Posts Tagged YouTube

30 Lessons Learned Using Social Media for Small Business

Do you own a small business? How long have you been using social media as a marketing tool and what have you learned? In a little over a months time I will have owned my business for just about three years. When I began using social media some thirty six months ago, I had no real marketing backgr

03.17.2010 | Business, Social Media | Hugo Candeias

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YouTube considering subscription fees

Guardian.co.uk wrote: YouTube may begin offering subscription services that allow users to watch major new TV shows and films online, according to a senior Google executive. While a number of broadcasters - including Channel 4 and Channel Five - have already forged deals with the Californian w

12.16.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Video: One Million Frames per Second

One of the most viewed videos on YouTube these days shows the impact of bullets shot in a million fps (frames per second). The video was recorded by Werner Mehl, the measurement company ballistics German Kurzzeit.

10.17.2009 | Technology, Video | Hugo Candeias

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YouTube Hits a Billion Views, What's Next?

YouTube Hits a Billion Views, What’s Next?

InternetNews.com wrote: More than a billion a day. That's the number of page views YouTube is serving on a daily basis, according to CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley. Actually, he said YouTube is attracting "well over a billion views," which further cements the site's standing as far and away th

10.10.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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YouTube may stream movie rentals

Reuters.com wrote: Online video site YouTube is in talks with several major movie studios about renting movies to users by streaming the movies over the Internet according to a person familiar with the talks on Wednesday. It would mark the first time the world's most popular video site would c

09.3.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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YouTube Will Pay for Best Video Submissions

InternetNews.com wrote: There's an old joke about a company that's losing money on every sale declaring, "we'll make it up in volume." That's probably not Google's strategy, but the search giant just announced a revenue-sharing plan that may greatly expand the number of videos on the video sit

08.27.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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YouTube shares more video profits

Video-sharing website YouTube is to allow those who post popular videos to share in the profits they generate. The site already shares ad revenue with the owners of copyright material that is frequently uploaded. The new scheme aims to identify hugely popular videos from individuals, notifying

08.26.2009 | Business, Technology | Hugo Candeias

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Be careful what you post online, career counselors warn

People concerned about their careers should be extra careful about what they post on the Internet during a recession, career counselors say. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, blogs and other venues present numerous opportunities to sabotage your hunt for a job or promotion at a time when employers can

08.6.2009 | Technology | Hugo Candeias

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YouTube Founder Chad Hurley Invests In U.S. Formula 1 Racing Team

Yesterday I had an informal meeting with Best Buy executives at the Fuse Capital offices in Palo Alto (Fuse is running a new Best Buy venture fund) to discuss the CrunchPad. Best Buy and Fuze have been big supporters of the project, and we had a good discussion of our plans going forward. I a

08.6.2009 | Business | Hugo Candeias

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Interview with Marissa Mayer: Twitter is Complementary to Google (video)

Marissa Mayer, Google’s VP Search Products & User Experience, took fairly direct questions in the most recent edition of Digg Dialogg, the interviews series from social news site Digg. Topics include the upcoming launch of Google Wave, how Google feels about Microsoft Bing and Wolfram Alpha, a

08.3.2009 | Mobile, Technology, Video | Robert Günther

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