Category Archives: Resources – Media Sharing

YouTube launches ‘safety center’

Via Cnet news Posted by Caroline McCarthy From a MySpace-related suicide to hate speech on YouTube, the world of user-generated content has been plagued by plain, old nastiness since its early days. That’s why, as part of the Family Online … Continue reading

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TalkShoe Releases Spontaneous Mobile Audio Streaming

Via Mashable December 4, 2008 – 9:38 pm PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins Add a Comment TalkShoe this afternoon released a major upgrade to their live podcasting platform, one that allows for a call to be created mobile, on … Continue reading

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Researcher Claims “Attention Spirals” Hold Key To Predicting Success Of YouTube Videos

Via Tech Crunch by Serkan Toto on November 18, 2008 Why do certain videos on YouTube become mass phenomena while the vast majority of videos just get a handful of views, if any? Riley Crane, an American post doctoral fellow … Continue reading

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YouTube is Fighting Hulu With Both Hands Tied Behind Their Back

Via Mashable November 18, 2008 – 3:18 am PDT – by Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins 4 Comments A topic I’ve tackled several times here at Mashable has been the question of Hulu versus YouTube in terms of their advertising strategies. My … Continue reading

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YouTube Eyes Full-Length Movies; The TBS of Online Video?

Via Mashable November 6, 2008 – 9:55 am PDT – by Adam Ostrow YouTube is set to begin offering full length feature films within “30 to 90 days” according to CNET. Parent company Google is said to be discussing a … Continue reading

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Will the YouTube Generation Take YouTube to the Polls? Heck Yes.

Via Mashable November 1, 2008 – 4:01 pm PDT – by Paul Glazowski I’ve said it twice before already, but I’ll reiterate: This is the YouTube election. Yes, Twitter has played some part. Reputable bloggers on all sides of the … Continue reading

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YouTube Translate: So Your Babushka Can Get What Your Video Blog is About

Via Mashable ovember 1, 2008 – 5:03 pm PDT – by Paul Glazowski It was this past Thursday, in our review of another review service, when I figured that Google should seriously consider generating automated translations for YouTube clips to … Continue reading

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Low Mobile Video Figures Show Networks Need to Get Smart and Play Dumb

Via Mashable November 1, 2008 – 9:52 am PDT – by Paul Glazowski I don’t know whether to think recent calculations for mobile video consumption (or lack thereof) via the four top wireless carriers in America are just a little … Continue reading

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Online Video — And Our Attention Span — Get Longer

Via the New York Times By Saul Hansell Many people watch free, advertising-supported episodes of shows on sites like Hulu. The conventional wisdom is that people on computers only have the attention span to watch very short video clips. But … Continue reading

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YouTube Enables Deep Linking Within Videos

Via Tech Crunch by Jason Kincaid on October 25, 2008 It’s not a big new feature but it’s certainly one that will come in handy:YouTube will now allow you to send users to a specific point in a video by appending a short … Continue reading

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