hello and welcome to media rewind the show that gives you a weekly recap of all the top trending stories in multimedia and digital media i'm your host corrina salie thanks for joining us today we got some great stories for you so i hope you're ready let's start off with some news in television if you're a fan of the show's burn notice or graceland you may have noticed a new look from the popular t v network usa that was debuted during the season premieres and if you're waiting for the new season of suits to start on july second you can look forward to seeing how usa has refreshed their brand to include what they call screen unification strategy which has created a way to bring together the television online and mobile viewing and user experience for the audience usa spoke of the new strategy by saying each digital touch point will offer t v everywhere gamification and real time social t v to amplify the viewer's experience this will allow users the ability to watch their preferred subject matter while interacting with brands other users and the content they are viewing no matter what device they're watching us they programmes on viewers will be able to network with each other and link graphics to their cellphones or computer usa networks redesign is also beneficial to the brands giving them the opportunity to connect with their users through multiplatform storytelling and episodes streamed across screens usa is new strategy is sure to prove successful as it seems necessary these days to keep up with current trends reach a broader audience and make a few extra dollars in advertisements and i'm sure the t v fans will enjoy yet another way to connect with their favorite television shows are we really getting the most from o name your way any regular t v viewer is well aware of how tivo change the way we watch t v believe it or not but there was a time when if you weren't at home to catch your favorite television show you would have missed it forever and yes this was well into color broadcasting tivo also fotr homes with amazement as we now have the ability to fast forward their commercials and everyone said thank you tivo but where are they now with roku and apple on the rise tivo has been pushed to the side but they're still waving their remote with more anticipation to surprise us all tivo has seen the silence before but fought their way back into the game as they sued echostar a t n t ever aizen over patent infringement as for today t v has been pouring out all their momentum into creating better software for their product tivo now allows for third party streaming such as hulu netflix amazon and even comcast video on demand apps tivo also recently introduced a feature called what to watch which recommends programs to watch based on your personal viewing habits as well as notifying you when a show is on that you would most likely enjoy watching but if you're still stuck on the question where are they now tivo has been entertaining europe all thanks to virgin media however tivo has just announced their partnership with cable provider atlanta broadband and should be making another bold appearance in the u let's move on to social media news during the deal evan conference hosted by all things d twitter kept their mouth shut on whether they would be transforming their company and to the public market they did however announce three focused areas they would like to improve on this year see dick costolo said i see us partnering more with news organizations though there is controversy over just how accurate real time news facts can be custom of still believes that twitter is very useful to relaying the news and wants to help organizations and individuals distribute their content and even though twitter won't be filtering through stories to verify its credibility they do want to ensure that their security prohibits someone from hacking into another account and spreading false information they're doing this by adding an extra pin code for users who are locking in from an unfamiliar device this pin code will reassess resemble that of google and apple by sending a notification to the user cell phone us developers are currently working on making their system as simple as possible in order to gain a larger following of new users now there is no i p o announcement yet for twitter but as they fix all these little kinks twitter might become a multibillion dollar company in the near future twitter continues to prove itself as an up and rising star providing a well respected platform utilizing all that social networking can offer to the public last week i talked about the new way they're implementing ads and it's clear they are not slowing down and getting all words out to the public media content is improving on the site with the launch of twitter music earlier this year and now user made a video service is offered since vine was recently acquired in addition to partnering with news organizations twitter is currently in the works of developing a way to work with major t v companies to help create a service that will allow the t v networks to communicate with their audience on another level the intention of this is to increase the number of viewers of course dick costolo speaks of his company saying we're like a global square it's public it's real time it's conversational and it's widely distributed he hopes that twitter's town square will be a launching pad to let the t v networks talk to their audience and start conversations about programming content twitter is also trying to help small and medium sized companies have a chance to connect with their customers by opening up opportunities to advertise for all businesses it seems to me that twitter i covering all the bases and well on the way to becoming the next biggest social networking powerhouse even facebook who started several years before twitter is taking some advice from them by starting to verify the accounts of public figures this is to ensure that fans are following the true person's account whether it's your favorite celebrity athlete or even brand facebook posted the announcement on may twenty nine by saying today we're launching verified pages to help people find the authentic accounts of celebrities and other high profile people and businesses on facebook verified pages have a small blue checkmark beside their names on timelines  search results and elsewhere on facebook verified pages belong to a small group of prominent public figures celebrities journalists government officials popular brands and businesses with large audiences now just because you have a few hundred friends on facebook i don't think you'll be issued that honorable blue check mark anytime soon facebook also announced that they will confirm the accounts deemed worthy to be a verified page even though you may not be able to request your account type to be the same as a public figure facebook users do have the ability to report a fake account by selecting the block report option from the timeline and completing the report form let's switch gears and talk about some new designs and the media world three berkeley students were frustrated by their