Oct 16

Fast Forward Your YouTube Videos!

Posted in: Today's Chili, videos, Web Sites, YouTube

This article was written on August 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

Watching videos on YouTube just got a little easier, especially for those who want to skip to a certain part of a video. A new feature allows you to to click anywhere on the player bar and the video will start buffering from the location that you choose. There’s no more waiting for the entire video to load! The screenshot below shows that I clicked at 1:43 into the video, and that’s where the video started buffering.

Youtube fast forward

The days of waiting for the entire video to load before you can show your friends the best part are over. Google Video added a feature like this back last July, but their feature also allowed you to link to a specific time in a movie. Given that YouTube is now owned by Google, I’m surprised it’s taken them as long as it has to add the feature, and that they also didn’t include the option to link to a specific time.

Source: Digital Inspiration

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Oct 15

Create YouTube Playlists in the Firefox Sidebar

Posted in: Firefox Extensions, Freeware, Screenshots, Software, Today's Chili, videos, YouTube

This article was written on October 03, 2007 by CyberNet.

YouPlayer for Firefox I’m sure many of you are YouTube addicts, and you probably can’t get enough of people jumping off roofs or watching those sonic booms. Now there is a Firefox extension to help match your crazy addiction!

YouPlayer appears as a sidebar item in your Firefox browser once it is installed. With it you can drag and drop YouTube video URL’s into the player to have it create a playlist.

One of the reasons I found this extremely useful was that I could drag and drop YouTube search results right into the player, and then watch them all without leaving the page that I was currently on. The only downside about doing it that way was that it didn’t retrieve the title of the video, and would have to be manually renamed if you wanted an easy-to-understand playlist. If you go to each videos standalone page, and then drag the tab over the naming convention is similar to what you see in the screenshot I took to the right.

There are a few things that came to my mind which would make this extension a must-have:

  • It would be awesome if I could add videos from multiple video sites. Sadly it only supports YouTube right now.
  • A bulk video adder seems like a necessity. Think about being able to drag a YouTube search results tab over into the playlist, and then having it automatically add all the videos from that page.
  • What about searching YouTube from within the sidebar? Then you could setup “smart” playlists like iTunes has.
  • A one-click option to have a playlist generated for the day’s most viewed videos would be nice.

Source: Lifehacker & Mozilla Links

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Oct 15

WrapUp: Thunderbird Returning to Mozilla, Windows Explorer Getting a Ribbon in Windows 8, and More

Posted in: amazon, Apple, Gmail, Mozilla, Today's Chili, windows 8, WrapUp, YouTube

This article was written on April 11, 2011 by CyberNet.

Welcome to the WrapUp by CyberNet. This is a collection of news stories, downloads, and tips that we have collected over the last few days, but never got around to writing about. Don’t forget to send in your own tips, or just leave a comment on this page if you think you’ve got something we should include.

–News–

Youtube liveYouTube Launches Live Streaming Service
YouTube has been testing a live streaming service over the last few months, and now they are officially rolling it out. At this time only certain content makers, such as Revision3, are available, but they plan on making it more widely available later on.

 

Windows aero auto colorWindows 8 Can Adjust Aero Color Based on Wallpaper
A cool new feature discovered in a leaked Windows 8 build demonstrates how you will be able to have the color of the Aero transparency automatically change based on the main color used in your desktop wallpaper. This will be pretty awesome if you have a rotating set of background images.

 

ThunderbirdThunderbird Returning to Mozilla
In 2007 Mozilla separated Thunderbird into its own organization called Mozilla Messaging, and they announced last week that it will be brought back to Mozilla under the Mozilla Labs umbrella.

 

Hard drivesApple Purchases 12 Petabytes of Storage
A report suggests that Apple just purchased 12 petabytes (12.5 million gigabytes) of storage, and that it will likely be used for an online iTunes locker and MobileMe in their North Carolina data center.

 

GroovesharkGrooveshark Pulled from Android Market
Grooveshark didn’t last very long in Apple’s App Store, and now it looks like it has been slapped with the same legal fate in Google’s Android Market.

 

Motorola xoomMotorola Xoom Estimated to Have Sold 100k Units
Many reports are saying that the Motorola Xoom isn’t doing very well since it has “only” sold 100,000 units in the first month and a half. It may not be selling as fast as the iPad, but that is still an incredible number.

 

Apple patent bezelApple Patents a Smart Bezel
This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen a touch-sensitive bezel on a device, but the patent filed by Apple shows how they might make use of the technology in a future product.

