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27 Nov This post is from from my other blog here When Twitter launched, the obvious way to see what was going on was to follow people. For those who were looking to promote something on Twitter, they needed to mingle with whales to get the @tention of their surrounding jellyfishes. Quite frankly, the platform was kind of a pain to use, to understand, and to keep track of.Today, it's the other way around. Through search and RSS, no need to follow some arrogant prick just because everyone else is and that's the way things go. Simply target the keywords around which you are interested to meet other people, wait for ... Click here to read the entire blog post
26 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Youtube announced the launch of its new 16:9 player. A lot of people reacted to this imposed video format, arguing that they should at least be given the choice of the player format. On that aspect, I totally agree. By changing the formats, not letting us know way on advance, and not offering us the option to keep the old format, Youtube is totally neglecting the art of video editing. Before even capturing an image, a video producer should be aware of the output format, simply because there are compression rules he needs to respect to optimize the ... Click here to read the entire blog post
25 Nov This post is from from my other blog here rolled out some new features to enhance their video experience. This new set of features is intended to viralize your activity on FFWD. Basically, it is now possible to plug a FFWD account to a Twitter or Friendfeed account. Hooking up the Twitter account to the FFWD account is the feature that gets the most buzz today online. What basically happens is that I can automatically retweet the videos I share, save, or the channels I am watching. That is a pretty good idea, one I cannot say I have never thought of. However, I am afraid ... Click here to read the entire blog post
24 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Rememberthemilk.com. Values of n will be shutting down existing products. However, the technology behind the scenes will live on and potentially re-emerge as part of Twitter's systems, services, user experience, or open source libraries. Nothing specific in this regard is ... Click here to read the entire blog post
23 Nov This post is from from my other blog here April 2006, Time Warner, Michael Eisner, and Spark Capital complete $12.5 million strategic Series B investment in Veoh Networks. June 2006, Michael Eisner acquires Team Baby Entertainment. March 2007, the Topps company is acquired by the Tornante Company. March 2007, Michael Eisner ... Click here to read the entire blog post
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Youtube easy to use. Video producers are invited to create a video describing one (or more) feature of the site in detail. This time, the videos should be for one of the Help Center entries hereunder: * Editing my video * Customizing channels * Contact lists * Transferring from camera to computer * File formats * Embedding videos * Can't hear audio * Clear cache and cookies * Using QuickCapture * Director, Musician, Comedian, Guru and Reporter accounts I was overloaded with work for the first call-out, but I think I ... Click here to read the entire blog post
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here the team launched a cumulative views badge for their users. As you can see, the badge shows the total number of video views generated across all the video platforms that Tubemogul tracks for me. Worth mentioning, the badge links to my profile page on Tubemogul. This shows how Tubemogul positions itself between video producers and advertisers. If a potential advertiser likes the videos I produce, he can visit my site and see through the badge how popular my videos actually are Web-wide. If interested, he just clicks on the ... Click here to read the entire blog post
20 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Realius is an online fantasy real estate game. Basically, it offers a virtual environment where anybody can play Realtor. The leading product, Price Me Now, is a simple game that tests your good judgment in terms of house prices, and gives you a grade based on your guess , and on how close your guess was compared to those of others. This week, the Founder announced that you can now play Realius in Australia (Sydney and Brisbane). Simply head over to PropertyIQ and start playing. Realius is not a destination site. Realius is a real estate gaming platform that any real estate ... Click here to read the entire blog post
18 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Friendfeed stepped on Twitterfeed's territory by enabling its users to plug their Friendfeed's feed to Twitter. At that moment, I thought I would never have to use Twitterfeed ever again. Had I jumped to conclusions too fast? Let's see: My Friendfeed account syndicates my activity from Youtube, Yelp, Blogger, Twitter, Digg, and so many more. Thankfully, Friendfeed lets me filter out which activities I want to see in my Twitter stream. For example, I do not wish my Twitter followers ... Click here to read the entire blog post
