July 3rd, 2008
Viacom just sacrificed your privacy to further their billion-dollar legal harassment of YouTube. US District Court Judge Louis Stanton just ordered YouTube to hand Viacom all personal information of all YouTube users. That includes names, IP addresses, viewing histories, everything.
YouTube, of course, argued that this would violate your privacy. Stanton dismissed that argument as “speculative”.
Yes, […]
By Mike Abundo -- 7 comments
June 30th, 2008
So let’s get this straight: Google AdSense ad units, contained in and contextual to content sites, will now contain Google-syndicated content contextual to the content sites, that contains ads contextual to the Google-syndicated content.
Talk about picture-in-picture-in-picture.
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By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments
June 28th, 2008
Between flamers and spammers and illiterates, YouTube commenters aren’t exactly known for their eloquence. That’s why J. Chris Newberg here challenges YouTube creators to write a song about their video comments.
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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment
June 28th, 2008
At a startup dinner in Palo Alto the other night, YouTube founder Chad Hurley told the story of YouTube. Grab some popcorn, kids, because this is thrilling stuff.
YouTube’s been around three years. TV’s been around fifty years. The former is well ahead of schedule to kick the latter’s ass.
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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment
June 19th, 2008
Welcome to the YouTube Nation, traditional independent filmmakers. Four-Eyed Monsters was the first feature-length film on YouTube, and now YouTube creates a special Screening Room specifically for independent films. The Screening Room will feature four short films every two weeks, and feature-length films on a case-to-case basis.
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By Mike Abundo -- 0 comments
June 17th, 2008
If you can get to Philadelphia on July 12 at noon, check out the YoTube gathering at Independence Park.
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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment
June 14th, 2008
Want to know how to set up those cool YouTube branded channels and contests? Kevin Nalts uncovers documents outlining how to do both.
Creating and Customizing a Branded Channel
Designing and Running a Contest
Both documents are marked Google proprietary and confidential. Nice find, Nalts. :)
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By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment
June 13th, 2008
Victoria Lindsay’s attackers proved that beating someone up on YouTube is not a good idea. Now Lance Corporal David Motari proves that killing puppies on YouTube isn’t a good idea either.
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By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments
June 6th, 2008
One of the things that must happen for online video to become as ubiquitous as TV is for it to become as easy as TV. Computers intimidate people; they want single-purpose appliances as simple as a toaster.
Some companies are trying to make that happen with TV set-top boxes that channel YouTube content, but Panasonic is […]
By Mike Abundo -- 1 comment
June 4th, 2008
As usual, market leader YouTube can bide its time when copying competitors’ features. YouTube Annotations allow video creators to add notes and video links to videos. I added a few annotations to this video of Happy Slip joining the Sini Gang.
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By Mike Abundo -- 5 comments
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