Abstract: Technologies for interacting with media content on a media consumption device include playing media content in a first display window displayed on a display screen. In response to receiving an input gesture, the first display window may be shifted on the display screen while the playback of the media content is adjusted based on the input gesture. Additionally, a new display window may be shifted on to the display screen. A frame of the media content occurring at a determined skip point may be displayed in the new display window.

Abstract: A wearable device may include an inward-facing surface, an outward-facing surface, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the inward-facing surface. A worn-status module of the wearable device may detect a worn-status of the wearable device and set the notification mode to a light notification mode when the worn-status indicates the wearable device is not being worn. A message module of the wearable module may receive a message. A notification module of the wearable device may, based on the receipt of the message and the worn-status of the wearable device, control the plurality of light emitting elements.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a processor circuit and a keyframe indexing module that is operative on the processor circuit to map sensor data from a first sensor to a set of video data, where the sensor data and video data correspond to an event. The keyframe indexing module may be further operative on the processor circuit to identify one or more key portions of the set of sensor data, index the one or more key portions to respective mapped one or more video frames of the video data, and generate a first keyframe index to identify the one or more video frames.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a processor circuit; a media distribution component for execution on the processor circuit to manage presentation of a media presentation on multiple electronic displays, the media presentation comprising a video part and an auxiliary data part, the auxiliary data part comprising sensor data corresponding to the video part, the media distribution component to manage presentation of the video part on an external display and the auxiliary data part on an integrated display. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for controlling primary and secondary displays from a single touchscreen are described herein. An apparatus comprises a touchscreen display, a processor communicatively coupled to the touchscreen display, a detection module communicatively coupled to the processor, and a control module communicatively coupled to the processor. The detection module detects a particular configuration of a plurality of contact points occurring concurrently on the touchscreen display and detects a touch interaction sequence after detecting the particular configuration of the plurality of contact points. The control module controls a pointer on the secondary display based on the touch interaction sequence.

Abstract: Computer-readable storage medium, apparatus and method associated with sharing content between users of a computing environment are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more computer-readable storage media may contain instructions which when executed by a computing device may facilitate a first user of the computing environment in selecting at least one of a plurality of devices associated with a second user of the computing environment on which to share content with the second user. In some embodiments this may be accomplished through the use of a content sharing device management service of the computing environment. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a digital display, processor circuit, and an audio isolation component. The audio isolation component may be operative on the processor circuit to identify a selected position on the digital display during presentation of a video, where the video comprises a video stream and two or more audio streams. The audio isolation component may be operative on the processor circuit to generate an audio beam from the one or more audio streams based upon the selected position.

Abstract: Technology for enhancing video playback is described. In some embodiments, the technology parses recorded event data into a plurality of segments. Data within each segment may then be analyzed in an attempt to identify the occurrence of potentially interesting events. Based on the analysis, a significance value is assigned to or adjusted for each segment. Based on the comparison of the significance value for a segment with one or more significance thresholds, a playback speed is assigned to the segment. A playback index correlating each segment with the assigned playback speed may then he produced and used to control playback speed during video viewing. This may allow relatively uninteresting portions of video to he automatically bypassed at high playback speed, while interesting portions are played at relatively low speed.

Abstract: Systems and methods of operating a computing system may involve determining an identity of a user, determining physical attributes of a user, monitoring user activity, intelligently interrupting sedentary user activity after a threshold period of time has passed, and proposing activities to break the sedentary period of user behavior.

