Posts on ‘September 2nd, 2008’

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by Roi Carthy on September 2, 2008

A few days ago YouTube announced the addition of Closed Captioning support to its videos. One small problem though… YouTube included neither the tools nor the services to help video owners create the actual captioning source files– SubViewer (*.SUB) and SubRip (*.SRT)—needed to activate this feature. This [...]

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By Jacqui Cheng | Published: September 02, 2008 - 10:54AM CT
Companies making use of Google Apps as part of their business operations can now share videos within an organization without having to upload them to YouTube or another video sharing service. Google introduced Google Video for business today, which allows businesses to upload [...]

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By Matthew Lasar | Published: August 31, 2008 - 08:25PM CT
Podcasting continues to grow at a rate that’s faster than a snail’s pace, but not by much. The Pew Internet and American Life project reports that almost one in five Internet users (19 percent) say they have saved a podcast for later listening. [...]

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Are you confused about Net Neutrality? Who isn’t? Some people argue it is necessary for continued innovation on the Internet, and point to Comcast’s bandwidth metering as a sign of things to come. Others claim that it is unnecessary regulation that will create unintended consequences in its wake. Opposing Views, the debate [...]

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This certainly won’t be the most interesting product launch of the day for Google, but it’s worth noting anyway. This morning Google is launching Google Video for business, a customized video platform aimed at businesses for internal use. Think training vides, HR videos, etc. (anything that isn’t outside facing). The product is included [...]

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by Michael Arrington on September 1, 2008

FEMA isn’t screwing around this time. There’s a hurricane hitting the gulf coast, and they are not going to take the blame if things go wrong.
They’ve evacuated 2 million people, for example.
And now, they’ve got widgets, which have been created by the Department of Homeland Security. Earlier [...]

Via Gerry McGovern http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2008/nt-2008-08-25…
TOO CLOSE TO YOUR WEBSITE, TOO FAR FROM YOUR CUSTOMERS
The web management challenge is to shift your focus away from your website, technology and content, and to focus instead on the needs of your customers.
Yahoo continues to underperform and be under attack. There are many reasons why Yahoo is facing challenges, [...]

Via the New York Times By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD
Published: August 31, 2008

On a July day in Chicago, Google employees swarmed a conference room at the advertising agency Leo Burnett, carrying in couches and beanbag chairs to create a lounge. They gave away candy and showed off Google’s advertising technology. Throughout the day, they emphasized a single [...]

Via BBC News Online - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7593106.stm
Google is launching an open source web browser to compete with Internet Explorer and Firefox.
The browser is designed to be lightweight and fast, and to cope with the next generation of web applications that rely on graphics and multimedia.
Called Chrome, it will launch as a beta for Windows machines in [...]