Youtube Claims Users Are Making 'Real Money' Off Their Videos

Every YouTuber wants to be the next internet famous web media darling but, until now, no one has seriously considered uploading web videos as a viable way to "make a living". Admittedly, not everyone can be Tay...

The Debate Over 9/11 Truth - Jon Gold & Screw Loose Change

I transcribed Pat Curley and Jon Gold's closing arguments, quoted Jon from the 911Blogger debate thread and added many hyperlinks, plus my own comments at the end: "This is a documentary commentary on 9/11 Truth and the 9/11 Debate: Jon Gold Vs. Pat Curley, which took place...

Mumbai Terror: Twitter, Flickr & YouTube = Cutting-Edge News Media

Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and other people-driven new media are increasingly the front lines of news coverage on important breaking events. While they sometimes include erroneous information, they are proving to be a valuable resource for firsthand reports, and local knowledge...

YouTube Launches Widescreen Video Format

For everyone tired of the tiny, pixelated, lo-res, boxed format of YouTube clips, you'll be pleased to know that the video sharing site has launched a fancy new widescreen format that allows all videos to be...

YouTube Launched First Live Stream Event In San Francisco ( Saturday, 22nd No...

Finally, The Wait Is Over And YouTube Launched First ( Two Hour ) Live Stream Event At Fort Mason Center In San Francisco, USA On Saturday, 22nd November 2008 At 5 PM PST / 8 PM EST ! ( 6 AM...

HTC Introduces New Touchscreen Phones in India

" HTC has augmented its line-up of cellphones in India again with today’s Mumbai launch of the HTC Touch Pro and the Touch Viva.Priced at Rs. 34,990, the HTC Touch Pro features a full QWERTY keypad that slides...

Obama's weekly address to go on YouTube

President-elect Obama is officially the first YouTube president.  I think most of us expected this, just not quite so soon ...."ANN SANNER ...

Israeli troops face abuse trial

" The Israeli military has said it will try by court martial a number of soldiers in connection with the abuse of a blindfolded Palestinian man. The video, broadcast by Israeli TV after being posted on YouTube, shows the man kneeling near a barrier being forced to repeat...

Opera Mini 4.2 launched and promoted by Microsoft

Yesterday, Microsoft placed an interesting article on it's own MSN Mobile portal. The article was incredibly positive about the latest Opera Mini release for mobile phones. As Microsoft states: " The new...

British Journalist Drunkenly Quits Post goes to Work for Obama

British Journalist Works for Obama Campaign and Quits his Job See Video"A British journalist for The Birmingham Mail newspaper was caught on tape, slumped on a Miami sidewalk, attempting to file plagiarized copy for his paper on a laptop, and ultimately telling his boss back...

YouTube to Offer Full-Length Movies

YouTube is planning to offer full-length feature films within the next 30 to 90 days.Although I welcome the idea of being able to screen complete movies on YouTube, they will have to be of high-enough resolution so that they won't completely pixelate when switched to full...

Digital Politics: Social Media Mania and the US Election

The myriad ways netizens, bloggers, journalists, and online communities engaged with the U.S. Presidential Election through social media has been unprecedented and historic.You know that every news organization...

NYT: Sea change in politics after race for president

I think this article is important because it describes how the Obama campaign utilized the internet, and has influenced how future campaigns will be run. "To a considerable extent, Republicans and Democrats say, this is a result of the way that the Obama campaign sought to...

The Decline of the Radio Station

The radio industry risks going the same way as the recording companies and music industry if they don't reinvent themselves and make themselves more relevant.

Turkey tightens controls on Internet speech

A Turkish law enacted last May to prevent access to pornographic content on line, has been used to block 612 sites this year.  Such measures has been taken on entire sites like Blogger and YouTube where some...
 

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