Posts Categorized: YouTube

Can AOL Compete in Video?

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Description: Once again AOL is attempting break into the online video market. With a handful of new acquisitions and launches, AOL is hoping for success this time around because online video is one of the strongest draws for people – and it’s a great way to increase engagement time, which translates almost directly into advertising time…. Read more »

Class2Go: Stanford’s New Open-Source Platform For Online Education

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Description: Higher education institutions have been expanding their resources online by offering extra courses and diplomas that can be earned at a student’s leisure. Stanford University has been at the center of this expansion but their newest iteration, Class2Go, offers something significantly different from its MOOC predecessors. Source: TechCrunch Date: September 17th, 2012 The cost… Read more »

20th Century Fox Puts Movies Online First With A Big Push Behind “Digital HD”

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Description: 20th Century Fox has recently shown some innovation in attempts to boost their online movie sales. Going forward, new movies released by Fox will be offered online in “Digital HD” 3 weeks ahead of In-store DVDs. This shift in priorities may just inject some life into a floundering industry. Source: TechCrunch Date: September 18th,… Read more »

Erasing the Boundaries

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Description: The biggest tech companies are no longer content simply to enhance part of your day. They want to erase the boundaries, do what the other big tech companies are doing and own every waking moment. Source: nytimes .com Date: Feb 12, 2012 In the old days, you listened to music on your iPod while… Read more »

Google Details Electricity Usage of Its Data Centers

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Description: Google released what was once among its most closely guarded secrets on Thursday: how much electricity its enormous computing facilities consume. Source: NYT.com Date: Sept 8, 2011 “The company said that its data centers continuously drew almost 260 million watts — about a quarter of the output of a nuclear power plant — to run Google… Read more »

Start a YouTube empire, quit your day job

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Description: A surprising number of people are turning their video production skills and on-screen talents into entrepreneurial ventures, providing a service and managing to make a sizable income at it via YouTube’s Partner Program. Source: Globe&Mail.com Date: March 17, 2011 The program allows YouTube to share advertising revenue, generated from ads that are overlaid or appear… Read more »