YouTubers Get Love from Yahoo, Google and Disney
What does it mean to top YouTubers now that Yahoo, Disney and Google are showing them love? Will we see the online-video landscape resemble network/studio relationships?
Can a Search Engine Detect and Rank Comedy? Google Tries.
Look out “I Are Cute Kitten.” There’s a new cat in town, and she says No No No No. And according to research it’s the funniest video out there. Google is trying to create an algorithm that ranks a video in terms of humor/comedy. Here’s an article about the subject, and here’s a BBC World…
8 Ways to Turn your TV Into a Web-Video Player (for under $99)
Sure most BlueRay disc players have the ability to stream YouTube and other content. But it’s 2011. Walk away from anything that requires physical media and, gasp, has moving parts. Here are 8 plus ways to stream videos from the Interweb to that big-ass monitor your mama calls an HDTV. CNet reviews the collection, and…
Are You Young or Old? Rich or Poor? Your Tech Reveals All…
Want to know if you’re rich or poor? Young or old? Here’s a way to tell that’s easier than profiling yourself on RealAge or auditing W2’s. 1. Do You Search Facebook or Google Plus? Use Facebook to search? You’re more likely to earn less than $100K and be old. Use Google+ for search and you’re…
A World With Free Hardware (Google/Motorola)
Why did Google buy Motorola Mobility? For the patents, or in preparation for a world where hardware, like software, is free and ad supported? This is a tricky thing to consider in the Mac Era where, “Apple needs people to congregate around a very small number of designs–phones that are placed on altars, so that…
Google Plus to Rollout “Shoot the Tumbleweed” Game to Entice Stagnant Registrants
Of the 52.5 percent of active Internet users who have registered with Facebook-competitor Google Plus, only 7 percent have used the service, according to a fake comScore report. But Google Product Manager Jawed Karim said he was confident Google Plus was only beginning, and that his company has bold plans to increase use of the new…
How to Watch YouTube Video With Friends Using Google Plus
You can now use Google plus to watch a YouTube video live with friends who are remote. Thanks to SFGate and Business Insider for pointing out this new feature. Now you and up to 9 viewers can watch a YouTube video spontaneously, and see each other via webcam. Hopefully Google Plus will boost that number, and allow…
YouTube Goes Music, Music, Music
YouTube has agreed to pay licensing fees with the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), which represents about 3,000 independent music publishers (LA Times). This deal is consistant with Vevo’s success, the significant percentage of music videos topping “most viewed charts” and the all-new YouTube.com/music (see promo video). YouTube, friends, is your new radio station, MTV, iTunes, Pandora,…
Hulu’s New Owner: Google, Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo?
Lots of speculation in the news about Hulu’s new owner. The Hulu peeps (Disney, NBC) opted against an IPO (initial public offering), and have an investment banker looking for a buyer. Are we surprised that Hulu is for sale? Nope. In 2006 (give years ago) we posted that “Networks Pretend They Can Rival YouTube.” These…
If Facebook Was A Pair of Mormans
Imagine Facebook as a pair of potentially Morman Aussies? Would you trust them with the information you share with the website? This is a well-timed video considering the recent attempt by Facebook to smear Google for social-networking privacy issues. Here are the folks from Burston Marsteller that were behind Facebook’s poorly executed op-ed campaign…