The adoption of Kubernetes-enabled infrastructures and applications has revealed the challenge involved in enabling persistent, reliable data storage in an ephemeral compute…
Read MoreJamie Oliver's new Food Tube channel is live on YouTube - and it's going to feature some familiar faces for people who scour the video site for unique food videos.…
Read MoreYouTube is about to take a stake in Vevo, according to multiple reports. That would be a smart move, because it would help YouTube to hold on to more than half a billion views a month.…
Read MoreWhile the future of Current's programming is up in the air following its acquisition by Al Jazeera, one guy's not freaked out -- on Twitter and YouTube, "Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur is reminding his fans that he and the "TYT" team will be just fine.…
Read MoreHulu CEO Jason Kilar is leaving the company along with CTO Rich Tom. The two will stay on in the next months to manage the transition.…
Read MoreToo many connected devices downloading, streaming or uploading in the home can choke a home network, and there's not much average consumers can do about it. But Qualcomm hopes that its new StreamBooost technology will help make the router --and home networks -- smarter and better.…
Read MoreAfter users complained about bad online video experiences, France's telecom regulator launched an investigation trying to figure out if a local ISP was blocking YouTube or if it was just underinvesting in its network. A decision is expected soon, and could have worldwide repercussions.…
Read MoreTwo of the funniest women in comedy today. A channel that brought together cop show parodies and sci-fi drama. A series that created a community. And a brand that pushed the boundaries of serialized content. For those who like web video, 2012 was a great year.…
Read MoreBy creating a bevy of new iOS apps, what Google has been up to is becoming more obvious. It's made it its mission to not just compete with Apple with the Android platform and Nexus mobile devices, but battle Apple on its own platform.…
Read MoreYouTube tweaked its homepage as well as its video watch page Thursday, making its channel guide a persistent element across almost the entire site. Similar changes will come to channel pages in the near future, and are designed to further emphasize YouTube's channels.…
Read MoreBattlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome might have ended up like many television pilots -- abandoned and never again seen. SyFy opted to instead premiere the series through Machinima Prime on YouTube. It's a great treat for Battlestar fans - and a potential precedent for future projects.…
Read MoreAbout that Nexus 4 with no LTE. Turns out it has LTE, but only on a single band. Android owners got a Skype update this week and can expect to see more AirPlay-like features in the future from Google for media and apps.…
Read MoreIn the past, information flow during a military campaign was mostly controlled by the armies involved, but now that everyone has the ability to publish and distribute data including photos and videos, it changes the nature of attacks like the latest Israeli campaign against Hamas.…
Read MoreIsrael is waging war on Hamas, but it is also waging an information war using Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other tools. How firmly do these networks support the principle of free speech, and how do they decide what content to permit and what to remove?…
Read MoreYouTube launched on the Wii Thursday, and the app is powered by Google's open WebM video codec. This makes the Wii app the biggest WebM deployment in the world, and gives Google a chance to show off what WebM is capable of.…
Read MoreHow does it change the way we perceive a war when the armies involved become media entities -- publishing their own live news reports, uploading photos and videos and even live-tweeting their attacks as they happen? The Israeli army has started doing just that.…
Read MoreGoogle TV just got a little more Apple-like: Android users can now use AirPlay-like functionality to send videos from their mobile phones and tablets to their Google TV devices. Google has said that it wants to bring that functionality to other platforms as well.…
Read MoreAOL has been a basket case for years as it tried to figure out if was a tech or a content company. But today it announced earnings and a strategy that suggest it may finally have found a way forward.…
Read MoreThe Lizzie Bennet Diaries might be one of the most important web content stories of 2012: The YouTube adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice has not only secured its financial future thanks to DECA, but has built an intense fanbase for future literary adaptations.…
Read MoreA new research paper from Google highlights the importance of big data in creating consumer-friendly services such as voice search on smartphones. More data helps train smarter models, which can then better predict what someone say next -- letting you keep your eyes on the road.…
Read MoreThe web's most popular Jane Austin adaptation gets a big deal. The value of mainstream celebrities might not measure up to web celebrities. Some people actually miss Myspace. And other things learned from the New York Television Festival.…
Read MoreThe internet has never wanted for dance videos, but DS2DIO seeks to create a central hub for dance-related content of all genres on YouTube, guided by a guy who knows a little bit about making the art of dance cinematic.…
Read MoreYouTube just added some additional recourse for users that feel like they've been wrongly targeted for the alleged upload of unlicensed content: The site added an appels process to its Content ID program that defaults to the DMCA if the dispute isn't resolved.…
Read MoreThe Commission on Presidential Debates is partnering with three online media companies to stream debates and educate voters. The platforms will also give the companies a way to showcase their other content.…
Read MoreYouTube wants to give mobile phone users a chance to find music video content by artist, discography and genre, with the goal of bringing music content to hundreds of millions of its users. These plans could be an answer to Vevo's mobile music initiatives.…
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