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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
YouTube has added a new feature which is focused at making videos more personalized and interactive. Users can now add annotations to the videos which they upload on the site. Using this feature, users can add notes, comments, YouTube video and channel links within the the video. To use this service which is in beta [...]
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Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

Spinvision.TV lets you create a video playlist and watch YouTube videos from around the world on a 3D earth model. The site is sponsored by flickrvision which lets you see flickr photos on a 3D earth or world map as and when the photos are uploaded. Spinvision’s user interface is nicely built and very easy [...]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

YouTube has launched its localized version for Indian users. The Indian version of the video sharing site is hosted at http://in.youtube.com. Though the Indianized version will have video content from all over the world, the difference lies in the “Videos being watched right now..” and the “Featured Videos” section. These sections will feature content catering [...]
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Monday, May 5th, 2008

Online video producers, till now, rely on in-video and overlay banner and text advertisements for revenue generation. In comes StoryBids with a new revenue stream for online videos, Product Placement. StoryBids is a product placement marketplace which connects online video producers with the advertisers who wish to place their products in user-generated videos, vlogs, and [...]
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Twitter, the most successful startup in 2007, has changed the way people talk and communicate with the world. It has made the world talk and pass on the message in just 140 characters. This post is a collection of videos from the web for about using Twitter for various useful tasks and having fun. If [...]
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Monday, April 7th, 2008

If you missed out on the rocking SXSW 2008 (South By South West Music Festival) during the March Madness or if you want to rejoice the best moments of SXSW event held at Austin this year, Blastro networks is the place to check out. The Blastro networks sites i.e. Blastro and Roxwel are providing a [...]
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Friday, April 4th, 2008

YouTube has announced the launch of Living Legends, its new platform which brings leaders from various fields to interact with the YouTube community. It is a monthly program which will invite leaders from the fields of politics, films, sports etc. who will communicate with the users of YouTube, answer their questions and will actively participate [...]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Microsoft has launched Microsoft Videos; a site for users to view all Microsoft related videos including product demos, how-to videos and keynote speeches. The site includes all the basic community features like ratings, ability to comment, video sharing through email and embedding it to your blog or website. The site is built on top of [...]