Enjoy Full HD videos on Large Screen: YouTube app for Xbox One

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">No surprise if developers are going to be developing some apps for Xbox One’s music or videos. Xbox One got its new app in the market i.e. YouTube app, lets the user watch its favourite videos and channels on the big screen.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIET70dsWcqrwTM4cWmyTGIW1IyVYnCjPE3wl3Pt7oKGgAsSCCvLJ_zf72Ou0RD4-qlFbazT626johuZ543zQjxmWYGMLv2SlZ5xhDQ9zsmOaLb0jZJcU3Y0Y_muwiODBlY51AMPDCFU/s1600/YouTube+app+for+Xbox+One.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Enjoy Full HD videos on Large Screen: YouTube app for Xbox One" border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBIET70dsWcqrwTM4cWmyTGIW1IyVYnCjPE3wl3Pt7oKGgAsSCCvLJ_zf72Ou0RD4-qlFbazT626johuZ543zQjxmWYGMLv2SlZ5xhDQ9zsmOaLb0jZJcU3Y0Y_muwiODBlY51AMPDCFU/s1600/YouTube+app+for+Xbox+One.jpg" title="Enjoy Full HD videos on Large Screen: YouTube app for Xbox One" width="320" /></a></div><br />YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire other across the globe. As well as it contains a bulk of videos and channels in multiple languages. And for developers it is very helpful to develop a YouTube app for any platform. There are so many articles and embedded videos to enable its videos in your web or mobile app, and also for customizing the player.<br /><br />Xbox One, Games and Entertainment Together, delivers an entertainment experience like nothing before. This is an entirely new Kinect for a new generation of entertainment with real vision, real motion and real voice which makes it more responsive and intuitive.<br /><br />“Love YouTube? Love Xbox? You can now watch your favourite videos and channels with the YouTube app for Xbox one. Check out videos in 1080p glory, catch the latest from your subscriptions like Polaris, or see trending videos from categories like Music and sports,” Statement of Google in a blog post.<br /><br />The app contains all the music commands like play, pause, fast forward and other options which will pop up on the screen. The simplicity of scrolling videos by your hand, makes the app very efficient.<br /><br />Some features will be launching later by the app developers that may be launch on early in the November.</div>

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Now Turn Sony Bravia T.V in to Smart T.V

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Now with the help of new Bravia Smart Stick you can turn you basic Bravia in to a Smart TV. Sony unveil the smart stick for its Bravia HDTV, through this you can connect with internet. Plug the device in to Bravia’s HDMI port and go ahead to set internet connection on your TV.<br /><br />                                    <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CriB5vKHxLk/UjllHpjUuLI/AAAAAAAAAW4/oMVuFdttHow/s1600/Screen-Shot-2013-09-17-at-10_37_27-AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="sony smart stick" border="0" height="118" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CriB5vKHxLk/UjllHpjUuLI/AAAAAAAAAW4/oMVuFdttHow/s1600/Screen-Shot-2013-09-17-at-10_37_27-AM.png" title="" width="320" /></a><br /><br />The Smart Stick from Sony is like the Google’s Chromecast but this device have more features in comparison of Google Chromecast.<br /><br />With the help of Smart tick you can download Apps from Google Play. Device is also capable to play videos from YouTube and have also right of entry to Amazon Instant Video. The Smart Stick have its own remote to control it. Google TV along Netflix apps and features like voice search support, browsing and picture at same time in two different window on your display are also active features of Smart Stick.<br />On the other hand in Google’s Chromecast, you should need smartphone or tablet to use as a remote for Chromecast. In chromecast you have limited options for watch video from internet. The Google’s device is currently support Netflix and YouTube with Pandora on the way.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHPlbtNUrOI/UjllYHGY1aI/AAAAAAAAAXA/hSkY-x47rBQ/s1600/Sony-SmartStick_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="sony smart stick" border="0" height="179" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EHPlbtNUrOI/UjllYHGY1aI/AAAAAAAAAXA/hSkY-x47rBQ/s1600/Sony-SmartStick_1.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></div><br />Sony Smart Stick’s price is $149 which is $100 more than the chormecast. Chormecast’s price is only $35. Sony’s Smart Stick will work with only Sony’s Bravia TV with the model year of 2013.<br /><br />Image: Sonyblog<br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author">Anil Swami</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author"><br /></a></div></div>

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30 Days of Webtools #27: Discover the benefits of YouTube in the classroom