18 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Readwriteweb.The debate happens because Hulu has a built-in advertising system, and Youtube is trying to integrate a solid one. On the other hand, Hulu only has a few million viewers, compared to Youtube 60 million visits every month.The biggest question behind this is: Is UGC video a bigger ad market than production houses' videos? Hulu targets large companies with millions in advertising budget to spend on popular sites. Youtube targets the fractals of advertising budgets originating from individuals or ... Click here to read the entire blog post
18 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Google's blog. Tonight is also the night when the Major League of Baseball signed to use Adobe Flash for streaming videos on MLB.com (and got rid of Silverlight). The site welcomes from 4 to 10 million uniques a month, which is quite ... Click here to read the entire blog post
17 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Dell Hell all over again. This is a pretty funny scenario, because the tagline "we feel your pain" is obviously a play on words since Motrin is a pain reliever, but so awkward, that the negative reaction could have been expected from the start. Mibazaar spotted the negative wave of reactions and developed a nice little way to monitor the storm. All ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Today, Tweetlater added two new features to its service. Tweetlater makes it possible to automatically follow back new Twitter followers, automatically send greetings to new followers, and schedule automatic tweets. I am not a big user of Tweetlater (I don't use the automatic tweeting features), but it could be the foundation of something much greater, so I keep my eyes on it.Earlier today, the Founder of the Twitter client, Dewald Pretorius, sent a newsletter announcing that Tweetlater could now send me a digest every x hours of all the replies directed to me. That's a pretty useful feature, considering that ... Click here to read the entire blog post
16 Nov This post is from from my other blog here RSS Mixer, it sounded like something worth checking out. RSS Mixer is in Alpha mode right now. It enables me to blend separate feeds into one single feed. The first interesting feature is the design of each feeds' profile page: 
I really like that the media feeds are separated and directly accessible through ...Click here to read the entire blog post
14 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Yelp's rankings. His problem is that his customers' reviews keep getting erased by Yelp, and despite some good reviews that stick around, his business shows at the bottom of the last search results page of his category. When you look at it, it is obvious that this person's Yelp ranking is being hijacked. Here is what I stated in my first reply email: 1. Your competitors appearing on top of the ... Click here to read the entire blog post
13 Nov This post is from from my other blog here With the release of sponsored videos in the search results, Youtube is not Google's finances black hole anymore. Will it start being a serious competitor to Hulu in terms of revenue generation? Hard to say. I have a feeling that paid search on Youtube is going to turn the Youtube universe upside down. On another note, I was wondering how Youtube would feel about uploading a bundle of videos that don't particularly make sense when watched individually, but that makes sense when assembled into a whole. In exchange of hosting videos, Youtube expects page and video views. The value of videos ... Click here to read the entire blog post
12 Nov This post is from from my other blog here except the Google Blog where the news has been announced). First, go on https://ads.youtube.com. Once you hit get started, you have two choices: Promote your channel, or promote your videos. 
Once you have made this selection, you create your little ad, Adwords-style.
Select targeted keywords. Just like Adwords, the system provides suggested keywords to help ...Click here to read the entire blog post
12 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Youtube video and Slideshare presentations in your calls. The picture above is pretty self-explanatory. I think the Youtube addition to the service makes TokBox a really appealing solution for Internet users looking to watch videos together, almost as if they were sharing the same couch. Participants in a call can now discuss these items in real time or just have fun watching each other’s ... Click here to read the entire blog post
12 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Mashery. Mashery is the leading provider of API management services. Ebay was the first company to launch an API back in 2001. Since then, the adoption growth has been pretty slow, until social networks like Facebook and Twitter started to play the open data game. The release of the Google Maps API also catapulted a number of new mashup projects. To prepare the interview with Oren, I have studied Mashery's background a little bit (the job of a reporter). My researches started with Sexywidget's insightful review of last week's API conference. ... Click here to read the entire blog post
12 Nov This post is from from my other blog here all excited over the partnership between CafePress and Flip Cam. While reporting on the news, I also criticized some blogger elsewhere who apparently thought that Flip should focus on HD before offering to bling the Flip. Well it turns out this blogger knew better ... Click here to read the entire blog post
