Technology News: Video 2.0

Despite Danger, Iranian Protesters Won't Be Silenced

Wednesday - July 1, 2009

The Iranian protesters sneak their cellphones onto the streets and hit record, frantically trying to evade being caught or beaten. The shaky, grainy images are emailed to friends. Then they are uploaded to blogs, YouTube or social networking sites -- offering the world some of the only firsthand glimpses of tensions following disputed presidential elections on June 12. However, the Internet window on Iran's upheaval is being increasingly blacked out by the information crackdown by authorities. [More...]

YouTube Opens Digital J-School for Amateur Reporters

Tuesday - June 30, 2009

How do you conduct a great interview? For Katie Couric, it all starts with being a gracious host. "I think the more comfortable you make someone feel, the better interview you'll get," she says. "I know in terms of body language I always try to be very warm and welcoming. It's really critical to put someone at ease." [More...]

Telestream Lets Windows Media Flow Into Mac Platform

Monday - June 29, 2009

adggIt took Telestream six years after its founding in 1998 to cook up an Apple application, but some 15 million Mac owners are glad it did. That first product, Flip4Mac, which allowed Mac users to import, export and play Windows media video files on their Apple machines, not only made Telestream a shining star in Apple's constellation, but it also marked a new area of business for the company. [More...]

The Iran Lesson: Technology Can Set You Free

Friday - June 26, 2009

After two weeks of news from Iran, it wasn't a tweet from Tehran that came to symbolize the horror in a potential revolution and the real-time, cinema verite nature of its storytelling. True, it was a moment brought to you by digital technology and the Internet, but it wasn't Twitter that made the leader of the free world search for the right words during this week's presidential press conference. [More...]

Google: Italian Court Case Threatens Internet Freedom

Tuesday - June 23, 2009

Testimony begins Tuesday in the Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused. All four deny wrongdoing. The case could set the tone for new limits on sharing videos and other content on the Web. [More...]

How Big a Loser Is YouTube?

Wednesday - June 17, 2009

Internet video leader YouTube's losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google doesn't mind the misperception, according to a study being released Wednesday. Technology consultants at RampRate project YouTube's operating losses this year at $174.2 million -- far below the $470.6 million estimated by Credit Suisse analysts Spencer Wang and Kenneth Sena in an April. [More...]

Surviving the Downturn Through Social Marketing

Tuesday - June 9, 2009

Social marketing offers a new way to interact with consumers, but aside from being another channel, it requires a different mindset to achieve results. This is Web 2.0, where the consumer is in charge of the message and will angrily resist big brand pressure and broadcast marketing. Content needs to have merit to thrive in the social space, so cheesy slogans are out. [More...]

The Rise and Fall of Traditional Journalism, Part 3

Monday - June 1, 2009

The shift from highly centralized corporations to distributed, networked "clouds" of micro-businesses is a hallmark of the Internet age, and it finds its expression most clearly in the rise of social media. Social media services can best be thought of as ad hoc organizations of contributors providing media content of some sort over the Web. The variety of such services is stunning. [More...]

Susan Boyle: A Web Star Born, a Web Opportunity Lost?

Saturday - May 30, 2009

The final act of the year's biggest pop culture sensation will not be seen on TVs, beamed out to multiplexes or heard much on the airwaves. Well, at least not in America. The phenomenon of Susan Boyle, seen by millions of Britons on ITV's "Britain's Got Talent," has been a worldwide digital storm played out in sporadic installments on the Internet. [More...]

Dead Cat Lives On to Mock Human Foibles

Friday - May 22, 2009

A new Internet phenomenon has drawn the interest of millions -- including Stephen Colbert. One of the most popular current online crazes is something called "Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat," a user-generated video meme. The formula is a simple. A clip is played of a pratfall or some unfortunate, self-inflicted accident. [More...]

The Coming Visual Computing Revolution

Monday - May 18, 2009

For the last decade, the PC market has kind of sucked. Against the massive growth of the '90s, and with the exception of Apple, which didn't do well in that decade, the PC market has been a poor reflection of the excitement that once surrounded it. Part of the problem was the focus on computation and the lack of focus on things that make computing exciting. [More...]

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