Muzu is a new rival to YouTube
Muzu is the latest web service which aims to take on Google owned video sharing service YouTube.
Muzu is currently offering thousands of hours of high-quality music videos in addition to episodes of television shows including The Tube and Top of the Pops.
The service is based [...]
YouTube and Facebook users facing problems today
Mashable has reported that two of the most popular online destinations (for wasting time let me add!) are facing problems today.
YouTube has been going through scheduled maintenance which is lasting for a bit too long.
Even Facebook is said to be problematic for some of their users. [...]
Google has a video rating problem on YouTube
YouTube developers have blogged about a peculiar problem.
They have posted a graph showcasing what kind of ratings is given by users on their service to the videos.
The graph clearly showcases that the 5 star rating is the most common rating. 2, 3 and 4 star are [...]
YouTube update has some cool features like resume support on long videos
Google updated their YouTube video sharing service earlier this week.
Here are some of the cool features:
1. Google has added a friend suggestion feature which would work similar to Facebook. You would get to see suggestions based on your history of shared video links. They [...]
Google in talks to acquire Brightcove?
Mark Glaser, Executive Editor of PBS MediaShift has tweeted that Google is currently in talks with Brightcove for a possible acquisition deal.
The tweet mentioned that the value of the deal could be around USD 500-700 million.
Brightcove is a potential challenger to Google owned YouTube service but they service [...]
AT&T launches its own site broadcasting TV shows and movies
US based telecom giant AT&T has launched its own video portal which would broadcast television shows and movies for free.
The company has named this service AT&T Entertainment.
They are currently offering content from networks like Bravo, Oxygen, Syfy, The CW, USA Network, CNBC and others. [...]
Vevo rumoured to be in talks with CBS and NBC
Vevo is a new web based music service that is expected to launch later this year.
The service already has the support of music labels like NBC Universal, News Corp and Walt Disney.
They are now working to get other players in the field onboard.
Market [...]
YouTube updates header to focus on search
Google might be developing an operating system for netbooks but it remains a search company at heart.
Google developers have updated the YouTube header section to remove the noise elements.
Focus is now on search and videos.
YouTube said in a blog post about this updated interface:
We’ve [...]
This demo video can be checked out with appropriate glasses to see 3D effects on the YouTube video service by Google.
ooVoo launches business solutions for video conferencing
ooVoo has announced the launch of their video conferencing solutions for business customers.
With this, they are taking on some of the biggest companies out there including Cisco and eBay.
Cisco owns WebEx and has their own telepresence video conferencing systems.
Skype is of course one of the most popular [...]