Abstract: Generally, this disclosure provides devices, systems and methods to provide dual screen visibility with virtual transparency. A device may include a dual-sided display element to display a first image on a first side of the display element and to display a second image on a second side of the display element; an activation detection module to detect a user request to initiate the dual screen visibility mode; an image processing module to generate a horizontally transposed version of the second image; and an image rendering module. The image rendering module may be capable of, in response to the initiation request, displaying the horizontally transposed version on the first side of the display element and adjusting a relative transparency between the first image and the displayed horizontally transposed version.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a media management module operative on the processor circuit to identify meta-data from one or more of a plurality of media files, and to allocate, based on the meta-data, one or more media files for a first media presentation on a first device and one or more different media files for a second media presentation on a second device different than the first device, at least a portion of the first and second media presentations to occur concurrently. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: Technologies are described herein that allow for the detecting and locating of an extra-device touch event, such as the strike of a hand or the tap of a finger or a pencil on the surface surrounding a mobile device. Applications executing on a mobile device or the device's operating system can take various actions based on the touch event's location. Mobile device sensors, such as accelerometers, detect that a touch event has taken place by detecting device movement in response to the touch event. In some embodiments, a touch event feature vector is generated from sensor readings and passed to a classifier that determines the touch event location. Other touch event information, such as timing, intensity and a profile of the object that caused the touch event can also be determined.

Abstract: A system and method for content creation based on a mixed-initiative approach includes an interface configured to allow a user to access and interact with a generation module to assist in the creation of a media project based on media from a media database. The generation module is configured to receive user-selected media and retrieve a set of related media and populate and organize the media project with the user-selected media and related media. For example, in the case of a photo book project, the generation module is configured to automatically identify a set of images associated with a user-selected image and populate a corresponding page of the photo book with the user-selected image and set of associated images in a corresponding layout, having the user-selected image most prominently depicted. The generation module provides the user with a preview of a generated page for evaluation and manual user editing.

Abstract: Computer-readable storage medium, apparatus and method associated with sharing content between users of a computing environment are disclosed herein. In embodiments, one or more computer-readable storage media may contain instructions which when executed by a computing device may facilitate a first user of the computing environment in selecting at least one of a plurality of devices associated with a second user of the computing environment on which to share content with the second user. In some embodiments this may be accomplished through the use of a content sharing device management service of the computing environment. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

Abstract: Example methods, systems, and apparatus for audio backtracking control are provided. An example method includes comparing an audio input value associated with an audio input to a threshold. The audio input is to be synchronized with an audio backtrack. The example method includes suppressing an output of the audio backtrack when the audio input value is below the threshold. The example method includes controlling a temporal pointer associated with the audio backtrack during a period of time in which the audio input value is below the threshold.

Abstract: A device may include a processor circuit and a screen depth modifier component for execution on the processor circuit to vary an image displacement between a first image and second image for presentation simultaneously with the first image, the image displacement varying from a first image displacement to a second image displacement different from the first image displacement. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a digital display, processor circuit, and an audio isolation component. The audio isolation component may be operative on the processor circuit to identify a selected position on the digital display during presentation of a video, where the video comprises a video stream and two or more audio streams. The audio isolation component may be operative on the processor circuit to generate an audio beam from the one or more audio streams based upon the selected position.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor circuit and an audio alignment module operative on the processor circuit to determine spatial indicia for a visual portion or element of multimedia content for presentation on a digital display, the multimedia content comprising visual content and audio content. The audio alignment module may be further operative to identify an audio signal corresponding to the visual portion or element and send the identified audio signal to one or more audio output devices based on a spatial correlation between the one or more audio output devices and the determined spatial indicia of the visual portion or element.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a processor circuit and a three-dimensional (3-D) typeface module that is operative on the processor circuit to provide a choice of one or more 3-D typefaces in a graphical user interface displayed on a digital display. The 3-D typeface component may be operable to determine that a selection of the 3-D typeface selection has been received and to apply the 3-D typeface to a selected set of characters in a digital document that includes editable text.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a processor circuit and a keyframe indexing module that is operative on the processor circuit to map sensor data from a first sensor to a set of video data, where the sensor data and video data correspond to an event. The keyframe indexing module may be further operative on the processor circuit to identify one or more key portions of the set of sensor data, index the one or more key portions to respective mapped one or more video frames of the video data, and generate a first keyframe index to identify the one or more video frames.