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NewTeeVee – Online Video Technology News and Analysis. Site: tv. 12 of the Year's Best Ideas in Interface Design [Slideshow] This past year, we brought you stories on everything from tweeting toddler toys and streamlined ATMs to news-reading apps and remote controls that magically change channels with a wave of the hand.

Though wildly different from one another, these projects share a common denominator: They all display intriguing user-interface innovations. User interfaces, when done well, are the unsung hero of product design. They're the difference between a printer whose buttons you can figure out without even reading the instructions and one you want to throw across the room.

Now, with the rise of personal computing, interfaces are more relevant than ever before, providing the crucial link between physical objects and the virtual world. Above, we've collected some of the year's cleverest, clearest, and most creative UIs. A Magical, Gestural Remote for Controlling Web-TV Content [Video] The Gesture Remote is the coolest TV remote control you never knew you wanted.

Channel surf, adjust volume, putter around on Facebook -- all without ever pressing a button. It's the perfect thing to lose in your couch cushions. The remote was designed by Lunar Europe, Ident Technology AG, and zinosign, and though it looks like a cross between a touchpad mouse and a touchscreen phone, it acts more like a motion sensor. Navigate menus by moving your fingers over its smooth, button-free surface: To zoom in, you raise your thumb; to browse, you scroll; to return to the main menu, you swoop right; and so on. Check their fantastically porny demo here (complete with money shots and bow-chick-a-wow-wow muzak): The technology at play -- invented by Germany-based Ident -- is a series of sensors that track and respond to human gestures by exploiting surrounding magnetic fields.

Nice. [The interface on your TV screen] Sadly, the Gesture Remote isn't on sale -- yet. GetGlue: Check-in To Entertainment. Social Network for Entertainment Discover what to watch, share what you're watching with friends and fans, and get updates from your favorite shows.

Mashable - Tv. How Social Media is Changing the Business of Television. Lisa Hsia is Senior Vice President of Bravo Digital Media and is addicted to Flipboard on her iPad.

There’s no question that the real-time conversations around TV shows on social networks — the virtual water cooler, if you will — enhance engagement and drive on-air ratings. Whether it’s the Taylor and Kanye debacle, the Bad Girls, or the Real Housewives, friends tell friends when things happen on the air, and that viral conversation turns TVs on. The significance of real-time participation is that it gives the audience a voice and a power it never had previously. Instead of being buried in message boards and comments, the fan is now front and center. If you prove yourself to be an influential fan, the smart marketers will incent you to do more with rewards, which will eventually result in even more advances in user behavior.

The Social Effect on Ratings and Sentiment There’s debate about exactly how much online conversation is driving TV ratings. But ratings are just part of the picture.