 

Firefox slow extensionsMozilla Shames Add-on Developers with List of Slow Extensions
Mozilla has assembled a list of extensions they’ve tested and they go on to highlight the ones they’ve found to slow down the browser the most. As a Firefox extension developer myself I think this is good information to have, but wish they would have contacted the developers first before calling them out in an un-professional way like this.

 

Windows 8 explorerWindows Explorer Ribbon Found in Windows 8
This article has some screenshots taken of the Windows Explorer Ribbon that will appear in Windows 8. There is still plenty to be done on it since there are barely any icons on the Ribbon, but this will give you an idea of how it will work.

 

–Tips, Tutorials, and Reviews–

Mac tabsAdd Tabs to the Mac Mail Application
This is a plugin for the Mac Mail App that will add a tabbed interface for composing messages, replying to emails, and more.

 

Google docs notifierGoogle Docs Notifier Displays Recent Changes
Windows users can grab this Google Docs notifier if you’d like to be alerted anytime there are changes to documents in your account. Of course if you never do any collaboration this probably wouldn’t be very useful since the only thing showing up in the list will be the changes you made.

 

Online ocrFree Online OCR Service
If you have some PDFs or images that you’d like converted to text then this free online OCR service may be exactly what you’re looking for. The downside is that you are constrained to 20MB uploads.

 

QuicksyncSimple Folder Synchronization with QuickSync
This free Windows tool isn’t packed with features, but that’s kinda the point. It is a barebones app for synchronizing two directories.

 

Gmail auto add contactsDisable Auto-Adding of Contacts in Gmail
Google rolled out some new settings last week that target some of the finer annoyances people had with Gmail. One of them is the ability to stop Gmail from automatically adding contacts that you email to your contacts list.

 

Amazon cloud driveMake Amazon Cloud Drive Appear in Windows Explorer
Using a program called Gladinet you can drag and drop files into Windows Explorer that you want to upload to your Amazon Cloud Drive account.

 

–Downloads–

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Oct 14

Travel through Time with YouTube Time Machine

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites, YouTube

This article was written on October 01, 2010 by CyberNet.

youtube time machine history.pngIt’s Friday, and you’ve gotta be looking for a great way to kill some time. Right? Let me introduce you to the YouTube Time Machine. It’s exactly what it sounds like. There is a timeline along the top that you drag to the year you want to review. It will then pull in videos that users have submitted that cover something from that year. Simple.

You can also filter out the kind of videos that are displayed along the right side of the screen. The categories include video games, television, commercials, current events, sports, movies, and music. It’s a great way to find that classic McDonald’s commercial or a clip from the 1969 NBA finals.

At this point you won’t find every highlight from the year, but the site lets users submit clips from YouTube to be added to the respective section. With that in mind this could become a great way to review historical events over the years, and I’d love to see user contribution help the site grow into an extensive time capsule. As it stands right now most years only have 60-100 videos… meaning there is plenty of work to be done.

YouTube Time Machine Homepage
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Oct 10

YouTube extends movie rental service to the UK

Posted in: Google, hdpostmini, hulu, Movies, netflix, Today's Chili, TV, uk, united kingdom, UnitedKingdom, video, YouTube

YouTube — no longer the favorite repository for cats playing pianos — has launched its movie rental service for folks across the pond. Previously available in North America only, web denizens in Ol’ Blighty will now have access to brand new flicks for 24-hours at $3.99 a pop. Looks like all Mountain View needs now is Hulu to fully control the play-shifted portal.

YouTube extends movie rental service to the UK originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Oct 10

Happy 9th Birthday Google!

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili, YouTube

This article was written on September 27, 2007 by CyberNet.

happy birthday google If you visit Google today, you’ll notice the usual logo has been replaced with the one you see pictured to the right.  It’s Google’s 9th Birthday, and they’re celebrating! While there are actually several dates that could be considered Google’s birthday, clearly they acknowledge today, September 27th as their official birthday, the day that they became incorporated and their name was officially Google inc. I’m sure they’ve got birthday cake galore and other goodies on hand at the Googleplex to help celebrate. It’s been quite the 9 years for Google, so lets take a look at some of their milestones.

