Snagfilms, a new site that offers free online distribution of documentary films, is now live, offering instant streaming of movie like Super Size Me. The site’s embed code takes you to the Snagfilms site, instead of letting you watch the film onsite. Snagfilms needs to get this fixed to work as a true embed. At […]

Creative Technology today introduced the Creative ZEN Mozaic portable media player, a small multimedia player with built-in speaker, FM radio & built-in microphone. Features: Built-in speaker turns player into a mini boombox so that music can be shared out loud 1.8-inch TFT LCD color display Built-in FM radio with up to 32 preset stations Built-in […]

Shel Israel has posted an interesting article looking at how he’s begun to rely on Twitter as his “personal search tool”: I am coming to trust Twitter as my personal search tool…and here’s why: I can consider the recommender. Much of the information comes from people I already know and have chatted with online. Most […]

Back in 2006, we suggested that YouTube as you know it is dead, when Google bought the site for $1.65 billion and money came into the picture in a big way. Since then, Google’s admitted it’s got a problem trying to make money off of YouTube, and admitted that more than 97% of the videos […]

Google today announced Knol – an alternative to Wikipedia that promises to pay authors. Getting Google’s advertising onto more and more pages is key to the company’s growth. Wikipedia poses an obstacle to Google’s growth, though, because it’s ad-free and quickly becoming becoming the most popular source for information on all sorts of topics. To […]

Openfilm today announced the public launch of its video sharing website www.openfilm.com. The site showcases a selection of short films and animations displayed in high resolution. If you’re creating short films, you’ll want to check the site out. In addition to offering high-quality video, the site has a revenue-sharing program. I’ve embedded an example, the […]

This is off-topic and pretty stupidtacular – but ntr23 has posted a really fun set of iPhone unpacking photos. Watch out for the almost-tragic iPhone unpacking industrial accident.

Google’s problem with YouTube is even bigger than many thought. More than 97% of YouTube’s videos are deadweight – videos that the company can’t put ads on. According to Silicon Alley Insider’s Michael Learmonth: We know Google’s (GOOG) YouTube is a tough sell for advertisers. But video site’s sales team may be having an even […]

Embed Generator is a free online tool designed to make it easier to create customized embed code for YouTube videos. On one screen, you can set: Autoplay preferences Size Colors Toggle fullscreen Looping Related video preferences High quality option. Below, I’ve embedded a customized player for the popular Evolution of Dance video. The example player […]

We reported last week on incompatibilities between Mighty Seek’s PodPress, the popular free podcasting add-on for WordPress, and the recently-announced WordPress 2.6. Reader Phillip Molly Malone suggests a workaround that’s available at the PodPress forum: After spending hours digging through the code and looking at the database, I discovered that the problems between podpress 8.8 […]