TheBard says “A Stellar HD Cable Box, So Far” about Cisco – AT&T U-Verse Cisco IPN-330HD Cable Receiver
Bottom-Line: If you are thinking about going with AT&T U-Verse you’ll want to request the Cisco IPN-330HD Cable Receiver, you’ll be glad you did.
No longer willing to put up with the Dish, we recently had AT&T U-Verse installed (we opted for the HD digital cable service and broadband Internet) and so far the results are [...]
YouTube Insight shows global reach of political videos
Yesterday, YouTube began letting video uploaders share traffic statistics with the public via its Insight analytics service. One interesting early result, political technology blog techPresident has discovered, is that you can see who is watching — or not watching — President Barack Obama’s speeches.
Whether or not you think Obama’s open-handed approach to foreign policy is [...]
Miro 2.5 Gets New Audio Podcast Section, Improved Launch Speeds [Downloads]
Windows/Mac/Linux: Miro, the open-source media player that’s sort of like a TiVo for internet video, has hit its 2.5 release, boasting 2 to 4 times faster launching speeds, a new audio podcast section, and more. In addition to the faster launching speeds and new audio podcast section, the Miro blog lists some other major changes [...]
YouTube enters the cavernous, chromatic world of 3D
So it seems that YouTube has been experimenting with offering 3D videos over the past few days, but we’ve held off on letting you know just to make sure this wasn’t some sort of one-day lab test. As you can see in the video there in the read link, 3D videos that are uploaded can [...]
Our Palm Pre Ad Remix Makes More Sense [Video]
This Palm Pre ad is much better, don’t you think? Truth in advertising. Also, see if you can pick an even more creepy actress next time. [YouTube] Want to make one? Go here.
Half-Amazing, Half-Terrifying Concept App Combines Facial Recognition with Augmented Reality [Augmented Reality]
We’ve seen some cool augmented reality apps shown off that will point you towards the closest subway or find your mom, but this TAT Augmented ID app takes it to the next level. It’s mindblowing, but it leaves me conflicted. Using facial recognition, it allows you to point your phone at someone and [...]
Facebook Video: Now Serving 1 Billion Views A Month, Including This Amazing Zuck Impression
For the last few months Facebook has been regularly posting promotional videos to its Career site, introducing prospective applicants to all the neat things that go on behind the scenes. Today they’ve uploaded one that’s particularly interesting, detailing the launch of the company’s Video feature. It’s been known for some time that Facebook [...]
AIM Push Problems – Hacktivated iPhones to Blame?
Crunchgear is reporting that Till Schadde of Equinux has been noticing some weirdness with his AIM app and push notifications. Namely, Schadde has been seeing his AIM messages go to random recipients. He discovered this by being notified that a message he had sent to his iPhone version of AIM was redirected to a random [...]
Read Between The Lines: YouTube Monetizing At Least 12% Of Views
Yesterday, YouTube posted an update to its Biz Blog in which it detailed and attempted to dispel some of the oft-spoken myths about the world’s most popular video portal. The blogosphere’s reception to the post was generally skeptical, with a number of reporters complaining that it was overly vague and lacking any concrete numbers [...]
Microsoft Officially Retires Soapbox, The Poor Man’s YouTube
Microsoft’s YouTube clone Soapbox is officially shutting its doors, according to reports today. Soapbox, which was launched in 2006 as a hub for downloading and sharing user-generated videos, was never able to be a viable competitor to YouTube.
MSN corporate vice president and chief media and technology officer, Erik Jorgensen, said that Soapbox delivers less [...]
