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When Showyou started in April for the first time last year, we noted that sort of like a Flipboard for video content. New update today kicks it up a notch, making things more visually appealing when you add more content and making it easier to find.
Version 2.0 Showyou shows iPad improved user interface, which is really fantastic looking. Grid as pre-look, but it is now much smoother and easier to manage. It feels like a way to view video should be done in the form of tablets. Most recent videos are in the top left corner and you move on and down to move through time.
The grid concept remains key. And the new version expands on it to add content from the new, large publishers, such as The Daily Show, Colbert Report, Ted, BBC and others. Each of these publishers now has its own grid, which you can subscribe with a single click. And you can hop between grid focus on specific content.
In addition, you can now search for videos on Showyou. And things that you are looking for can be saved and in their own grids. The search also is nice because it's socially-infused. Showyou is not scanning all YouTube, it simply returns the results to what people are divided into large social networks. There are about 12 million videos available to search for right now, "said Showyou.
But my favorite aspect of the application must be integrated with AirPlay, Apple over-the-air, streaming video technology. If you have an Apple TV connected to your TV, you can browse for the video to Showyou and quickly lead them to be watched on the big screen. He really turns your iPad into a Visual, social remote. This is something Showyou had in mind when they started work on the application, says CEO Mark Hall.
"This is an incredibly addictive environment for watching video," Hall said, noting that the reverse chronological path was not ideal for the tablet. "This is a tragedy for presenting it in such a way," he said.
You can find Showyou 2.0 in the App Store here.
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