If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a video gets posted to YouTube and nobody can find it to view it, does it really get played at all? The goal of making a video for a car dealership (or any business, [...]

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Let's get the big pieces out-of-the-way: Tango.me is leveraging the Mango update for Windows Phone to bring its service to the platform. Microsoft helped them with the process. The company...

Read More: Tango to beat Skype in bringing video calls to Windows Phone

Walter Isaacson appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Wednesday to talk about his biography of Steve Jobs. In the seven-minute interview, he discusses Steve’s emotional side and...

Read More: Walter Isaacson discusses Steve Jobs and Bill Gates on ‘The Daily Show with Jon Stewart’ [Video]

Since Samsung unveiled its new dual-core 5.3-inch Galaxy Note Android device at Berlin's IFA event, the Korean manufacturer has been quiet on its plans for the device, teasing November launch...

Read More: Samsung’s new Galaxy Note advert: Is it a tablet or a smartphone? [Video]

On Sunday a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Turkey.  At least 240 people have been confirmed dead and over 1,000 have been injured.  As people around the world pray for those affected by the quake, videos of the disaster are rolling into YouTube, giving us a firsthand look at the disaster.


Read More: Scenes From Earthquake In Turkey Hit YouTube [Video]

Visits to online video sites grew by over a third in the UK over the past year, with over 785m visits to websites such as YouTube in September alone. Experian...

Read More: UK visits to online video websites up a third in the past year

Creating content online can be fun, whether write blog posts, make video blogs or create other types of content.  However, earning money for your work is rare for many content creators.  That’s why live mobile video streaming service Bambuser has teamed up with social micropayment service Flattr to give video bloggers the chance to be "flattrd" and earn real money for their work.


Read More: Video Bloggers! Get The Chance To Earn Money For Your Work

People from all over the world have tapped the "check-in" button on the foursquare app. The foursquare community team put together a video based on a call for check-in clips...

Read More: Foursquare celebrates its over 1 billion check-ins with a #4sqVid [video]

The YouTube NextUp program takes an interesting approach to creating YouTube superstars. The project wants to find talented people and turn them into video savvy content generators. With better quality...

Read More: YouTube NextUp focuses on helping chefs and personal trainers become video stars

Apple today paid tribute to its founder and visionary CEO Steve Jobs with a memorial celebration in the amphitheater at its headquarters, 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, CA. Employees gathered by...

Read More: Apple pays tribute to Steve Jobs with memorial at 1 Infinite Loop [Video]

A whole lot of what we talk about when we talk about videogames has to do with how they look. With everyone hyping the cutting-edge graphics of big releases and the bulk of indies relying on unique art styles to set themselves apart, it's pretty easy to think of playing games as a mainly visual experience. This is definitely not the case with BlindSide, a new game currently being developed by two innovative designers and the subject of this week's highlighted Kickstarter project.BlindSide: The A [...]

Read More: “BlindSide” Takes the ‘Video’ out of Videogames

Our coverage of Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco continues. The theme for this year is big data so we interviewed cloud file sharing company Box.net which has just raised its...

Read More: A Web 2.0 Summit walkthrough and the Box.net Innovation Network [Video]

This morning a hilarious short film is making the rounds on Facebook that takes a look at just how ridiculous social networking in the workplace (and in the rest of our lives for that matter) has become.  The video, written and directed by Sameer Acharya, is called ‘Have I Shared Too Much?’ and features a guy going into a job interview and being asked not about what he can offer as a potential hire but, rather, what he does on social networks like LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.


Read More: Hilarious Video Sheds Light On Social Networking In The Workplace

Have you ever seen an online video ad or commercial and thought to yourself, "Eh, I could so much better!"  Verisign and .tv are giving you a chance to prove yourself.  They’ve launched a contest to find out if today’s creative minds—all the aspiring art directors, filmmakers and floggers out there—can develop online videos that deliver compelling messages and inspire.  They’re asking creatives to submit their own unique commercials for the chance to win $10,000 and other great prizes.


Read More: Think You Could Make A Better Online Video Ad? Try And You Could Win $10,000

The leaks about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus have been plentiful this week, and today is no exception. We reported earlier that an NTT Domo flyer leaked the specs of the...

Read More: Hands on video with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus

This morning, Motorola dropped a bit of a surprise with the MOTO ACTV, an iPod Nano-esque thimble of a device.

Does the world need another tiny, crappy audio player? Probably not. But what about a tiny, Android-powered audio player that focuses on gauging exercise? Still, probably not — but hey, it'll be fun to hack!

Read More: Video: Hands-On With Motorola’s iPod Nano Challenger, The MOTO ACTV

"We believe that viral video is a myth," Jun Group CEO and Founder Mitchell Reichgut told me in a Skype call yesterday afternoon.  What does he mean by "myth"?  Basically, he means that the idea that a video can get millions of views on its own, without a very well funded and constructed strategy or a push from mainstream media, is bogus.


Read More: Jun Group CEO: “Viral Video Is A Myth”

Ankit Daftery is an engineering student at the Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute in Mumbai, India and he decided to take it upon himself to add the ability for the blind to...

Read More: Brilliant: This Android app lets blind users type on a touchscreen [Video]

Streaming Media magazine has put together their first annual Streaming Media 100—a list of the one hundred companies that matter most in the world of online video.  How did they choose and who made the cut?  Read on to find out more.


Read More: From Record to Play — The 100 Most Important Companies In Online Video

The Siri virtual assistant inside the iPhone 4S definitely wins meme of the month, and this could be the best example yet. Here, musician Jonathan Mann duets with Siri in...

Read More: Siri’s got talent: iPhone 4S duets in a touching love song [Video]