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Vendor Videos With a Spark of Personality February 01, 2012 
I take briefings from all sorts of vendors every day, from established companies with a new release to emerging companies with what they hope will be The Next Great Idea that the market will seize on. I am always happy to give my opinion and advice, and sometimes it's even taken. But I am usually reticent to write about most of them simply because it's not my job to provide free advertising.
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Minitube Puts More You in YouTube January 04, 2012 
YouTube is a great source for watching an eclectic collection of videos on music, human stupidity and worldly comedy. But I find it much too easy to go far afield as I click on "also watched" videos when viewing a particular topic line. Minitube solves that problem for me.
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YouTube Designs a More TV-Like Experience December 05, 2011 
Google has launched a major interface redesign for YouTube. This latest change revamps the site overall. It also provides a new home page and simpler, customizable channels. "We want to grow the amount of time people spend on the site, and we feel that growing channels is a way to help them find the videos they love," YouTube spokesperson Chris Dale told TechNewsWorld.
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Peering Into the Future of Online Video July 15, 2011 
2010 saw many large retailers experiment with online video. According to eMarketer, nearly three quarters of all U.S. retailers featured video on their sites in Q4 of 2010, which is up 55 percent from a year earlier. They created homepage videos, how-to videos and select product videos on their websites and other channels such as YouTube.
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4 Amazing Technology Waves That Will Change Your Life July 11, 2011 
Last week, Facebook launched its video chat. Saying this was going to be an "awesome" announcement and then showcasing basic video chat and group text chat was, and I'm being kind, disappointing. Still, Facebook does have something amazing here -- I just don't think it's worked out yet. But I do think this is the beginning of something big.
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Mixed Messages: If a Picture's Worth 1,000 Words, What's a Video Worth? May 12, 2011 
Say you're a real estate agent, and you want to show a new listing to your client. You don't want to just email a link to information about the house, however; you want to personalize it somehow. Like, perhaps, with a video of yourself describing and selling the good points of that property to your potential buyer. Sound complicated? With video email services, it's as easy as switching on your webcam.
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Product Videos Get Customers in a Buying Mood April 12, 2011 
The more we invest in something, the more committed we are to a successful outcome. Obvious enough, but what this investment of time and effort means is that we are now more motivated to follow through on our initial interest in the form of action.
Enticing your shoppers to stay on your site and engage with your products not only increases brand awareness, but also increases the likelihood of a sale.
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Microsoft Lends EC's Google Probe a Helping Hand March 31, 2011 
Microsoft is filing a formal antitrust complaint with the European Commission as part of the commission's investigation into possible Google violations of European competition law.
Google holds about 95 percent of the European search market. The complaint involves Google restraining competition by limiting search and Windows Phone access to YouTube and other services Google owns.
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Myspace Rearranges Furniture, Slaps On Fresh Coat of Paint October 27, 2010 
Myspace announced a site redesign Wednesday as it attempts to cement its position as an entertainment niche in social networking and stem the flow of users to the exit door. The News Corp. unit is seeking to become the online destination for "social entertainment" -- a place where Gen Y'rs can share music and videos, as well as share likes and dislikes with fellow fans.
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7 Tips for Tapping Into the Product Video Sales Bonanza September 15, 2010 
As the summer comes to an end, most people are thinking about the back-to-school season, but retailers around the world are already focusing on the winter holiday season ahead. They're assessing inventory and developing marketing strategies, aiming to steer more traffic to their e-commerce sites. They're also looking for ways to improve their sites' stickiness, engagement rates and conversion rates.
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YouTube Gives Live Streaming a Spin September 13, 2010 
YouTube began a limited two-day test of live streamed video on Monday, partially fulfilling years of rumors that the Google-owned service would enter the live market currently dominated by players such as Livestream, UStream and Justin.tv. The experiement began on Monday with shows from Rocketboom, Howcast, Indy Mogul, Barely Political and JR Sport Brief.
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YouTube for the Enterprise? Adobe Unleashes Flash Media Server 4 September 09, 2010 
YouTube's daily tally of roughly two billion downloads proves that viewing video is among the most popular activities among Internet users. Now Adobe, creator of the ubiquitous Flash Player, has introduced several solutions that could make video standard fare on corporate networks as well.
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YouTube's Extra 5 Minutes Could Buy More Than Time July 30, 2010 
YouTube uploaders who wish to follow 60s pop-art icon Andy Warhol's advice and grasp their 15 minutes of fame now can do so fully. YouTube has raised the maximum length limit on submissions from 10 to 15 minutes, announced Product Manager Joshua Siegel on the company blog. While an additional five minutes may seem trivial to some, it represents an increase of 50 percent in video length, which is significant.
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The Sweet Smell of Social Media Success - and the Funk of Failure July 16, 2010 
How's this for tying together Old Spice's winning social media strategy and Apple's current iPhone problems: While the cologne and deodorant company is ending the week smelling like a rose, Steve Jobs' tech colossus is in danger of stinking up the joint. Follow along with me as I attempt to marry the two top tech stories of the past few days.
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The CIO's Guide to Business-Class Video July 09, 2010 
As the enterprise progresses toward the goal of proving fully immersive and collaborative capabilities to remote individuals, it is important to realize the value of video not only as a technological achievement, but as a practical business enhancement.
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Google May Steer Devs Web-Ward With Mobile YouTube Refresh July 08, 2010
YouTube's decision to make its mobile Web site compatible with HTML5 may one day be viewed as a turning point in what is shaping up as an epic battle for control of the mobile device landscape. In unveiling the new site on Wednesday, YouTube said its goal is to give mobile device users the same video viewing experience they get on desktop computers.
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