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5 services for creating storyboards
Storyboarding is one of the key stages of any video production, but one that is often underestimated. It helps you get an idea of the future of your video even before you start shooting it or rendering full-fledged illustrations. Most often it includes a schematic representation of the main frames of the video, in addition to which you can add a description of the scenes, dialogues or other fragments of the script. The storyboard also shows what plans will be used, how objects will move on the screen. The result is a static “draft” of the video, with which it is convenient to coordinate and refine the details of the script before starting the next steps of production.
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Twilio, The Cloud Communications Platform
Founded in 2008 by Jeff Lawson, Evan Cooke, and John Wolthuis, Twilio is a cloud communications platform as a service (CPaaS) company based in San Francisco. The founders started Twilio after struggling to integrate communication features like voice, messaging, and video chat into their own web applications. They realized there was a need for a cloud-based API platform that made communication simple for any developer.
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A Look Back at Why eBay Sold Skype
In 2005, eBay acquired Skype Technologies S.A., the internet telephony company, for a hefty $2.6 billion. Yet just four years later, eBay sold a majority stake in Skype to an investor group led by Silver Lake Partners at a $2.75 billion valuation. This sale came shortly after eBay took a major $1.4 billion write-down on Skype in 2007, acknowledging the business was underperforming expectations.
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The Rise and Fall of Digg.com & How to use Digg Today
Digg started in 2004 as a platform for users to share web links that others could upvote or “digg” to popularity. Founded by Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson, Ron Gorodetzky, and Owen Byrne, Digg was envisioned as a crowdsourced news aggregator that would replace traditional editorial decisions over what was newsworthy.
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AWS Unveils Amazon Q to Power Enterprise AI Assistants
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced Amazon Q, a new generative AI service designed to build customized enterprise assistants. The cloud leader says Amazon Q can have natural conversations, solve problems, generate content, and take actions by tapping into a company’s data sources and systems.
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Mysterious Traffic Cones Stump Robotaxis in San Francisco
San Francisco streets have become ground zero for a peculiar form of protest against robotaxis cruising neighborhoods as self-driving car companies ramp up testing.
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PicClick, search eBay without the bloat
PicClick Offers Innovative Visual Approach to eBay Browsing and Shopping:
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The Golden Age of Web 2.0, A Spotlight on Pioneer Richard MacManus
When Web 2.0 concepts started taking shape in the early 2000s, New Zealand native Richard MacManus quickly established himself as an authoritative voice tracking the phenomenon. He founded ReadWriteWeb in 2003 to chronicle the evolution of web applications and the burgeoning startup ecosystem embracing social, openness and sharing.
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Venture Capital Bloggers You Should Follow
The Top 10 Venture Capital Bloggers You Should Be Reading
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Revisiting Hulu Labs, Hulu’s Testing Ground for Experimental Features
Today, Hulu operates one of the largest streaming video on demand services with over 75 million subscribers accessing content across living room devices, mobile platforms, and web browsers. But in Hulu’s early days over a decade ago, the company explored many potential product features and offshoots seeking to expand beyond a basic web video site.