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Qriket. Blurring the Line Between iPad and TV. With the exception of the movie watching that people do on services like Netflix, a lot of Web video viewing is the entertainment equivalent of snacking — bite-sized sessions that last no more than a few minutes a day.

Blurring the Line Between iPad and TV

In other words, it is totally unlike the hours that people spend plopped on their couches in front of their television sets. A San Francisco start-up called Remixation is trying to change that with an app for the iPad, Showyou, that is designed to answer the question: What’s playing on the Web? The app is a bit like a video-only version of Flipboard, the popular app that lets you browse content that your friends on Facebook and Twitter are sharing in an attractive, magazine-like format.

Showyou sucks up all of the video clips from YouTube, Vimeo and elsewhere that friends share on social networks, displaying thumbnail images and titles from the videos in a grid format that is easy on the eyes. Otel Teklifleri, Promosyonlar & Özel Fırsatlar. Infographic: SEO For Siri & The Mobile Search World. It’s been just over a year since Apple’s Siri was unveiled with the iPhone 4S.

Infographic: SEO For Siri & The Mobile Search World

The latest version works with the iPhone 5 and newer versions of the iPad. Siri didn’t cause an overnight revolution of how most search on their phones. PhoneGap. ShoutEm - Make an App - Build Apps with Easy Application Creator. Zite. Cloud-based Mobile App Builder. Eachscape. New Google Tools to Make the Search Engine More All-Knowing. When Google imagines the future of Web search, it sees a search engine that understands human meaning and not just words, that can have a spoken conversation with computer users and that gives users results not just from the Web but also from their personal lives.

New Google Tools to Make the Search Engine More All-Knowing

On Wednesday, Google showed a few steps it has taken toward making that all-knowing search engine a reality. The new tools, like voice search that seems to outdo Apple’s Siri, make Google more useful. But some, like one that incorporates personal Gmail messages in search results, could also unnerve privacy-concerned users.