Late in the first quarter of Miami’s 110-103 victory over Indiana on Tuesday, Dwyane Wade grabbed a defensive rebound and immediately looked for LeBron down the court. Wade suddenly transformed into an outfielder and launched a baseball pass across the entire length of the floor to James for the easy layup. LeBron didn’t dunk it, but the play still stands as the longest alley-oop two players can physically… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Huffington Post Discovery Date : 16/02/2011 01:53 Number of articles : 3
Continue reading …This week, through partnership with Storyful — we’re curating video from demonstrations in Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, and Algeria. In the past week, we’ve seen over 2,000 videos associated with the term “Bahrain” (in English or Arabic) appear, with around 700 in the past 24 hours. New footage surfaced today of clashes and large gatherings of protesters in the streets of the island nation, which has an estimated population of just 738,000. Posted below are some dramatic video from Bahrain included in the CitizenTube curation : This post is cross-posted from YouTube Trends .
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The 2003 invasion of Iraq was sanctioned largely because of claims the country had weapons of mass destruction. The source of some of the alleged intelligence behind the claims was an Iraqi defector living in Germany, someone who has now admitted the evidence he submitted was false. Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Phillips reports.
Continue reading …Ittiam shows off four-way 720p HD video conferencing using Android, OMAP 4 (video)
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Being Mobile World Congress, quite a few software vendors found themselves tucked into corners of bigger booths, eager and willing to showcase their latest work. Ittiam is one of those companies, relying on Texas Instruments’ OMAP 4 platform to power its new HD video conferencing system. The demo shown here at MWC involved a foursome of TI development boxes, but the underlying platform was most certainly Android 2.2. Anil Kumar, the manager of Ittiam’s video communications division, noted that the system would work just fine on Gingerbread and Honeycomb, enabling up to four devices (smartphones, tablets, whatever) to link up and enjoy a multi-faced call over a standard 3G network. Of course, the demonstration that we were shown used an Ethernet network for maximum stability, but the low-bitrate technology would allow bearable results on 3G networks (and better-than-average results on a 4G network). We were told that the company is in talks with “numerous” phone makers, in hopes of getting their VCS software integrated onto Android devices by the year’s end — think Qik , but for video conferencing — but he couldn’t hand out any specifics. Head on past the jump if you’d like to see a demo (and hear an awful lot more). Gallery: Ittiam shows four-way 720p HD video conferencing using Android, OMAP 4 Continue reading Ittiam shows off four-way 720p HD video conferencing using Android, OMAP 4 (video) Ittiam shows off four-way 720p HD video conferencing using Android, OMAP 4 (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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84-year-old Henry Morello describes his story of survival after being stranded for five days in the Arizona high desert. Hikers found Morello on Saturday, and he is recovering in a local hospital. (Feb. 15)
Continue reading …Solowheel self-balancing unicycle is as easy to ride as it is to afford (video)
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If a company makes as bold a statement as “we reinvented the wheel” when introducing a gadget you know we’ve gotta check ‘em out and see what the hubbub’s about. Well, at the International Toy Fair in New York, Inventist has introduced its “Solowheel” product, which is essentially a self-balancing unicycle for personal mobility. We’ve seen similar products before , but the convenient carrying handle and lack of seat make it decidedly more portable than the competition. This $1,500 Segway -esque transporter uses gyroscopes to stay balanced, but places your legs on either side of a single central wheel. It’s said to have a max speed of 12 miles per hour and a battery that should last for about 12 miles. We tried out the interesting device and found it entertaining, albeit quite a bit difficult. Getting started is the hardest part — especially if you don’t have anything to lean against — but maintaining balance and still trying to lean your body to turn takes quite a bit of practice as well. That’s right, there are no physical steering controls whatsoever and instead you use your body weight to control direction and speed. We could barely get going in our brief attempts on the device, but the rep on the floor was more skilled and made us realize we really need to build up our street cred. The whole concept is really a bit wild, and the company envisions people using these to do things like get to the train instead of on a bicycle or in a cab. We’re not quite sure your average person is ready to slim down to one wheel in life just yet, but maybe in the future they will be. Still, as a toy it’s most definitely intriguing, and you can see our horrid attempts at riding it in the video posted after the break or hit the more coverage link for another video of more skilled riders in action. Gallery: Solowheel self-balancing unicycle Continue reading Solowheel self-balancing unicycle is as easy to ride as it is to afford (video) Solowheel self-balancing unicycle is as easy to ride as it is to afford (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Not long after performing at the Grammys with Drake, RiRi skipped over to the UK and put on a medley of her hits including “Only Girl (in the world),” “S&M” and “What’s My Name” at the 2011 Brit Awards. The Bajan singer took home an award for “best international female solo artist.” Adele also performed Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MissInfo.tv Discovery Date : 15/02/2011 22:45 Number of articles : 4
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In his new vlog series No Days Off, Wale travels to Atlanta in preparation for his sold out co-headlining show with Waka Flocka at the Tabernacle last Friday. Catch cameos from DJ Drama, Gucci Mane, Young Chris, Big Sean & CyHi Da Prynce during his week stay in the ATL. Previously: Rick Ross x Wale x Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : MissInfo.tv Discovery Date : 15/02/2011 22:33 Number of articles : 4
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More than a dozen veterans are suing the Pentagon in a bid to change the way the military handles rape and sexual assault allegations. (Feb. 15)
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This morning HTC announced its 7-inch Flyer tablet , and unlike the hoards of Android tablets we’ve seen in the last couple of months, it’s got something that frankly reminds us a bit of Microsoft’s original tablet push… a stylus! The Flyer doesn’t come with just any old capacitive stylus, however — HTC has worked with N-Trig , the company that has made digitizers for convertible PCs like the Dell Latitude XT , to implement a much more accurate writing or doodling experience. And well, it basically makes it unlike any other Android tablet on the market right now. We spent some time with N-Trig and the Flyer today, focusing quite a bit on the new stylus and “Scribe” software , as HTC calls it — hit the break for some details on both the software and hardware and a short video of how that pen actually works when put to the screen. Gallery: HTC screen, stylus, and Scribe hands-on Continue reading A closer look at the HTC Flyer’s screen, stylus, and Scribe A closer look at the HTC Flyer’s screen, stylus, and Scribe originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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