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YouTube introduces automatic video captioning

John Lister — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:59 +0000

YouTube has announced it will offer automated video captioning for clips. It will serve as an accessibility tool for hard-of-hearing viewers, but could also make clips easier to find.

The site already allows manual captioning, but most clip uploaders don’t take advantage simply because of [...]

Why Facebook is a company to watch in online video

Dave Jeyes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:27 +0000

In the last month, Facebook has overtaken sites like ESPN, ABC and CBS to become the number three video site on the Web.

Just a short month ago, Facebook was in tenth place [...]

YouTube to launch full-fledged HD

John Lister — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:56:26 +0000

Google has announced that YouTube will soon include 1080p format videos. That’s the higher-resolution high definition format, sometimes known as Full HD.

The site launched high definition videos late last year, but restricted them to the 720p format which is the minimum resolution required under most definitions to qualify as “high [...]

Apple builds a grad school in iTunes

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:02:43 +0000

Apple is increasing involvement in the education area with a special iTunes project that will put MBA-level lectures from famous universities and professors into the iTunes store at no cost to users.

Universities such [...]

YouTube serving up 1 billion videos daily, but how many are spam?

Sean P. Aune — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:32:43 +0000

While YouTube is enjoying the success of averaging 1 billion videos viewed per day, spammers appear set to start invading the service in earnest.

YouTube CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley took to the [...]

YouTube hits 10 billion monthly views as Warner videos return

John Lister — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:06:31 +0000

Google is celebrating another landmark in online video having become the first organization to chalk up 10 billion clip views in the United States a single month. The figures come as the firm appears close to ending a nine-month standoff [...]

AT&T responds to MMS criticism

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:36:20 +0000

After getting roundly beaten about the head and shoulders for delaying once again the introduction of MMS, AT&T finally has responded to some of the criticism that has been leveled against it.

Recently, AT&T announced that they were [...]

YouTube getting ready to make customers pay for some videos

Sean P. Aune — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:02 +0000

Reports have surfaced that YouTube may soon be adding full-length movies from current DVD releases to the site, but customers are actually going to have to pay to watch these new videos.

Up until recently, YouTube was [...]

Chinese surfers outnumber U.S. citizens

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:59:03 +0000

The world seems full of amazing statistics, but now there is another that just boggles the mind: there are more internet users in China than there are human beings in the United States.

The Chinese government announced in [...]

Iran and activists battle on the internet

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:24:01 +0000

As the Iranian government continues to search for ways to close the country to the internet, protestors and activists in that country work to find new ways to get their story out to [...]