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDyurW9NxVG-eIJi0F5fp7Y70mGQFc1SlwOFOIl_AP7zHcDyTWNCpDymlzbA4ea3LsCL6bvtSlJOD4yNGM47tuIYQQljXt4AnN8L3JwlUgeGZCyCEj_HtNnkcmjUpSwrcO-v1XreIXzk/s1600/YouTube.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDyurW9NxVG-eIJi0F5fp7Y70mGQFc1SlwOFOIl_AP7zHcDyTWNCpDymlzbA4ea3LsCL6bvtSlJOD4yNGM47tuIYQQljXt4AnN8L3JwlUgeGZCyCEj_HtNnkcmjUpSwrcO-v1XreIXzk/s200/YouTube.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recently I have become very aware of the benefits of YouTube for an educator. There are amazing resources for the classroom - one can so easily start making a collection of useful clips that can add spice to your daily lessons. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here are some ideas:</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1. Chop videos using TubeChop</span></span></b><br /> (<a href="http://www.tubechop.com/">http://www.tubechop.com/</a>)</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaT6wtQHV7-hIQjE8ktPgmxgPhiEH1sxbndlIcD9k28PiXtgmmWARg67Nnqc2OFUcHjWqCsdvpX_EnG7L6oOdsXYVL4G9cOhSxtYI2d04AAO9Rd5dyw51mQZQT7S8vvxe1ck8sESZ178/s1600/TubeChop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaT6wtQHV7-hIQjE8ktPgmxgPhiEH1sxbndlIcD9k28PiXtgmmWARg67Nnqc2OFUcHjWqCsdvpX_EnG7L6oOdsXYVL4G9cOhSxtYI2d04AAO9Rd5dyw51mQZQT7S8vvxe1ck8sESZ178/s200/TubeChop.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Using TubeChop you can cut interesting bits out of a YouTube video and keep the link. (If you wanted to download it you would probaby have to use Screencastomatic to record the clip)</span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. Use KeepVid to download YouTube movies<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://keepvid.com/">http://keepvid.com</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://keepvid.com/">/</a></span><span style="color: black;">)</span></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpW42BDCJpIuBHXjZtTezdKAfhGeQQyJi0FgPWnr8J-wRCuRjB-Rxz7AWUZ1Hf67S7aEH1Tmpz57H5YdSTk_6LPRwduKlFWoh6qz4A10Zv4QcrzoEBJjn_KF8u1Mh1rsyR-m1EYAnCa8/s1600/keepvid.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSpW42BDCJpIuBHXjZtTezdKAfhGeQQyJi0FgPWnr8J-wRCuRjB-Rxz7AWUZ1Hf67S7aEH1Tmpz57H5YdSTk_6LPRwduKlFWoh6qz4A10Zv4QcrzoEBJjn_KF8u1Mh1rsyR-m1EYAnCa8/s200/keepvid.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">KeepVid is amazing for downloading a movie as an MP4 and then renaming it and storing it on your computer. You could go the extra step and use Windows Movie maker to chop the piece that you particularly like and store that clip on your computer. </span></span><br /><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3. </span></span></b><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Make your own instructional videos with TED </span></span></b></span><span style="color: black;">(</span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ed.ted.com/videos">http://</a></span><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://ed.ted.com/videos">ed.ted.com/videos</a></span><span style="color: black;">)</span></span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p8BHCTchcGZFHjFWd-EC3EZsxK8GFFTRw1m5udNuQnwD-aRWWoyTaUSrnE8hXB6iGzJSSoA0rOVjkhzL5PpZkPezv-ZAZijogS4n1oIqV-VMvR7l3RZ91ZD5gF8LpcBsXOtcdt1TIFo/s1600/Teded.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="81" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5p8BHCTchcGZFHjFWd-EC3EZsxK8GFFTRw1m5udNuQnwD-aRWWoyTaUSrnE8hXB6iGzJSSoA0rOVjkhzL5PpZkPezv-ZAZijogS4n1oIqV-VMvR7l3RZ91ZD5gF8LpcBsXOtcdt1TIFo/s200/Teded.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">TED has a great service for educators where you can make a video using online material and create a lesson around it.  This is very useful for the flipped classroom approach. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />4. Create a free SchoolTube channel or TeacherTube channel</span></span></b></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">If you create videos with your class, either a School Tube or Teacher Tube channel will be a great way to you to store all your videos in one online location for easy access. </span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">So, the above-mentioned applications provide just a few ways that you can make YouTube a great classroom resource. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Please take a look through the Slideshare below for more detail. </span></span></span>Perhaps you know of even more applications or ideas that you can share with us? </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></span></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14312719" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/discover-you-tube" target="_blank" title="Discover you tube">Discover you tube</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></b> </div></div>

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