Social media sites boon for soloists
Financial Post
Google Inc. Samantha Sin, AFP; Getty Images Sites such as YouTube ease doing business online. Hani Mourra is an online entrepreneur who doesn't dream of being the next Google, Facebook or other Godzilla-like monster of the internet. Instead...
Archive for: January, 2010
ZDNet Blogs
It told them to use YouTube sites in other countries. [You can read my news report here: Google Is Facing Wrath Of Korean Government Over Snub Of Internet Law ] It neatly sidestepped the law by making use of the global nature of the Interne...
Italy trying to clamp down on Internet videos
CNET News
An Italian decree that would require the vetting of videos with sexual or violent content could take effect as soon as February 4, according to reports. The government decree, which affects sites such as Google's YouTube, would also require...
For Super Bowl XLIV Advertisers, Synergy Is the Name of the Game
New York Times
... included special Web sites, video clips and search-engine marketing. Now, “we’re probably in the 3.0 phase of how to think about the Super Bowl,” said Jim Lecinski, a managing director in the Chicago office of Google , which owns YouTub...
Video Sites Dip Toes in HTML 5 Waters
MacNewsWorld
Vimeo has become the latest video-sharing Web site to take the plunge into HTML 5, a markup language that can run video without the help of a plug-in like Flash -- if the user is surfing on the right kind of browser. YouTube is also using t...
Olathe teacher finding basketball fame long after college playing days
Hutchinson News
By now you've seen on television, YouTube and countless other Web sites what is known in Johnson County simply as "The Shot" - with a capital T out of reverence. Let's recap for those of you who have been avoiding the pre-Super Bowl hype by...
Mozilla takes on YouTube video choice
CNET News
A disagreement between Google and Mozilla is making a once-obscure debate into a real issue for those who watch Web video or host it on their own sites. Last week, Google's YouTube announced early support for HTML5 video , which can be buil...
Internet companies voice alarm over Italian law
Reuters UK
The draft, due to be approved next month, would make Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Fastweb and Telecom Italia, and Web sites like Google's YouTube, responsible for monitoring TV content on their pages, industry experts say. It come...
YouTube, Vimeo Ditching Flash for HTML5
Tom's Guide
YouTube and Vimeo is kicking Adobe's Flash to the curb in favor of the sharp new HTML5. Both YouTube and Vimeo have announced that they are launching HTML5-based players on their video streaming sites, thus booting out the long-standing cha...
Samsung introduces Android phone
MSN UK News
Samsung has launched its latest Android powered smartphone - the Galaxy Portal. The phone allows access to Google's mobile services - including search, Gmail and YouTube - and also provides links with social networking sites like Facebook a...
EMI blocks OK Go fans from embedding YouTube videos
The Guardian
... to a time when "labels would've considered these sites primarily promotional tools". Now, however, as Kulash points out, record companies get paid – albeit a minuscule amount – every time a video is watched on YouTube. Following the imm...
Ballmer Defends Microsoft as China Plays up Gates' Comments
PC World
Fortunately the Chinese efforts to censor the Internet have been very limited," Gates said this week in an interview on ABC's Good Morning America. "It's easy to go around" the government controls, he said. China blocks Web sites like YouTu...
It's not me, it's YouTube: a close-up of the internet's soul
Sydney Morning Herald
Just as social networking sites like Facebook have created new kinds of imagined communities, YouTube offers an accessible way for ordinary people to market their own personalities, in the hope of whatever fame and fortune comes with intern...
Player only supports a few browsers now, Firefox not included
DailyTech
The top video destination online is YouTube by a large margin – other video watching sites like Hulu are much further behind YouTube in the number of users. YouTube is constantly working to improve its service to keep its edge and help brin...
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