You may have noticed that we're now giving you the option of watching some YouTube videos in higher quality. We're making these streams available on certain videos, based upon the source file uploaded to us, and over time you'll find a greater percentage of the library is available to view in higher quality. This feature applies to all eligible videos uploaded from the YouTube community, and is not restricted to partner content, so everyone can enjoy this upgrade.The quality is significantly better but what disappoints me is that the embedded videos are not in higher quality (you need to go to YouTube.com and watch the video there for higher quality)
How do you watch higher quality videos? On your Account page you're now able to choose "always show me higher quality when available" or "never show me higher quality." We suggest you select "always show me..." only if you have a fast internet connection, otherwise you might find that videos don't play as quickly or smoothly as you're used to. Higher quality videos also have a link right below the video player which will allow you to select between the normal or higher quality settings.
Access to YouTube has been restored in Pakistan after the country ordered local Internet providers to unblock the site.
Google posted today on their blog about the launch of their new Adsense feature, this is about Ads inside your Youtube videos:
In a very short time, watching videos online has become a common pastime, and the imagination of artists and other content owners continues to fuel this trend. Meanwhile, across the industry, advertisers and video publishers continue to look for the best solution that balances the needs of video fans with the need for video sites to generate the revenue that enables them to continue to be creative as they grow.It all started when Google bought Youtube for $1.6 billion... and now, 9 months after Adsense for video was in private beta... it's finally here (almost as I said before)!
According to valleywag.com Yahoo plans to launch a Digg competitor on 26th of February.
Buzz, built under the direction of VP Tapan Bhat, will begin with a limited number of publishers -- about 100 -- and will rank stories based on popular search results and user voting. By summer, Buzz will open to the entire Yahoo Publisher Network. In other words, if you let Yahoo sell ads on your site, it will allow your stories to appear on Buzz.It is a little bit different from what Digg makes. When submiting a story to Digg you just have to wait for the visitors to come and visit the website. If you want this from Yahoo you will need to have Yahoo ads on your site (not good...). And another different thing? You can submit stories on Digg even though you don't own that website that has the story, while on Yahoo you will simply can not because of the ads.
If you are the one who talks to friends, co-workers and others using several different IM services, check several email accounts or even use multiple Social networks such as MySpace or Facebook you would like to link them all together in one simple and clean software.
The software is called Digsby and it will help you organize your contacts from Yahoo messenger, Google Talk, Jabber, ICQ, AOL IM and Windows Live Messenger, e-mail, Facebook and MySpace into one single client.
So it allows you to talk to your contacts no matter which IM they use, you have an e-mail notifier and a pop-up to keep track of your Facebook or MySpace account.
Recently Google posted his opinion on the Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo. Now Microsoft came with a press release. Now let's compare those two:
Microsoft:
The combination of Microsoft and Yahoo! will create a more competitive marketplace by establishing a compelling number two competitor for Internet search and online advertising. The alternative scenarios only lead to less competition on the Internet.Google:Today, Google is the dominant search engine and advertising company on the Web. Google has amassed about 75 percent of paid search revenues worldwide and its share continues to grow. According to published reports, Google currently has more than 65 percent search query share in the U.S. and more than 85 percent in Europe. Microsoft and Yahoo! on the other hand have roughly 30 percent combined in the U.S. and approximately 10 percent combined in Europe.
So Microsoft's hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about more than simply a financial transaction, one company taking over another. It's about preserving the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation.The conclusion? Microsoft says that this will be the best for the internet, bringing more openness and innovation while Google thinks that this will ruin the internet (exactly what I think).
Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC? While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought to establish proprietary monopolies -- and then leverage its dominance into new, adjacent markets.
And this is what I also think...
In a public post on the Official Google Blog,
So Microsoft's hostile bid for Yahoo! raises troubling questions. This is about more than simply a financial transaction, one company taking over another. It's about preserving the underlying principles of the Internet: openness and innovation.
Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of inappropriate and illegal influence over the Internet that it did with the PC? While the Internet rewards competitive innovation, Microsoft has frequently sought to establish proprietary monopolies -- and then leverage its dominance into new, adjacent markets.
after viewing some pictures on Flickr, reading some comments and so on, I saw that a lot of people will be really sad if Yahoo will go to Microsoft. Images from people complaining on the Microsoft-Yahoo "wedding" appeared soon over the internet:
No, I am not joking. Adsense (Google) recently announced on their blog that if you already have 10$ in your account, you can request a PIN. You will not really need to request one because they are automatically sent when you reach 10$. This is cool for new publishers that don't really trust Adsense.
Maybe in the future you will not need 100$ to receive your money.
First of all, here Google shows you some basic queries that will introduce you to the new stuff Google added.
Let's begin:... by typing "thomas jefferson view:timeline" in the search box, your results will show up, BUT it will differ a little bit from what you know. First of all you will see a timeline, what does this mean? Let's say you are searching for someone's biography and you want to know only the period between 1980-1990, it's simple, just chose your period on the timeline.
The second addition is the view on a map, I don't really know how this works but it's kind of cool. Just type something like this: "einstein view:map" and see what result you get.
The last thing is "cars view:info" this will show websites containing stuff about cars, the thing I like at view:info is that you can see what images are hosted on a specific website.
Overall I only like the first addition which is timeline, this could be really useful
