On 11.24.09, In Tips/Tricks, by pads
Google Wave is one of the latest applications Google is touting at the moment and it’s got some hype – people are clambering high and low to get invites. But is it the ultimate online collaboration tool? Google Wave incorporates external bots and plugins to aid collaboration, although it isn’t clear just how many people use them.
Many of these bots and gadgets are limited in their use at the moment, mainly because most Wave users aren’t completely clear on how Google Wave will work best for them. In the coming months, we expect there to be some real standout applications that help push the Wave service to new heights.
Only time will tell (collaboration is only as powerful as the people using it) but in the meantime we’ll show you 5 things you can do with Google Wave right now by using bots and gadgets.
Please Note: We are also giving away some Google Wave invites, click here for more information.
On 07.10.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
User generated video, it’s the best thing to have hit the internet this site of a dial-up modem. Any person with a camera enabled device and shoot and submit video and have potentially millions of people watch it.
Every once in a while something big hits YouTube and has everyone both online and offline talking about it. Charlie Bit Me, Chocolate Rain, the RickRoll, you will have heard of many of them and joined in with the laughter with your friends and family.
But where can you go to find out either the newest internet meme’s or the greatest viral videos of yesteryear? Know Your Meme steps up to the place, cataloging videos, charting their popularity and the spin off creations that inevitably follow.
On 04.04.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
The sheer amount of online Flash videos these days is huge. Nearly anyone with a camera equipped device and an internet connection can record and edit their own videos and upload them to the internet. Not only have we see a huge boom in user generated content, businesses have utilised the platform to showcase their brand aswell as syndicate their content.
The ability to transcode a video into Flash has also fuelled demand for television programmes to be made available online. Many studios have made their TV shows available to watch on the internet; Hulu, NBC and the BBC to name just three. In most cases the videos aren’t available outside of that particular country so users are forced to search elsewhere for the same content.
On 03.09.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
Online Video seems to have taken the internet by storm. Internet Service Providers (ISP’s) have battled to cope with the demands of the YouTube generation, optimizing their networks to deliver our videos, sometimes with detriment to our Bittorrent downloads.
More and more companies are starting their own video networks, trying to claim back some of the market share that YouTube has grabbed and run away with. Businesses are seeing the potential of advertising their products and services using promotional video but how can they compete if the destination for all these videos is the same service?
This is where Fliggo aims to come in and whisk you of into the sunset, offering the ability to host your own video site, allowing you complete control over what happens to your videos.
Last month, Youtube quietly rolled out a new feature that has really impressed me. Down at the bottom of many videos, you’ll now find a link that says “Watch in HD” or “Watch in High Quality”. For a great example, check out the video above. Then, click on the video to go to the youtube page and click the HD link at the bottom. The difference is amazing. Of course, not all videos have an HD link at the bottom, but not all videos need an HD version. I mean, do you really need to see Dramatic Jedi Chipmunk in HD?
On 01.22.09, In Services, by Matt Brian
It appears that for users of the chat function inside Gmail (GTalk) are now able to view YouTube video’s directly from the chat box itself.
This comes hot off the heels of the introduction of voice and video chat, group chat and for US users the ability to send SMS.
Not bad for a browser based messenger.
On 01.22.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
Lets face it, in the future we are going to look back on our days and realise we were all part of the YouTube generation. YouTube is our place to watch viral marketing campaigns, stupid stunts and it has even made it’s way into every teen movie in some form.
Some people aren’t happy with merely viewing the videos, they want to download them to their computers. Now, there are millions of services that offer YouTube downloads but these either require you to download software, or spend valuable seconds copy and pasting links and text.
On 01.17.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
On the 14th January, Google announced that they were to close some of the services that either weren’t making the company money or able to dedicate any more resources to. These services; Jaiku, Google Notebook, Dodgeball, Catalog Search and and Google Video, although not used by as many people as say Gmail, Calendar or gReader, still do have large followings.
What’s great about the internet is that there are always products and services that are able to take the place of your old favourites.
Subscribe and Enjoy!
Signup to receive our free daily newsletter:
Featured On WillINeedIt
Have you had your service, product or website reviewed on WillINeedIt? Why not embed a shiny new badge?!
