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 [...]
Elaine Scott sues Scribd for copyright infringement
While Google faces massive protests for their book indexing program… Scribd is facing legal issues of their own.
American author Elaine Scott has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Scribd.
Scott claims in his lawsuit that Scribd “shamelessly profits from the stolen copyrighted works of innumerable authors”.
Scribd claims [...]
MySpace and Last.fm said to be blocked in Turkey
Online sources claim that the Turkish courts have banned MySpace and Last.fm in the country.
The ban is said to be due to music rights violation. YouTube is already banned in the country since some time now.
Webrazzi said in a blog posting:
Turkish internet users can [...]
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 [...]
Nielsen Online: users waste more time on Facebook than Google
Here is an eye-opener. Nielsen Online has reported that as per their research, web users tend to spend much more time on Facebook social network.
The report claimed that users spent an average of 5 hours, 46 minutes on it last month. This is much [...]
AIM 7 with social features to arrive next week
AOL would launch a brand new edition of their AIM instant messenger next week.
AIM 7 would come loaded with tons of new functionalities like support for social networks.
The company said that this new version would enable the users to stay connected with their friends and [...]
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 [...]
VUDU to come inbuilt in some new Mitsubishi TV sets
Mitsubishi has announced that some of their new television sets would feature VUDU service support inbuilt.
The company announced two new sets which would feature VUDU:
Mitsubishi Unisen Diamond LT-46249
Mitsubishi Unisen Diamond LT-52249
Both of these television sets feature 1080p flat-panel with a 16-speaker sound system and [...]
Google might soon offer rentals through YouTube
Industry sources claim that Google is in talks with several movie studios to bring rental services to their video sharing service YouTube.
YouTube is currently the most popular video sharing destination on the web. It is also home to several movies and television shows which can be viewed freely. [...]
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 [...]
