Snark and not a little. For years, Apple milked its underdog status, tweaking Microsoft with its popular “I’m a Mac” commercials. Now, comeuppance is coming from not an underdog, but it’s primary competitor both in the marketplace and courtroom. Ready to wince? Ready to laugh? Step inside.
Steve Jobs definitely said the voice recognition feature in the latest iPhone will be the key to Apple making its own television sets. Or at least that’s what some are now assuming.
Visitors to Sesame Street’s YouTube page were in for a shock yesterday. That wasn’t Elmo… and that wasn’t tickling.
It’s rather fitting that technology played an important role in spreading the news Steve Jobs had died, and in allowing us all to hear what he had to say while he was alive.
Whenever the analysts talk about Netflix they throw in some doom and gloom, saying that the spectacular growth of the video rental company can’t continue. Yet every time Netflix just gets bigger.
Some people breach copyright intentionally. Some do it by mistake. Either way, YouTube has decided the solution is to patronize them.
Ask the average YouTube user what makes the site and they’ll tell you its a combination of amusing camcorder clips and archive TV footage uploaded with a hazy attitude to copyright laws. But if Google has its way, the site will be seen as an original broadcaster in its own right.
YouTube has bought out an Irish video tech company, mainly to acquire its technology. The company says the purchase of Green Parrot Pictures will be particularly useful with shaky camcorder footage.
YouTube’s U.K. office has denied reports that Google plans to use the country as a test site for a streaming video service. The company was said to be earmarking $100 million to push the scheme with high-profile movies.
British police detectives hunting for the killer of Jo Yeates have turned to Facebook and YouTube in an effort to gain new leads.
Italian broadcasting regulators have formally classed video sharing sites such as YouTube as being broadcast stations. It could have significant repercussions in the areas of privacy, libel and copyright.
YellowBird, located in The Netherlands, has developed technology that allows you to make videos that add new meaning to surround home theatre. Just like Google street views, you can scroll 360° within the video.
Those nice folks at Google, whether they are evil or not, may be a little marketing-impaired. Their Google TV plans have run afoul of the networks and users, and may be almost as botched as the Nexus One.
The new Passenger Media Unit (PMU), designed by Thales, looks like a cell phone and runs on the Android operating system. The new device would essentially take the place of your SkyMiles magazine, your seat-back controls and your call button.
YouTube has been taking baby steps for some time in its move towards live streaming of video, but its pace has increased of late and it now appears ready to do some streaming tests with partner sites.
The Federal Communications Commission is said to have been overseeing talks to settle the ongoing debate over net neutrality. But a resulting agreement between Google and Verizon could blow the entire concept out of the water.
After years of restricting users to video lengths of 10 minutes, YouTube has finally decided to increase the length by 50 percent, but is it really of any use?
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