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In an effort to stay competitive with revenue sharing viral video sites like Revver, Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, said that his site will start sharing profits with its millions of users. The announcement was made during Hurley’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland this past Saturday. Many active YouTube users have started …
According to Hitwise, MySpace related search terms accounted for half of the top 10 search terms to all sites on the Internet in 2006.
Every once in a while a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything. Apple, a company known for innovation, has been very fortunate in this regard. In 1984 they introduced the world to the first Macintosh and changed personal computing forever. Then in 2001 Apple introduced the first iPod and redefined the music industry. Today …
The Democrats may have wrested back control of power in Congress, but that hasn’t quieted the ire of American cable news broadcaster Keith Olbermann. The 47-year-old is known for his Special Commentary segments on MSNBC’s “Countdown With Keith Olbermann,” where he regularly tears apart US President George W. Bush. Olbermann’s outspoken political views have also …
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Want some positive blogger buzz about your new product or service? Maybe you should just buy it as Bill Gates did for Microsoft's Zune media player.
You never know when a satellite might be flying by ready to take a picture of your naked body. Here are some naked sunbathers busted by Google Earth.
Rappers are often considered story tellers, and there's been no one better the last few years than Jay-Z. The self-proclaimed "best rappper alive" has come out of "retirement" and is releasing a new CD next week. On his latest album, Kingdom Come (due Nov. 21), he includes a sample from NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams. The song is called "Minority Report" and it talks about the government's response to the Hurricane Katrina victims.
I guess the Internet video battle between QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media is over. Who won… none of the above. Sites like MySpace and YouTube have made Flash the standard flavor of video on the Internet. Even Microsoft has thrown in the towel. Their news website, MSNBC.com switched over to Flash in October. It was …
Web search leader Google Inc. is hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio industry.
Google spokesman Michael Mayzel said this week that the company will begin a public test of Google Audio Ads by the end of the year. Advertisers will be able to go online and sign up for targeted radio ads using the same AdWords system they use to buy Web search ads.
Google is generally testing its ability to move into offline media, this week saying it would help customers buy advertisements in 50 U.S. newspapers.
Do you suffer from Internet Addiction? Ever wonder how much actual time you spend daily surfing websites? If you're curious, a free Firefox extension called PageAddict can give you a summary of your daily online activity.
Jason O’Grady from PowerPage.org found an interesting research report that says the 5th Ave Apple Store is offensive to some Muslims. Why? Apparently the glass cube shape of the Apple Store entrance resembles the Ka’ba in Mecca (see image). The report, which was translated by The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), also finds problems …
“Borat” is making nice with MySpace. British comic Sacha Baron Cohen‘s satire about an anti-Semitic Kazakh reporter, one of the biggest hits at the Toronto International Film Festival, will screen exclusively for MySpace members around the world next Wednesday. The presentation marks the international launch of the social networking site’s Black Carpet screening series, which …
YouTube, the country’s leading video-sharing site, is a portal for individuals who want an outlet to express their thoughts and views. But opening up your life to the rest of the world may not be what some expected from their newfound YouTube fame. Especially for the young 16-20 year old crowd that the site seems …
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YouTube, the current darling of the online video world, is making “significant revenue” right now. So said its CEO Chad Hurley in an appearance at a digital media conference in San Jose on Tuesday, the San Francisco Chronicle is reporting. The site, Hurley reportedly said, is looking at new ways to offer advertising, trying to …
The browser wars just went intergalactic. While humans fight it out between Internet Explorer and Firefox, it seems that some Aliens have already made their decision… or maybe it was just a bunch of college kids. This past weekend, the Oregon State Linux Users Group descended on a field in Oregon to create a 45,000+ …
