Google posted a new update for Gmail that’s sure to be useful to anyone who uses a lot of its services (guilty as charged right here) and then some. Video site YouTube, image hosts Picasa and Flickr and review portal Yelp are all going to be made more accessible on Gmail. How? By integrating them [...]
Google has a new advertising scheme in place that is agitating privacy advocates. Its new behavioral advertising system will track your Internet activity in order to come up with ads that are better suited for you. It says that it won’t be storing any personal information to the cookie. As expected, this sort of tracking [...]
YouTube and Universal Music Group are discussing the possibility of creating a new music video platform called Vivo. The site will allow YouTube to finally make serious cash by selling more expensive ads and highlight videos from Universal. The deal goes beyond YouTube’s existing licensing arrangements with three of the four major record labels, Universal, [...]
Remember Captain Power? It was a TV show back in the 80s that allowed viewers to interact with it by purchasing a light gun and shooting at the screen. YouTube is taking a step towards interaction by coming up with annotations. Is this the future of online video? I tried it and found the experience [...]
Viewing YouTube just got easier if you happen to own a Wii or a PS3. The popular video site has unveiled dedicated channels to the two consoles, making watching clips from them easier and more convenient. Of course, comparisons are inevitable and it looks like the Wii is emerging as the early winner. The Opera [...]
Google’s HR department wasn’t the only thing the company downsized. It has axed several projects that have been stuck in limbo for a while. Here are some of what you won’t see in the list of works in progress anymore. Jaiku is currently being ported to Google App Engine, and will be released as an [...]
I’m somewhat of a music aficionado, so I often turn to YouTube to listen to tunes that I don’t have on MP3. If I’m lucky, I might even find a song’s music video, which is always fun to watch. Those of you have the same habit will have to get ready for good news because [...]
When it comes to testing PCs or laptops, there’s really only one thing that I use as a baseline: gaming. If a computer is as powerful as its advertising says it is, then it should be able to handle the latest games with very little effort. The recent Core 2 Duo-powered Macbook has raised a [...]
Today’s post falls a step short of a DIY project because no plans were released, but it qualifies in the other criteria: it’s homemade, it’s not professionally-created (meaning it’s not made by a professional pyrotechnician) and maybe you can actually make one, if only the said missing plans were included. I’m talking about the Pyro [...]
If you’ve ever wondered about how it would be like to wield the power of fire in your hands (and who hasn’t?), then here’s your chance! If you follow the instructions in the video above, you’ll be able to create your very own Fire Glove. I know you’re probably getting images of shooting flames out [...]
