Removals price comparison site takes individuals’ video footage into account
We’ve already seen interesting relocation ideas in the form of pedal-powered removals and house move services aimed especially at seniors, but our latest spotting puts new technology to use to make moving home easier. Moveline creates an inventory of its customers’ homes over video conferencing and works with removal companies to find the best deals. READ MORE…
Recipe video service also delivers ingredients to the door
While not everyone can cook like a top chef, innovations such as Restolib‘s professional kitchen lessons have helped pave the way. Now Chefday is also tapping celebrity cuisine talent to offer recipes to everyday chefs, as well as the option to have all of the required ingredients delivered to the user’s house. READ MORE…
Service offers video viewers synchronized content delivered to their mobiles
Netherlands-based VideoDeals has already leveraged time-linked video tagging technology to offer viewers deals on the products featured. Now Linklib uses QR codes to give smartphone owners synced information about video playing on a different screen. READ MORE…
French railway forges a video link between cities to celebrate its new destination
It was just about a year and a half ago that we featured French railway company SNCF’s effort to set up daycare services at train stations, and recently we came across another interesting initiative underway at the firm. Specifically, to celebrate its new high-speed line direct from Lyons to Brussels, SNCF recently set up a giant cube to introduce the people of Lyons to Belgium’s capital through virtual means. READ MORE…
Software enables 180-degree pannable movies for the iPad
The rise of 3D film and TV has been a major breakthrough for directors, but the fact remains that when watching video, viewers typically have no control over the perspectives and angles they get to see. Now, software startup Condition One hopes to change that with technology that lets anyone use existing cameras to create 180-degree pannable movies for the iPad. READ MORE…
Online marketplace uses video and tagging for interactive promotions
Online marketplaces are nothing if not ubiquitous, but most still rely on text and photos to describe the goods on offer. Not so VideoDeals, a Dutch site that lets sellers tap the power of videos and tagging to promote their products interactively. READ MORE…
Wise Words with Joris Bryon and Hannelore Dewaele
Husband and wife Joris Bryon and Hannelore Dewaele are the founders of Timbooktwo, a promotional video company that produces one video for a charity for every one they create for a business. Previously, Joris worked in advertising, as an account director at GGVD, McCann people, and Wanabe, while Hannelore has experience in the social sector and working within tourism. When not travelling for Timbooktwo projects, both are now based in Ghent, Belgium.
For every video made for a tourism company, Joris and Hannah donate their own time and money to produce one for a charity. In the same way online video can help increase sales, they hope footage of their chosen charity projects will encourage charitable donations. READ MORE…
“Buy one, donate one” promotional videos
We’ve seen “buy one, donate one” initiatives enable consumers to give everything from baby blankets to condoms to those in need through their purchase decisions. Now in Belgium, online video production company Timbooktwo have given the concept a B2B twist, producing a free video for a charitable organization each time they make one for a tourism company. READ MORE…
Video interviewing platform simplifies recruitment process
Recruitment processes can be long and inconvenient for both employer and candidate. Whether it’s trawling through piles of applications or organizing hectic diaries and travel arrangements to schedule interviews, California-based Ovia believe their video interviewing platform offers a solution. READ MORE…
App enables live video direction across multiple mobile devices
The ability to direct a live video shoot across multiple cameras in real time has historically been a luxury reserved for professionally equipped directors. However, once again, app-based technology has turned a well-established norm on its head. Offering the same capability to anyone in possession of a smartphone or tablet, we recently came across CollabraCam. READ MORE…
