Boxfish Launches Android App
June 11, 2013
Boxfish wants to keep the public in-tune with what is trending on TV and they have just the technology to do that. Their technology was already available for Apple iOS and according to the TechCrunch article “Video Discovery Startup Boxfish Launches Android App, Opens Up API For Third-Party Developers” they recently released an Android version of their application. They have taken it a step further and have opened up their application to developers.
“To recap: Boxfish works by scanning network satellite signals for captions and figuring out which words or topics or phrases are being talked about across a wide number of TV programs. It started with a real-time TV search engine, letting its users say where and when certain topics are being mentioned. But it’s expanded to enable users to see which topics are most popular.”
The Android technology continues to grow in the tablet and smartphone world so this addition means that Boxfish will be an option for more phones, tablets and users. Also notable is a new feature was added to the Android version. Users will now have the ability to use Google’ voice recognition technology and be able to actually talk to the app and search for content without ever typing a word. Boxfish is looking at the big picture and isn’t just settling for apps they are also reaching out to third parties. They have opened their real-time TV API up to some of their partners and allowed them to use the technology in their own apps. The data is also being offered to university media schools so that they can have a more in-depth understanding of topics that are talked about on 24-hour news networks. Boxfish definitely seems to be giving video search a new and refreshing makeover.
April Holmes, June 11, 2013
Sponsored by ArnoldIT.com, developer of Augmentext
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