11 Nov This post is from from my other blog here The Onion. The message is that there is way too much junk uploaded everyday to Youtube, and maybe this ought to change. The Onion specializes in goofing around, but this message is not so irrelevant. I subscribed to the 'flip' keywords (along with other related words) on Twitter Search, and I am actually amazed by the number of people who use the Flip to upload content on Youtube. I also subscribe to all the new videos uploaded to Youtube that contain the keywords Flip: There is ... Click here to read the entire blog post
10 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I bought my first Flip Cam in June 2007. The first launched version of the camera is as rudimentary as I imagine the prototype was: It works on AA batteries, the control buttons are hard to press, and the body design is very similar to a can of beans. The video here perfectly illustrates my point. The new Mino is a design candy: soft edges, satin feel, slim, shiny... There is a lithium battery that fills up through your USB connection, and finally a hole to place the camera on a tripod. More recently, Flip Video Mino  Cafe Press ...Click here to read the entire blog post
08 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Friendfeed quietly enabled the geo-location tagging feature on the feeds that transit through their powerful RSS management system. The article on VentureBeat isn't very spicy, but if you head over to The Inquisitr, Duncan Riley offers a livelier reaction to this new addition: It’s like when everyone on Twitter started using BrightKite and posting to their Twitter stream exactly where they were at that moment. Sorry but I couldn’t care less where you are any point in the day ... Click here to read the entire blog post
07 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Youtube-isation of the politics. The Obama Youtube campaign converted into 14.5 million hours of accumulated video views, a reach that would have cost $47 million on TV, half of McCain's total campaign budget. A hit! The panel seemed to be divided into ... Click here to read the entire blog post
07 Nov This post is from from my other blog here takes on Howard Stern's attitude towards the whole (micro)blogging scene. The popular radio host argues that bloggers are just losers who need to get a life, instead of sharing what's left of it on blogs and social networks. For Gary, this is exactly what Howard Stern has been doing the past decades to grow an audience: Sharing his life. Gary sees this attitude towards blogging as a way for the self-made celebrity to protect his grounds. My sister is a daily listener of the Howard Stern ... Click here to read the entire blog post
06 Nov This post is from from my other blog here A nice little script just popped up in the Greasemonkey repertory: The Twitter Sidebar Replies. As you can see on the screenshot here, it shows you all the replies that were directed to the user of the page you are on. As you can imagine, this tool is handy when you want to see the social activity of a Twitterer, and maybe intricate yourself into his discussions. I was using another script - the Nested Twitter Replies - to figure out directly from twitter.com who was talking to who. The problem is that the script is accurate 60% of the time. ... Click here to read the entire blog post
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05 Nov This post is from from my other blog here I just noticed this new feature in Blogger's tools: 
It gives you several search options, and shows the different results in separate tabs: It will show you search results from your blog, from all the pages you have linked to from your blog, from the Web, and also from the sites you have linked to in your link list.
This search box is turning SEO into something actually fun. Google makes the rules of linking easy to understand. So who do you want to see appearing in your network's results? Are you going to link the same way, now that the blue ...Click here to read the entire blog post
04 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Brajeshwar via FlickrBeing a regular Digger is time-consuming. Blind digging is pretty handy when your goal is to keep alive a community of friend diggers. There are some drawbacks to blind digging and pairing up with blind diggers: 1. You slightly mess up Digg's metrics and algorithmic adjustments, hence decreasing the value of Digg's data. 2. You can get 50 diggs for a submitted item, and not generate one single click on the item's link. But in the end it all comes down to quality content. Out of all the ... Click here to read the entire blog post
04 Nov This post is from from my other blog here Youtubers who wish to live stream. My guess would be that Yahoo! Live did not promote their service well enough to the long tail. BlogTv has been (don't know if it still is) a prominent Adsense keywords buyer. Spend dollars to make dollars? I have no idea if BlogTv is profitable ... Click here to read the entire blog post
03 Nov This post is from from my other blog here DiggStatistics. It's not a productivity tool, but it does a good job at keeping the place clean. Click here to read the entire blog post
31 Oct This post is from from my other blog here your entire Friendfeed activity to Twitter. This translates into: anytime you bookmark a page on Delicious, you favorite a video on Youtube, you write a review on Yelp, you post a comment on Disqus, and so on, a tweet will be posted to alert your followers about it. This immediately created a flow of mixed reactions on the Web. On Venture ... Click here to read the entire blog post | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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