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The Big, Awkward Problem of YouTube Fees

YouTube has become our national trove of free video, a place where a company can find a free platform for video marketing junk and individuals can watch dogs sleepwalk. But as we've discussed before, the Web's video giant costs Google ...READ»

YooStar Turns Greenscreening Into a Game

Greenscreening is about to make the leap from dodgy movie and TV special effect to a home entertainment social game in the style of Guitar Hero. At least, that's what YooStar, who'll be marketing the new device, is ...READ»

Is the iPhone 3G S Speeding Citizen Journalism Forward?

Citizen journalism is about to become more powerful than you had imagined. The reason? The just-released iPhone 3G S, with its built-in video recording power and ability to directly upload to YouTube.  Citizen journalism is ...READ»

YouTube XL Lives for Your HDTV

Not to be outdone by Hulu's gorgeous desktop application, the video team at Google has just released YouTube XL, a simplified version of the video Web site meant to be displayed on your television. Unlike Hulu's app, YouTube XL ...READ»

Four Reasons You’re Not Using Social Media to Grow Your Business

Social media may work for B-list celebrities, NBA superstars, and giant corporations, but what small business owner has the time to tweet, manage a Facebook fan page or upload videos to YouTube? Answer: those that want to be relevant to their customer base and have a competitive advantage in their industry.READ»

Why Are the Most Creative People in Business Skipping Out on Web 2.0?

These days, we're all public figures. We're sharing our friends on Facebook, our photos on Flickr, our music on Last.fm, and our goofy links insightful observations on Twitter. So when Fast Company set out to capture ...READ»

YouTomb Shows Music Labels Stepping Up YouTube Copyright Crackdowns

Every month, thousands of videos are pulled off YouTube for copyright infringement and other user-flagged violations. A student organization at MIT called Free Culture has compiled a kind of online eulogizer for videos lost to ...READ»

Three Successful Viral Marketing Campaigns

1. Levi's Big Flip When Levi's first assumed an alter ego ("Unbuttoned Films") and uploaded a YouTube video titled "Guys backflip into jeans," it wasn't expecting sky-high exposure. But since its May 2008 ...READ»

• Three Secrets to Make a Message Go Viral

Hulu Gets 'Lost' With Disney's Equity Stake

Walt Disney Company is taking an equity stake in Hulu.com, the Web's third most popular pit stop for video, according to the AP. The site, originally a joint venture between NBC Universal and Fox parent News Corp, will now have ...READ»

Video of YouTube Symphony, Starring Obscura Digital

Google and the YouTube Orchestra got a lot of attention for Wednesday night’s performance at Carnegie Hall, but one of the stealth stars of the evening was the San Francisco-based multi-media design firm Obscura Digital. Check out ...READ»

Google's Cost Cutting Pays off with Rise in Profits

Google surprised analysts this morning with a 9% increase in profit in the first quarter of 2009. The good news is likely a product of Google's aggressive cost-cutting measures, which ranged from axing unprofitable programs to ...READ»

The Surprising Beauty of the YouTube Symphony

Ever think you'd see YouTube videos in Carnegie Hall? Last night, Google and YouTube presented the premiere of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, a collaborative online effort featuring 96 classical ...READ»

Evolution of a Facebook-Killer

Plenty of people have been wondering about which company might come along and dethrone Facebook. What if the answer is so obvious that you wouldn't notice until all the pieces came together?READ»

HP Launches Gabble, a YouTube Competitor

It's called Gabble, and it's a free host for all your personal videos. Sound familiar? That's the same concept that made YouTube a massive success--and plenty of other companies have tried to compete in the space. The advantage of ...READ»

How Social Web Can Save YouTube

Google is set to lose $470 million on YouTube in 2009, according to estimates by Credit Suisse. Even for Google, whose market cap hovers around $115 billion at its current share price, that's a hell of a write-off for one ...READ»

iFive: Disney-Hulu-YouTube Drama, GM's Volt Fizzles, and Web 2.0 Expo Launches in Today's Innovation News

While you were sleeping, innovation put her cable box out on the curb for trash pickup. Here's today's innovation news:  1. Amid speculation that Disney would sign a deal with Hulu to offer ABC shows in exchange for an equity ...READ»

April Fools' Day: How Pranking Your Customers Can Buoy Your Brand [update]

UPDATE: If you're as April Fools'-obsessed as we are, you've probably spent the entire day trolling the Internet for pranks. And because so many big-name brands stepped up, we all had a lot to enjoy. (See our ...READ»

In Down Economy--What do we do now?

In this Economy I believe we all need to bond together. Everyone talks about this being one of the worst times ever but I don't see it that way. WE can learn so much about ourselves and others during tough times. This is when TRUE ...READ»

The Six Best Things on the Web this Week

In case you spent your week "working," here's what you missed online: card-counting iPhones, Mac Mini spy-shots, Depression predictions, and two refreshing arguments against Malcolm Gladwell and intelligent design. Oh, and a sleep-walking dog, to keep things highbrow.READ»

YouTube Monty Python Videos Boost DVD Sales 23,000%

And now for something completely fantastic: The trick of making Monty Python videos available for free online has boosted DVD sales of the comedy sketch show. If you compare DVD sales figures on Amazon before and after the creation of ...READ»

Should We Be Surprised That Twitter Beats Mainstream Media?

What can we learn from the recent spate of articles touting Twitter "scoops" of mainstream media?READ»

TiVo Brings Web Video to TV

Tara MaitraVice President, General Manager of Content Services TiVo> New York, New York Tara Maitra, 37, helps bring content from Amazon, Netflix, YouTube, and more than 50 other sources to TiVo subscribers. "TiVo is ...READ»

• Google Takes on TV Ads
• ComScore Sees the Bigger Picture
• Bringing Order to the World of Online Video
• ESPN Scores With Broadband TV Network

Ffwd to Bring Order to the World of Online Video

Patrick KoppulaCEO Ffwd> San Francisco, California Patrick Koppula, 34, who cofounded the popular music-recommendation site iLike, started Ffwd (pronounced fast forward) to bring order to the world of online video. "TV has ...READ»

• TiVo Brings Web Video to TV
• ESPN Scores With Broadband TV Network
• Google Takes on TV Ads
• ComScore Sees the Bigger Picture

Sony's Webbie Pocket Camcorders Ace Flip's MinoHD

Camcorders are moving in two directions at the moment: Bigger more traditional ones are recording to large solid-state drives, while the cheap pocket "youTube" camcorder is getting better video quality. Sony's latest offerings slide ...READ»

Kodak's ZX1 Weather-Resistant YouTube Camcorder Does 720p

Kodak's taken the guts of its Zi6 pocket camcorder and uprated them into the new Zx1. It's a candybar-shaped device with Motorola-RAZR-like metal controls and it shoots video at 720p. Those controls are a little curious, but they're ...READ»