  • 1995-1997 – Google founders Larry and Sergey met at Stanford University and it wasn’t love at first site – they argued over everything. Eventually they agreed that there was a problem to solve, so they got together and began working on technology that would provide relevant information from mounds and mounds of data.
  • 1998 – Working in a dorm room (Google’s first data center), they began working on what they called BackRub, a search engine. After initially wanting to sell their technology, they decided they’d try and grow the service on their own and with generous donations, they were able to move out of the dorm and into the infamous Menlo Park, California garage.
  • 1999-  After outgrowing their space in the garage, they moved once more to an office in Palo Alto to comfortably fit eight employees. Shortly after that move, they found once again that they needed more space. This move took them to what is now known as the Googleplex – The Google Headquarters in Mountain View, California. They also felt that it was an appropriate time to ditch the beta tag, so in 1999, Google Search left it’s beta days behind.
  • 2000 – This is the year that both AdWords and the Google Toolbar were introduced. By the end of 2000, Google was handling over 100 million search queries each day.
  • 2001 –  Eric Schmidt took over as the big boss (CEO) of Google in August of 2001 to help their growing business.
  • 2002 – Both Google News and Froogle ( Now Google Products) launched this year as well as Google Labs which “enabled engineers to present their pet ideas proudly to an adventurous audience.”
  • 2003 – This is the year that Google AdSense launched which has given web sites the opportunity to generate revenue through targeted ads.
  • 2004 – One word… Gmail! At the time, the gigabyte of free storage that they offered for each user was huge. And because they launched this service on April 1st, everybody was convinced it was an April Fools joke. As we all know, this was no joke! Other big milestones this year included the acquisition of Picasa, as well as Keyhole Corp. which we now know as Google Earth.
  • 2005 – Google Video launched this year, although in a very different form than what we know it as today, as well as Google Maps and Google Talk.
  • 2006 –  Undoubtedly the biggest news of 2006 for Google was the acquisition of YouTube, although that was far from the only major thing that happened that year. This was also the year that Google Trends, Google Notebook, and Google Co-op launched.
  • 2007 –  Happy 9th birthday Google! Highlights from this year included TiSP – free broadband service for you home (Happy April Fools), opening Gmail up to everybody, and the acquisition of DoubleClick and Feedburner.

This was only the tip of the iceberg as far as Google’s milestones go, and I can only imagine what 2008 will bring. Happy Birthday Google!

Source: Google Corporate Information

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Oct 09

YouTube’s Copyright Filter Launches

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili, videos, YouTube

This article was written on October 16, 2007 by CyberNet.

youtube logo Google has been working on a copyright filter (originally called “Claim Your Content”) for YouTube videos for quite some time now, and it has finally launched. YouTube Video Identification (in beta, of course!) is what it’s being called, and it is their way to ensure that copyrighted content will not appear on the site. At least that’s what it’s supposed to do. On the official announcement they describe it as a “highly complicated technology platform” which is the “next step in a long list of content policies and tools that we have provided copyright owners so that they can more easily identify their content and manage how it is made available on YouTube.

While it’s great that they finally launched Video Identification, it isn’t exactly a simple process for content owners.  If a content owner wants protection, they must provide Google with a “master” copy of the video.  This master copy is then used to see if other videos match it. If they do, then the video is removed. If you’re a content owner and you have hundreds of potential videos that could make their way to YouTube, that’s a lot of work involved!

Andy Beal over at Marketing Pilgrim makes another great point when he says “Once any content hits the web, it’s there, forever!” If a copyrighted video is uploaded, it’ll still take a some time before it’s removed. During that time, it will be easy for anybody to take the movie and distribute it elsewhere.  Another thing to keep in mind is that under this system, Google will end up with a rather large library of copyrighted content. You know how they say that their goal is to index everything? Well, this new system will bring them one step closer to meeting that goal.

All this aside, I’m sure Google worked rather quickly to get something out that shows that they’re really dedicated to protecting content owners.  After all, they’ve got that Viacom lawsuit lingering over their heads, and Video Identification could help them win that lawsuit.

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Oct 06

Watch the World Live with Yahoo! Live

Posted in: Today's Chili, Web Sites, Yahoo, YouTube

This article was written on February 13, 2008 by CyberNet.

It’s been a few days now since Yahoo launched their experimental live video service called Yahoo! Live. It launched with such quietness and without fanfare that many of you probably haven’t even heard about it yet. In a nutshell, it’s an “experiment in live video from the Advanced Products team at Yahoo.” Isn’t it ironic that Yahoo launches a service called Yahoo Live right around the time that Microsoft is trying to acquire them? I guess the difference here is that Yahoo’s Live service actually has to do with something “live” whereas Microsoft’s doesn’t.

