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There are plenty of options when it comes to video sharing sites.  YouTube has been the big player, but has been very slow rolling out features.  Viddler’s big distinguishing feature is allowing comments to be placed at certain points during the video.  Now Viddler has come out with “Vidgets” (widgets,… Continue Reading »

Talk about Twitter’s reach growing.  Apparently it is now going into outer space.  NASA astronaut Mark Polansky will be commanding the upcoming mission to the International Space Station, and he just posted an invite on YouTube.  This invite, which was posted on NASA’s official YouTube channel, invited users, as well… Continue Reading »

Today, YouTube will be live streaming President Obama’s news conference tonight.  It’s been 100 days with President Obama in office, so now it’s time to do a little assessment.  The White House YouTube channel will be streaming the video live at 8PM tonight (Eastern time).  YouTube’s first ever live stream… Continue Reading »

YouTube is launching a new feature called “YouTube RealTime” to only 100 invited users.  Here’s how it will work.  There will be a new toolbar on the bottom right of the page.  You’ll be able to see who’s online and who’s not, what they’re watching, and some info on their… Continue Reading »

Photographs from the Conover, N.C., Police Department Mmmmm…mmmmmmm good.  Now wait, that’s Campbells Soup.  And you really probably wouldn’t be saying anything like that if you had been one of the “lucky” ones that caught the now infamous Domino’s kitchen video prank before it was pulled off of the ever… Continue Reading »

If there’s one web video platform that’s nearly impossible to escape from, it has to be Adobe’s Flash.  YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, and nearly every other video hosting website uses Flash as a means of showing video.  According to Adobe, Flash is currently installed on 98 percent of all computers.  Apparently… Continue Reading »

YouTube is now in talks with Sony Pictures to acquire rights to many of their full length feature films.  You can now find certain movies from Sony Pictures, like Wild Things on the Sony owned Crackle.com.  This possible deal follows last week’s announcement that Disney would be putting shorts produced… Continue Reading »

China has begun blocking all access to YouTube, adding it to a the long list of sites it blocks.  Other sites on that list include the Amazon, Flickr, GoDaddy, Google News, iTunes, and Wikipedia.  While this latest block has been confirmed, Chinese officials have not offered any explanation for it. … Continue Reading »

One of the greatest inventions in recent times has been the Internet.  It has evolved from something barely being in use, to something that we can’t live without.  We are constantly connected to the net from our phones to our netbooks and we are constantly using the Internet at all… Continue Reading »

YouTube and Google seem to have no luck when it comes to negotiating with the music industry.  While Apple has the persuasive power of Steve Jobs, Google seems to have the persuasive power of messing with YouTube viewers to prove a point.  A few months ago they removed music videos… Continue Reading »