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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

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21 ships · 6 projects this stretch

Heron standing in a serene wetland with the sun rising and clouds overhead.

New ServicesClip

Your phone uploads videos faster, even on bad signal.

The app finds the best connection. No more waiting.

Clip is our app for recording your screen or camera, then trimming and sharing the clip.

By The Shop · Dispatch from Alice

You're on a job site with weak cell service. You hit upload on a video clip and expect it to crawl. This time it doesn't. Instead of sending your video across the country on a bad connection, Clip routes it through a server that's closer to you. The data takes a shorter path. It moves faster.

That matters if you're sending clips to a crew, a client, or your own records. Slower uploads mean you're standing around waiting, or the file doesn't make it at all. Now it just works.

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“Record your face on desktop.”
On New Services

Latest Dispatches

New ServicesClip

Clip is our app for recording your screen or camera, then trimming and sharing the clip.

Cut a video, change your mind.

You trim a clip down to what you need. Ten minutes later you realize you cut off something important. Before, that was gone forever. Now you can undo the trim anytime in the next 24 hours. The full original video is kept on your phone, so you can go back to it.

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New ServicesClip

Clip is our app for recording your screen or camera, then trimming and sharing the clip.

Oops, deleted a clip? Get it back fast.

Your thumb slips. You delete a video you didn't mean to. The old panic sets in. Then you look and the clip is still there. You can undo the delete right away, within a few seconds of the mistake.

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New ServicesClip

Clip is our app for recording your screen or camera, then trimming and sharing the clip.

Watch your videos right in the list.

You're scrolling through a bunch of clips in your library and want to check one. You used to have to open it in a separate view, then back out, then pick the next one. Now you can hit play right there in the list and watch it without leaving. You stay in the same screen the whole time.

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New ServicesClip

Clip is our app for recording your screen or camera, then trimming and sharing the clip.

Record your face on desktop.

You want to record a quick message or demo but you don't want to show your desktop, your notifications, or anything behind you. Clip now has a webcam-only mode on the desktop version. You turn it on and only your face goes into the clip. Your screen stays hidden.

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New ServicesClip

Clip is our app for recording your screen or camera, then trimming and sharing the clip.

Clip's buttons are now teal instead of orange.

We refreshed the colors in Clip. Orange is out, teal is in. Nothing changed about how it works, just how it looks. If you use Clip, you'll notice the buttons and accents are different when you open it next.

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Off The Wire

More that shipped this stretch, in brief. Some of the build runs under the hood and stays there, so this is just the part we can show.

  • Uploads now go to your nearest server, way faster
  • Videos shrink automatically when you upload them
  • Undo a trim mistake anytime within 24 hours
  • Pick which frame shows as your video thumbnail

From The Web

Worth your time, from around the web. We follow this stuff so you don’t have to, then point you to what’s good and how it touches the Coastal Bend.

Some gear links below are Amazon affiliate links. If you buy through them, we earn a small cut at no extra cost to you.

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New ServicesYour videos upload faster from across the country.New ServicesPick the best picture for your video.New ServicesPlay videos in your library.New ServicesRecord your face.New ServicesYour phone uploads videos faster.New ServicesGet back a trimmed video.New ServicesWatch your video without opening the editor.New ServicesRecord only your face, not your screen.New ServicesPick the image people see when they click your video.New ServicesUndo a deleted video for 30 seconds.New ServicesYour phone uploads videos faster.New ServicesUndo your video trims for 24 hours.New ServicesWatch your video before you edit it.New ServicesRecord just your face, hide your screen.New ServicesPick which frame shows when people see your video.New ServicesWe changed our accent color from orange to teal.For The ProsField technicians can report problems from the job site.New ServicesYour videos shrink on their own.New ServicesWatch your clip right where you stored it.New ServicesCut your videos without the stress.New ServicesGet back a video you deleted by mistake.New ServicesPick which frame shows as your video's cover.New ServicesRecord your face, hide your screen.New ServicesWe changed the button color from orange to teal.For BusinessesReport problems from the job site on your phone.New ServicesWatch your videos before you edit them.New ServicesTrim videos to the exact frame you want.New ServicesGet back a video you deleted by accident.New ServicesYour phone uploads videos faster on slow connections.New ServicesPick the frame people see first when they watch your video.New ServicesRecord your face on your computer.New ServicesYour videos upload faster from anywhere.New ServicesWatch your videos right in your list.New ServicesTrim videos to the exact spot you want.New ServicesPick the image people see before they watch your video.New ServicesRecord your face on your computer without showing your screen.New ServicesWe refreshed the look.For The ProsReport problems faster from the job site.New ServicesYour video uploads finish faster on weak phone signal.New ServicesVideos shrink automatically when you upload them.New ServicesRecord just your face, hide your desktop.New ServicesWatch your videos without leaving the list.New ServicesThe interface got a visual refresh.New ServicesSee if someone watched the video you sent them.For The ProsReport a problem by scanning a code at the job site.