schools limited to three d printers around campus so frustrated in fact that they threw their dreams into a box and came out well the dream box a three d printer vending machine that is able to make all your wildest dreams co dream boxes very easy to use after you've registered online simply upload a design or image of your own or you can select something from the dream box store within twenty four hours you will receive a notification telling you your three d object is ready for pick up with an unlock code that is to be entered into the machine and order for you to retrieve your three d design your i did was can be picked up using pay pal now with the dream box being able to print out any designer and midge then are there any limitations to your dreams c e o david says that dream boxes user agreement strictly prohibits the printing of firearms these dreamers have only just be as richard burr tell seem that the technology will get really exciting as three d printers become capable of creating objects out of metals which could essentially print off things like tools pieces to fix broken appliances or custom design accessories but they're not stopping there as the possibility to print with edible materials such as sugars and chocolates has inspired them it is after all a vending machine three d printers have been around for decades however at the dream box was designed to be more accessible and convenient towards the masses what would be your dream box creation let us know by tweeting us at media rewind here's something else that will really help out the masses a new and improved for a tilt of the app max levchin is no stranger in the multimedia digital world as he's founded and co founded many companies such as pay fertility window will look like or not always fertility window i can flip to a larger calendar you can see that period days are predicted with a little pinkish color and green is the fertile window and there are other days which are i will get my invitation and i will start helping her along her date of glo is a free app that provides a swipe your calendar color coding peak fertility time glow as desired to stay away from the door route that can come when trying to conceive with ecstatic notifications to you and your partner to maybe wear that special pair of underwear or bring home some flowers now glow is great at calculating when pregnancy can occur but let chen wants you to know that the app itself shou ldn't be used to perform the final step but we think you guys can figure it out from there if you're sick and tired of having to remember several different log ins for each site you visit then you'll be happy to hear that amazon recently launched a convenient third party customer sign and service this is new territory for amazon but nothing new for social media sites facebook and google plus amazon hopes to provide you with an easier way of logging in to games apps and websites with one quick and easy user name and password rather than spending extra time creating and remembering various log ins for each site you need to access companies like zappos have already seen a forty percent increase of new customers who choose to sign in using logon with amazon woot said those who have logged in using an amazon account or more likely to place an order amazon is expecting more companies to join them by allowing you to sign in with your amazon account amazon vice president michael carr said logon with amazon enables active elop and website owners to leverage amazon's trusted site and solution allowing them to focus on providing a great experience for their customers hopefully the convenience of signing in with amazon facebook or google plus will allow you to make your purchases easier and possibly from a company that you don't regularly  maybe shopping isn't your thing but you're interested in film production and have been using your talent to create videos and upload them online well it's time to start making some money to reward your hard work how can you do this you ask by using the services offered by gum road simply upload your content share it with your fans and followers set a viewing price and watch the dollars roll into your bank account of course gum road wants to see the green as well and they do so by collecting a small fee from your sales five percent plus twenty five cents that's chump change compared to his competitors such as apple and amazon who each take thirty percent when you think of charging say ten dollars for your video game road will only get a seventy five cent cut whereas apple or amazon would take three dollars that to twenty five difference will really add up in the long run and no need to worry about hidden fees of gum road there is no monthly hosting charge and they claim to only make money when you do it couldn't be simpler especially when they take care of creating the purchasing page which also includes an embedded widget and allow you to accept any type of credit card from around the world making your content global gohmert holds true to their claim of saying they take that has a lot of selling so that you can focus on creating and don't worry read makes the viewing experience easy for your customers by displaying your content on a video player that will function on just about any internet capable device it supports video resolutions of up to ten a t p i think it's pretty clear which road to take when uploading your content and trying to make some bucks but you must be wondering where the catch is so here it is by uploading to gum road you are responsible for your marketing content but think about it these days with all the social networking tools available for you it only takes a few tweets or status updates to get the word out and speaking of social networking does help you out a bit by showing you the data on which site the majority of your customers  are hearing of your content allowing you to strategize on the best form of advertising to reach the most people red states on their website that they also track sales trends so that you can know your conversion rate as well as tracking where your views sales and revenue come from to get a closer look at your clientele oh and don't think you're limited to just uploading and selling your videos on gum road you can sell books software it's actually like i think i still to this day sell it all on camera so this is the have so i designed in photoshop and i spent four hours designing it and at the end of four hours it's like you know like i wish i had this four hours ago i want to have to spend so much time like figuring out like the layers and highlights and shadows like wait a second i follow a ton of design or some twitter and i'm into that show that you know hopefully you know some amount of designers follow me and i didn't have a ton of designers or anything but i was like you know i would have never shared this file but it was really easy for me to flow while you're at it keep us in the loop of your projects and tweet us all your updates at media rewind this concludes our weekly recap i'm kareen us elise thanks for watching video rewind and don't forget to join us next week