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Ion Air Pro sports cams take on GoPro and Contour

Chris Burns, May 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

There's a new camera in town for the hardcore amongst us as Ion Worldwide delivers three lightweight sports-oriented shooters in their Ion Air Pro line. This lineup will take on the likes of GoPro and Contour with prices between $230 and $350 depending on which feature model you'd like to pick up. To attempt to differentiate from the pack, Ion will be working with a new wi-fi component, available on the 28th of May, which will have you pushing video to Facebook and YouTube via a free Ion Camera App for iOS. Read The Full Story

Happy Birthday YouTube!

Ben Kersey, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

There’s a little website on the internet you might have heard of called YouTube, today celebrating its seventh birthday. First launched in May 2005, the video sharing site exploded in popularity after it was acquired by Google and is churning out videos and views at an breakneck pace. The first crazy stat to take away? 72 hours of video are uploaded to the site very minute, up from 48 hours last year. Read The Full Story

Ikea’s Uppleva TV will be a smart TV, have video streaming apps

Mark Raby, May 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

When you think of Ikea, you certainly don't think of the latest innovations in consumer electronics. Or do you? If you're familiar with the Uppleva TV, perhaps your perception is already starting to change. Originally announced earlier this year, the Uppleva will be the discount furniture retailer's first big foray into the world of electronics, but don't worry - you won't have to put all the diodes and electrical connectors together. Read The Full Story

Google lawsuit finds YouTube, not users, responsible for content

Mark Raby, Apr 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

In Germany, Google is being told to face the music. Literally. The search giant lost a legal battle to a music royalty group, after the court found that Goole is responsible for the content that its users post on YouTube. As a result, any copyright infringement claims that are levied against the site will need to be dealt with by Google. The buck stops there. The fat lady has sung. Read The Full Story

EU Pirate purgatory after copyright clampdown

Ben Kersey, Apr 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

Looks like the copyright police are starting to hit back at the internet in a big bad way. A German court ruled today that YouTube is entirely responsible for the content found on its service, and must actively filter music videos belonging to the GEMA, a music royalty group. Not only that, but the European Court of Justice has said that there are no EU rules in place that prevent an ISP from handing over customers information, which could be the deciding factor in a pending court case. Read The Full Story

YouTube now has over 150,000 background tracks

Shane McGlaun, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

It seems YouTube wants more people to use background music on their videos. In most instances, I loathe background music. I especially dislike background music when it overpowers audio in the video. YouTube now has an updated audio suite packing in more than 150,000 different background tracks and a simple sound mixer. I'm sure most background tracks will be instrumentals and there appears to be a lot of classical music. Read The Full Story

MGM Movies come to YouTube and Android offering over 600 titles

Cory Gunther, Apr 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has been looking to expand the movie and content options of both Android and YouTube for some time now. They've slowly been adding more and more options for their users but today just inked a deal with a big one. Metro Goldwyn Mayer, better known as MGM has now partnered with Google and will be bringing over 600 titles to YouTube and the Google Play Store. Read The Full Story

Google may replace .com in the near future

Chris Burns, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Though of course .com and other Top Level Domains will continue to exist for a very long time, Google has noted today that they've applied for several TLDs ahead of ICANN's April 20 deadline for purchasing such rights. Google's domain name choices will likely be revealed once they've got them locked down with ICANN, until then we can only guess at such obvious hits as .GOOGLE, .YOUTUBE, and .GPLUS. Would you like your Google+ domain to be ChrisBurns.GPLUS? Read The Full Story

Google YouTube live videos get monetized

Mark Raby, Apr 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

YouTube now offers a way for people to require payments before viewers can access a live video stream. But that doesn't mean Joe Schmo stands to start profiting by posting live video blogs. The streaming site is joining up with professional content partners that plan on treating the new service as another channel for pay-per-view events. Imagine one day being able to pay for a live Wrestlemania game... without needing a cable or satellite box. That kind of stuff. Read The Full Story

D-Link MovieNite 1080p streamer available now for $59.99

Ben Kersey, Apr 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

Does the world need yet another 1080p media streamer? D-Link seem to think so, today announcing the MovieNite DSM-310. As you would expect, it streams video and audio from various internet services, and it's relatively cheap to boot. Read The Full Story

Google YouTube converts HD video to 3D

Mark Raby, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Someone over at YouTube managed to convince his boss that the world would be much better if we had to search for our handy pair of 3D glasses before watching the latest viral videos. So the company has been working on a conversion process that could take the highest-quality videos already posted on YouTube and make them available automatically in 3D, with uploaders not needing to do a single thing. Read The Full Story