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Category Archives: Digital Media
The Latest from JibJab
Weird Al has creeped many people out but never like this. Looking at the JibJab Flash animation/collage, which uses photos for characters’ faces, I can’t help but wonder if there is a way to automate the production process more.
Video Downloads
In looking at the video download space, three sets of questions loom large. First, how much does portability matter? Is it OK to only download to the PC/laptop? Will consumers buy the necessary gear to display PC-downloaded movies on their … Continue reading
Technology of the Year
A Yahoo! exec friend of mine commented on a call today that Flash should be named “the technology of the year” because it enabled Internet video and let sites like YouTube and Heavy get big very fast. I had never … Continue reading
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Tagged Adobe, Digital Media, Macromedia Flash, Mobile
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DMCA and Mashups: The GoogTube & MySpace Perspective
Just got the latest Bambi Francisco NetSense email in my box. The topic is how will copyright holders treat GoogTube. After some discussion on strategies for getting the most money out of Google, the discussion moves to DMCA and then … Continue reading
Venture Capital Video
I was playing with the Magnify.net beta and created a simple site with VC related videos–VCVideo. I haven’t tracked down Borat’s VC pitch yet…
Posted in Digital Media, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
Tagged Digital Media, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
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Google & YouTube: a Sign of Weakness?
TechCrunch was there first and then WSJ substantiated the new price in the much-rumored GOOG-YouTube talks. So, the #1 online company captures the #1 online video player to cement its position. $1.6B is not a huge number for a strategic … Continue reading
Jeff Bezos on Amazon Web Services (Mechanical Turk, S3 and EC2)
I’m at the MIT Emerging Technologies Conference today. Jeff Bezos was the first keynote speaker. His talk focused on Amazon Web Services (AWS), in particular, Mechanical Turk, S3 and EC2. Jeff didn’t talk about the Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), which is … Continue reading
Posted in amazon web services, Digital Media, SaaS, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0
Tagged amazon web services, Digital Media, e-commerce, Industry News, SaaS, startups, VC, Venture Capital, Web 2.0, Web Services
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Coincidence?
Interesting how Microsoft is ramping up the conversations around the Zune rollout right after the Apple announcements of the new iPods, which came out yesterday…
NBC streaming for free: what’s the angle?
The race to put TV on the internet continues with an announcement today from NBC that all of their new prime time shows will stream for free this fall. Each show will have a cast member, creator or producer “host … Continue reading
Flickr Photos Geotagged at 50K/hour
Flickr finally released its geotagging feature. It’s a simple drag’n’drop interface onto a Yahoo! map. 1.2M geotagged photos in 24 hours is about 50K/hour, which is an impressive rate even for a feature that was “pre-sold” for a while. There … Continue reading
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Tagged B2C, Digital Media, Flickr, Geotagging, Industry News
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