tablets! If you caught that little whiff of sarcasm, you probably already figured out I was lying. There is a definite lack of good, high-quality apps specifically made for Android tablets. If you've ever tried Facebook or Twitter on a tablet, you know exactly what I mean.