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Google’s New Technology Is About to Change Everything Again

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Deep in the secret labs of Google, a team has been working on a new way for us to be able to interact with any type of electronics or computers and it’s about to change everything – again.

This new technology allows computers and electronics to monitor your finger movements in mid-air with incredible precision without even having to touch anything.

Unlike other technologies which have tried to capture hand gestures using tactile surfaces such as the screen on a tablet, or they have relied on cameras to try to “see” what your hands are doing.

This technology is totally different.

Check out this video to see what they did!

I think that pretty soon every computer, cell phone, laptop and tablet will have this technology built in.

What do you think?

How I Saved 384 Hours and 58 With This One Trick

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I’m a huge training videos junkie.

I love watching training videos of all kinds.

Being part of Empower Network definitely keeps me busy with a tonne of amazing training content related to Blogging and Internet Marketing.

One question I often get asked by people is “Paul, how do you find the time to watch all this training!?”

Well, I have one little secret weapon.

It’s called Enounce MySpeed.

 

Enounce MySpeed is a small utility that you install on your computer which allows you to speed up the speed at which you watch your videos.

You see, the human brain can usually process audio information at about 1.5x – 3.0x the speed that it can speak it.

This means that when you’re listening to an average person speaking, your brain is basically only working at about 25-30% of the speed that it can for processing what it is hearing.

Which also means that you can SPEED UP the speed at which someone is speaking by 10% – 100% or maybe even more and still comprehend EVERYTHING perfectly, as long as you’re paying attention.

Enounce MySpeed is a utility that I use which allows you to do just that.

It allows me to watch a 60 minute video in about 30-35mins.

If you look at the screenshot above you can see that the utility has already saved me over 384 HOUR of time!

That’s almost 10 weeks of working at a 40 hour/week full time job!

Isn’t that crazy?

What’s really cool about Enounce MySpeed is that it allows you to watch streaming videos, such as the ones from YouTube or other streaming services at faster speeds without the voices on those videos sounding like the chipmunks!

When you first start using the utility you may only be able to speed up your videos by about 10% – 20% before you start to miss things, but over time you can condition your mind to hear at 1.5x – 2.0x or even higher speeds.

I’ve been using this software for a while and 2.0x speeds are super easy for me.

When I started, I would usually listen at 1.5x regular speed.

Try it out yourself.

You can get a free trial of Enounce MySpeed by clicking here.

I highly recommend it!

How to Reply to an Email With Video

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Recently I’ve started to use videos when replying to certain types of emails that I get from people.

For example, when someone emails me or even sends me a message on Skype or Facebook chat, asking me a question about something I have been finding that a lot of times it’s easier to just shoot a short video answering their question than it is to write out a long email.

This is especially true in regards to answering an email question where a screenshot video would be best to use.

The challenge in the past has been that making a screenshot video was time consuming and clunky, but there is a software out now called Jing that allows you make this process very simple.

It’s actually not a new software, I first heard of it way back in 2008, but it has gone through a lot of improvements lately that make it way easier to use.

Here’s a brief introduction to it:

The software now allows you to shoot up to a 5 minute video and upload  / host it on their servers and the to easily share that video with someone via email or by sending them a link via chat.

I’ve now started using this a way to communicate with people much more easily that typing out long emails.

You can also shoot short video clips using your webcam software and attach those to your email as well, or upload a quick video to YouTube and then send someone the link.

I’ve found this WAY more effective at communicating the message than sending a longer email which most people kind of skim through and end up missing certain key points.

The cool thing too is that Jing is a free software ( click here to get it ) and so is YouTube, so you can either use Jing to do a screen capture of your computer screen or shoot a quick webcam video and upload it to YouTube and then email someone a link to watch the video where you answer the email questions on video.

I have actually found this to be faster than typing out an email, and people LOVE the engagement they get from a video rather than just TEXT.

Try it out if you haven’t already. 🙂

 

Blogging For Microsoft HoloLens Technology

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Microsoft is about to change the way we use computers… forever.

Their new Windows 10 HoloLens technology is about to introduce the world to holographic computing.

Haven’t heard of HoloLens or holographic computing?

Don’t feel bad, it JUST came out.

Watch this now:

As you can see, this technology is going to change the way we use computers in every way.

So how is this going to change the way we Blog?

Blogging for Microsoft HoloLens Technology

Microsoft’s vision for this new technology is to change the way that we communicate with each other over the Internet.

No longer are we going to be limited to staring at a flat computer screen, tablet or telephone.

We will now be able to take our computer screens with us, wherever we want.

Imagine walking around the house and at the same time watching a floating YouTube video from your favorite Blogger…

Or imagine that you accidentally dropped your ring in the bathroom and it fell down the sink drain.

You will now be able to watch a “HOW TO” video showing you exactly how to do it as you’re doing it!

Or, even connect with an expert who can walk you through it LIVE, while you’re doing it and even draw little arrows and annotations to show you exactly what to do.

Blogging with Microsoft HoloLens Technology

There are just a few examples of what will soon be possible with this technology

Obviously this new technology is going to revolutionize a lot of industries.

I can totally see the video game industry being totally changed by this.

But what about the Blogging industry?

Well, the way I see it, this new technology is going to make Blogging a LOT better and even more important than ever before.

For example, let’s say that you’ve got a cooking blog where you share recipes and make short videos showing people how to cook something.

Right now in order to consume your content most people would have to either sit in front of their computer to watch your video, or perhaps stand in the kitchen holding their cell phone or tablet up and watch you make the recipe.

Then, once they watch the whole video they would attempt to make it since they can’t really be following along and watching at the same time.

I mean it’s possible, but very inconvenient as you have to be either sitting in front of a computer or holding a device.

With the HoloLens technology a person will now be able to cook and at the same time watch your YouTube video or see your recipe floating right in front of them!

I think this is going to allow people to consume MORE content MORE OFTEN throughout the day, without being strapped down to sitting in front of a computer.

What does this mean for Bloggers?

Well, all the technology companies out there like Microsoft and Apple and Google and Facebook can come up with all the technology they want, but the thing that DRIVES their technology is always CONTENT.

As Bloggers, we are the ones CREATING THE CONTENT.

And as content creators, we will always be in demand.

With this technology and similar ones that I’m sure will be released from the other players in the market, the demand for high-quality content from Bloggers has just gone up BIG TIME!

I think VIDEO content especially will benefit from this.

Someone will now be able to go to the gym, and while running for 30 minutes on the treadmill they’ll be able to watch a YouTube video you created as a Blogger.

Basically, anywhere people are now consuming audio content by plugging their headphones in, they will now be able to consume video content…

… so the way I see it is that the demand for content – especially video content is about to skyrocket.

This is very exciting for Bloggers as it’ll give us yet another medium of communication that we can better communicate and help our target audience.

I’m excited about this, how about you?