1938 Media inks deal with Verizon

July 1, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Video | Leave a Comment

Loren Feldman is having a busy week. Yesterday, 1938 Media inked a deal with Verizon Wireless to carry his content on their VCast network, according to this post at TechCrunch. Feldman confirmed the news later in the day yesterday with a brief video post.

And the puppets move on…

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under Features, Professional Bloggers, Social Media, Video | Leave a Comment

Loren Feldman, of 1938 Media, has put an end to the Shel Israel puppet game.
In his post from Saturday evening entitled Open Letter to Shel Israel: It’s Over, Feldman announces the end of the dispute to Shel

CNet profiles TMZ’s Technology

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under News, Professional Blogging, Video | Leave a Comment

CNet takes a look at the technology behind TMZ.com - one of the leading celebrity news blogs:
Other newsrooms have migrated from videotape to digital, but TMZ, perhaps best-known for its reporting on Seinfeld star Michael Richards’ racist tirade, was designed for the Digital Age. Not only does this enable TMZ cameramen to shoot using lighter, [...]

CBS Web Player to be Embedded Everywhere

June 4, 2008 | Filed Under News, Video | 1 Comment

CBS are revamping their web player, and in the process they’re making it possible to embed it on outside websites. Other news includes HD picture quality, full-screen viewing, and a new interface. The CBS web player will be upgraded over the coming months.
That means that CBS is doing what ABC is not, adding embed features [...]

Wedding Photos 2.0 is Video

June 2, 2008 | Filed Under News, Video | Leave a Comment

It appears that the New York Post is accepting video along with the traditional wedding photos, so now you can share your vows in the newspaper. At least online, I’d reckon we’re still a few years of video on paper…
Wouldn’t it be cooler to just do a full-blown wedding videos site, or channel it on [...]

Scoble & Israel to collaborate on live show ‘Workfast’

May 26, 2008 | Filed Under News, Video | Leave a Comment

Robert Scoble and Shel Israel will be collaborating on a new live web-video show called “Workfast’ according to a post on Shel Israel’s blog:
I’m co-hosting WorkFast with Robert. It is a live, half-hour interview show about the future of work. The premiere will be at 10 am [Pacific], Thursday June 5. After that, it will [...]

YouTube Put More Focus on Citizen News

May 21, 2008 | Filed Under User-Generated Content, Video, YouTube | Leave a Comment

YouTube wants to put more focus on citizen news, so enter Olivia, the new News Manager who urges people to participate. She’s got a channel up, want tips by e-mail, and says hi in a video:

Keep Looking →

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Blog Design: WTF Is That Doing There?
July 24, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 6 Comments

Remember the old adage that you never get a second chance to make a first impression? You personally may get a second chance to sway that first impress, but your blog doesn’t. If you don’t grab them within the first micro-seconds of a visit, they won’t subscribe and they won’t be back.
Digging through a lot [...]

Google Delivers 2% of World’s Malware
July 24, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | 3 Comments

The 2008 first half Security Threat Report, published by computer security company Sophos, has identified Google’s Blogger as being responsible for 2-percent of the world’s malware.
Apparently, hackers are setting up free blogs that host malicious code. You’ll also find evil links lurking in the comments section.
According to Google:
“Using Blogger, or any Google product, to serve [...]

9rules Getting Ready for Round 7
July 24, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

9rules is getting ready for Round 7, where bloggers can attempt to get in the popular blog network by submitting their blogs for review. August 6 is the date you need to mark in your calendar if you want in. As they did the previous time, a special page will be available, open to submissions [...]

Movable Type 4.2 RC4 is the Last One
July 23, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

The fourth release candidate for Movable Type 4.2 is out now, and apparently it is the last one prior to the release. Check it out if you want to be bleeding edge.

Google Borg Now Complete: Digg To Be Assimilated For $200 Million
July 22, 2008 | By Darnell Clayton | 2 Comments

Michael of TechCrunch fame is reporting that Google is in talks to purchase Digg for approximately $200 million.
(TechCrunch) Google’s on and off negotiations with Digg have been back on in a big way for the last six weeks, we’ve heard from multiple sources inside of Google, and the two companies are close to a deal [...]

WordPress for iPhone Now Available
July 22, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 3 Comments

That’s right, the iPhone application from Automattic we talked about earlier is now available from the iTunes App Store, free of charge. It supports self-hosted WordPress versions from 2.5.1 and up, as well as WordPress.com hosted blogs.
What do you think, iPhone owners?

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