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Blink-182′s Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge Live on YouTube

by Jeff Weisbein October 5, 2011
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In a post by Google’s Bradley Horowitz, he announced that blink-182′s +Mark Hoppus and +Tom DeLonge are going to be live talking about Google+, their tour, and their new album (Neighborhoods) at 3pm PST (6PM EST) today.  They will be streaming it live on the YouTube channel AtGoogleTalks. If you are not familiar with the Google Talks YouTube channel [...]

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Why Hasn’t Google Shut Down Orkut Yet?

by Mike Mansell September 16, 2011
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During the Google+ hype a few months back it seemed as if everyone was so excited that Google finally had a social network.  And while I agree with the fact that Google+ was a substantial milestone for the Internet giant, I couldn’t help but to chuckle at the fact that next to nobody seemed to recognize the [...]

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Will A Google Acquisition of Hulu Provide Worthwhile Synergy?

by Mike Mansell September 7, 2011
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If there’s one aspect of our day-to-day lives that I am sure will change dramatically over the next few years I honestly think that thing would be television.  I mean, think of what TV was like fifty years ago – a bulky little box with bunny-ears and a black-and-white picture that families circled around in [...]

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Would You Rent Amateur Content from YouTube?

by Jeff Weisbein June 13, 2011
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Relatively recently YouTube started to allow content creators to rent their content to people willing to purchase it.  Now that got me thinking.  Would you rent amateur content?  And if so, how good would it have to be and how much would you be willing to pay?  I’m not sure I would and I create content for [...]

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5 Awesome Screencast Applications

by Jeff Weisbein May 22, 2011
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Screencasting has become a very popular form of sharing information and knowledge. Many people are now using them for How To’s and other types of tutorials. They’re probably one of the most common types of videos you will find on video upload sites such as YouTube and for good reason. Not only are there several great applications that make screencasting easy, some of them are even free.

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5 Reasons Why YouTube Live Has Great Potential

by Mike Mansell April 8, 2011
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By now I’m sure you’ve heard about YouTube‘s new “live” venture which will allow users on the already popular video sharing site to stream content live to YouTube’s vast audience; much like current streaming services like Ustream and Justin.tv already offer.  While YouTube has previously covered live events in the past, the site is now [...]

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Why YouTube Is Google’s Largest Asset

by Mike Mansell April 8, 2011
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When three former PayPal employees first launched YouTube back in 2005, the conceptual idea of a mainstream video storage and streaming service was far-fetched at best.  Sure the Internet was growing at the time and the site (if successful) had unspeakable potential, but when it boiled down to it Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim [...]

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YouTube Taking the First Steps to Produce In-House Content

by Mike Mansell December 16, 2010
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For years now, YouTube has been seen as a well-known and trusted video sharing website.  In fact, the site has become a de facto of forms for video storage and distribution, and has only grown larger since Internet giant Google purchased the site in 2006.  One of the most important aspects of YouTube has been [...]

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YouTube Campaign: A Hunter (Fill In The Blank) A Bear

by Jeff Weisbein October 5, 2010
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I just stumbled across this advertising campaign on YouTube by Tipp-ex.  The video ad campaign is perhaps the most clever and unique social media campaign I have seen to date.  The product being advertised is Tipp-ex’s Pocket Mouse, which is one of those whiteout pens. What’s so special about the campaign?  It starts off showing [...]

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YouTube to Increase Video Upload Time Limit to 15 Minutes

by Jeff Weisbein July 29, 2010
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According to BoingBoing, YouTube will soon increase the maximum duration of uploaded videos from 10 minutes to 15 minutes.  While this move may not mean much to most people, it will definitely be helpful to those of you who are not YouTube partners who use YouTube as a publishing platform your content.  Obviously, the increase [...]

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