iPad Articles

The iPad ( /ˈaɪpæd/ EYE-pad) is a line of tablet computers designed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, apps and web content. Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. The iPad runs on iOS, the same operating system used on Apple’s iPod Touch and iPhone, and can run its own applications as well as iPhone applications. Without modification or a dev...

Ken Burns Documentary "Prohibition" To Debut On Apple Devices Before PBS Premiere

Ken Burns has been PBS' go-to documentary director since he unleashed the documentary mini-series Baseball way back in 1994.  Since then he's made similar series on jazz, national parks, and World War II.  So Burns is a name in which people are familiar, but that ...

Ooyala Reports Viewers Watch Online Video 40% Longer On Tablets

Ooyala, whom I need to speak with about something else and who should email me (yeah, I know it works because I've done it before), put out a pretty rockin new infographic on Friday which talked about video consumption. I just happened to stumble upon ...

WeVideo Brings Cloud-Powered, Collaborative Video Editing To Almost Any Device

I have known about WeVideo for a couple weeks now and have been bursting to tell you all about it. I mean really, when something this cool comes along, embargoes get in the way of my enthusiasm. I did mention a brief bullet point or ...

iOS Pulling In New TV Content Through Enhanced TV Studio Apps

Well, Apple isn't really doing much except maybe nudging studios and preaching about the awesomeness of their products, but several big names in TV have made some overtures to get their TV content in front of iOS users, mainly the iPad. Since it seems like ...

Adobe Flash Media Server 4.5 Brings Flash Video To iOS Devices

Late last week, Adobe released Flash Media Server 4.5, which will finally bring Flash video content to iOS devices. Can you hear the calls of "neener neener neener!" flying from San Jose to Cupertino? Maybe, instead, they'll make a video of the whole Adobe Flash ...

What Gadget Marketing Teaches Us About Online Video Marketing Styles

Like a lot of people, I saw the new Samsung GALAXY Note video ad over the weekend--the one that shows off all the bells and whistles of the upcoming buzzed-about device. I was struck by how different this ad is from some contemporary smartphone and ...

Four Hot Digital Media Startups to Watch in Mobile Video & Online Video

Four emerging media startups in online video and mobile are finding success with brands and retailers. In this week's New Media Minute, learn why marketers are linking up with Fiksu, GoldRun, Encoding.com and Framesocket.

Flipboard App Looking To Provide Streaming Television Shows & Hollywood Films

The creators of Flipboard, Apple's 2010 iPad App of the Year, are now looking to provide TV, movies, and even e-books in the near future. The app has been downloaded more than 3 million times since its summer debut last year.

The Weekly Online Video News Round Up - Internet TV Edition

Another big week for major world news, as the UK riots took center stage for most of the week. It was a huge week for online video and online video news as well. Because we know many of you are even busier than us (if ...

iPad & Tablet Business Use Grows For Video & More

iPads and tablets are popular for watching videos and playing Angry Birds, but they're also gaining traction in the enterprise and in business to business uses. Here's a look at how hospitals, corporations, manufacturers and an independent auto dealer are using these new devices. The ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Marketing Lessons - Windshields & Sinatra

This week was a big one in terms of national news events in the U.S., most notably with the debt-deal in Congress. There were a lot of big stories in online video as well, like the new YouTube Reactions system, Vimeo Pro accounts announced, and ...

Exploring Cool 3D Video Applications Using Waves & Tablets

The applications of 3D video are becoming very wide-ranging. Recently, ReelSEO writer Grant Crowell asked if 3D animation software was now valuable for video marketing. As a marketer, I've always been compelled by video content that goes beyond the norms of traditional video- let's face ...

While Tablet Growth Is Slowing, E-Reader Devices Are On The Rise

All the excitement over tablets and iPads and the need to be on both, might be tempered by these latest findings from Pew: in the last 6 months, the number of adults with e-readers has doubled to 12% of the population, but only 8% owns ...

Next Week's "Awesome" Announcement Will Be Facebook Video Chat

Facebook CEO has said that his company will make a major announcement next Wednesday, and that it will be "awesome." And that's pretty much all it takes to get the tech world buzzing. It promises something big, but also keeps things mysterious so we can ...

Google Swiffy Will Swiftly Convert Flash Files into HTML5

Okay, this is some pretty cool news. Google has just released a new product to Labs, called Swiffy. It's purpose? To convert your Flash files to HTML5 at the touch of a button. This gives website owners, designers, developers, and publishers an easy way to ...