YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has confirmed that the service will use Google’s vast resources to launch live streaming functionality this year, according to a video interview on Sarah Meyer’s new show Pop17. This appears to be the first confirmation of such plans. YouTube live is probably going to be very big. Read on ReadWriteWeb
Amazon has quietly entered the video hosting and monetization game with Your Video Widget. Your Video Widget allows any registered Amazon Affiliate to upload a video and then select products that can be displayed as the video progresses (demo above). Video content can be anything from a product review through to a holiday video, but [...]
MindNode is a mind mapping application for Macs. It’s got a clean, simple, but flexible interface. Users can create visually appealing mindmaps without having to spend hours trying create certain lines or curves in this or that color—MindNode’s default values go a long way for most users. What’s more, the app uses drag and drop [...]
The OpenID Foundation announced the launch of its first international chapter today to big accolades in Japan. The creation of the Japanese OpenID chapter was participated in by a host of big web companies there and made the front page of Google News Japan. Giant social networking site Mixi also announced that it would soon [...]
Vladimir Vukicevic of the Firefox team stumbled upon some questionable practices from Apple while trying to improve the performance of Firefox. Apparently, Apple is using some undocumented APIs that give Safari a significant performance advantage over other browsers. Of course, “undocumented” means that non-Apple developers have to try and reverse-engineer these interfaces to get the [...]
Windows Mobile only: Freeware Windows Mobile application Google2GO! marries the functionality of Yahoo! Go to Google apps. As you can see in the demo video above, that means search, calendar, email, RSS, and more are all tied to the Google offerings of each application. It’s no Google Android, but if you use Google apps for [...]
Brainstorm is a new site where everyone can submit and vote on ideas for Ubuntu. It’s inspired by Dell’s Ideastorm. By default, you see the ideas submitted by the community sorted by popularity. Each idea is accompanied by arrows so you can vote it up or down (you have to log in first). You can [...]
Wish you could type in your own personal handwriting? Want to make your annual newsletter a little more personal? Fontifier has the answer. Fontifier is an inexpensive app that’ll turn your handwriting into a reusable typeface. How does it work? Easy. Start by printing out the Fontifier template. Then create your font by writing it [...]
Databases. An intimidating subject for many, with a rather high learning curve. As with just about anything else nowadays, you don’t have to be a MySQL or even MS Access expert to build a simple database. There are several online tools that are built to let you share your data with others online, as well [...]
MapDango is the ultimate locale mashup. Equal parts Googlemaps, Wikipedia, Weatherbug, Flickr, Eventful, and part Gruvr, MapDango offers everything you need to know about where you are, where you want to be, and where you are going. It’s simple really. Just type in any place name and click to find out what the weather’s like, [...]