Unlike services like YouTube, Yahoo Live is all about live video versus pre-recorded content you find elsewhere. Other sites that stream live video haven’t really been able to hold-up when it’s been needed most.  One example I can think of is Macworld when many sites were trying to stream the Steve Jobs keynote while thousands of people tried to tune-in.  Sites got bogged down and weren’t able to keep up with the demand. Other sites limited the number of people who could be viewing the content just to prevent a crash. If Yahoo does it right, given their resources, they could become the “go-to” place where people go when they want to watch something live, like the Steve Jobs keynote.

 yahoo live

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Above is a screenshot of what the site looks like when you’re viewing a broadcast. It actually looks pretty slick if you ask me. One the main page, for easy navigation they display “Popular Live Channels” along with “Recently Live Channels” so that if there’s not anything in particular that you’re looking to watch, you can “channel surf.” Using your Yahoo I.D., you can create a profile where you can have you very own channel. Each time you are viewing a broadcast, you’ll be able to see how many people are tuned-in and you’ll also be able to chat with other viewers. Additionally, you can get the code to embed the video into your own site.

Overall, I’d say that for an experiment, Yahoo Live is not bad at all. With all of the election events going on in the United States, I could see Yahoo Live as a great place for rallies to be streamed to. The possibilities are endless and it could turn out to be a great place for people to go to get live content, assuming that they are able to keep up with the demand and provide the necessary bandwidth when it’s needed most. Check it out and let us know what you think.

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Oct 04

Why Block YouTube Ads?

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili, videos, Web Sites, YouTube

This article was written on August 24, 2007 by CyberNet.

YouTube Ads

Right now I feel pretty bad for the YouTube team because of all the vulgar comments they’re receiving over the recent addition of video overlay ads. Most of the comments are irrelevant to helping YouTube improve the ad experience for the users, and if you decide to go look through the comments I’m sure you would see how immature some people can really be.

I’ve had a chance to interact with one of the video ads (pictured above) and I don’t understand why people despise them so much. The first time I saw one of the ads it was for The Simpsons Movie, and it really caught my attention. I was drawn into the ad, and even found myself compelled to watch it. It only takes up the lower 20% of the video, is heavily transparent, and it will disappear after a few seconds if you don’t click on it. Or there is always the "X" in the corner to manually close the ad.

Crazily enough the anti-ad outcry has been heard and there is a Firefox extension, called TubeStop, that will block YouTube ads. It does so by replacing the standard YouTube player with an "embedded" one…the same one you’ll find on other non-YouTube sites. This works because YouTube is currently not showing the ads on videos that are embedded on other sites.

So my real question is why would you want to block YouTube ads? I can only imagine how much money it costs to run YouTube because of the extreme bandwidth usage, but as of 1-year ago the associated costs were reported to be $1 million per month! Since that time their traffic has almost trippled, and I can’t imagine that the cost to run it has gotten any cheaper. Not only that but I’ve heard that a portion of the ad revenue is given to the authors of the video, and by leaving the ads you’re thereby supporting them.

Maybe I feel this way because we run our own site and rely on advertising for our income, but all I know is that you’ve got to support the sites you use the most. They’re not asking you to fork out money from your own pocket…all they’re trying to do is give the advertisers and viewers the best experience possible. I’d much prefer to see this type of video ads rather than the ones that are shown for the first 15-seconds of the video.

Source: Mashable

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Sep 26

YouTube to get regularly scheduled channels, try on traditional TV suit?

Posted in: Google, hdpostcross, rumor, Today's Chili, YouTube

What’s old is new again. Or, is it that content is still king? We could never keep those Web 2.0 arguments straight, but from the sound of this latest YouTube rumor, ol’ Mountain View might be moonwalking into an old media model. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google’s been hustling to get contracts for a lineup of regularly scheduled channels ironed out “within the next 60 days.” That sort of timeline would indicate a likely early 2012 bow for a refresh of the online video hub made famous by piano-playing cats, and a certain viral surprise in an SNL-made box. While on-demand digital video sites are nothing new in the crowded, streaming marketplace, a move like this could firmly position the search giant as the king of place-shifted, live viewing, and cause more potential headaches for its broadcast and cable competitors. With an in-house production studio already under its wing, courtesy of that Next New Networks acquisition, Google’s entrance into the big, bad world of entertainment could be on its interwebbed way.

YouTube to get regularly scheduled channels, try on traditional TV suit? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:55:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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