YouTube

LG bringing YouTube videos to its Blu-ray players

ITworld staff — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:37:33 -0500

LG Electronics is bringing video-on-demand to its Blu-ray DVD players through deals with Youtube and CinemaNow.

YouTube pushes HD video, new landing pages

ITworld staff — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:03:55 -0500

Google's YouTube has rolled out a high-definition option for video uploads and created new landing pages for music, news and movies.

Obama Gets Geeky

ITworld staff — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:17:38 -0500

The man who built a high-tech campaign out of the concept of "change" is already bringing Internet technology into his administration. President-elect Barack Obama has announced plans for a presidential YouTube channel, along with plans for thorough social network and blog screenings as part of potential staffers' background checks. If you've so much as left a questionable comment on a blog somewhere, you might be disqualified. Think you could pass?

Report: YouTube to host full-length MGM movies

ITworld staff — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:17:19 -0500

YouTube is expected to announce Monday that it will host full-length films and television shows from MGM, The New York Times reported Monday.

Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube gain traction at work

ITworld staff — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:02:28 -0400

Use of social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube is widespread in business today, along with instant messaging, peer-to-peer file-sharing and media streaming, according to new research.

Overall, YouTube a kinder, gentler place for Obama

ITworld staff — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:06:44 -0400

When I talk to people about this year's presidential election, sooner or later a video on YouTube will be referenced. Over the past month, if you have any interest in the race at all, you've been sent to (or linked to) YouTube to watch videos like the tirades of Obama's ex-pastor Jeremiah Wright, McCain supporters calling Obama a terrorist, claiming he's Moslem or screaming "kill him," any of the dozens of "McCain Gets Angry" videos, Katie Couric's interview with Sarah Palin (aka Caribou Barbie), or any of the often-brilliant SNL send-ups of this year's candidates. But overall it seems like YouTube is a friendlier place for Obama than it is for McCain.

Apple becomes the platform

jfruh — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:19:11 -0400

When it comes to iTunes and the iPhone, people are deciding that you if you can't beat 'em, you should join 'em.

Google Maps tests geo-tagged YouTube video

ITworld staff — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:01:32 -0400

Google is testing a new feature on its Maps site that adds geo-tagged video from YouTube to maps in the same way that photos are currently added.

YouTube improves video usage analytics

ITworld staff — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:04:40 -0400

Delivering on a pledge made earlier this year, Google has again improved usage metrics for YouTube videos, making it possible for account holders to measure the popularity of different parts of a clip.

Google adds YouTube-like service to Apps suite

ITworld staff — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:36:43 -0400

Google has added a YouTube-like video sharing component to its Apps Premier suite of hosted communication and collaboration software, betting that companies will find it useful for a variety of workplace uses.