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So Sarah Palin was so kind-hearted to pardon one lucky turkey and spare his/her neck for Thanksgiving. But while she was in the farm being interviewed by reporters, to her background is a farm worker slaughtering turkeys and draining their blood.
Originally posted on November 24, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
President-elect Barack Obama is embracing the Internet to the fullest. Here is his weekly address about the current economic crisis. It was released through a web video in YouTube.
Originally posted on November 16, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
YouTube has partnered with PBS to empower American voters to upload their Election Day voting experiences to YouTube.
Starting today, registered United States voters can share their voting experiences via the Video Your Vote YouTube Channel. On November 4, the Channel will serve as the premier online destination for up-to-the-minute coverage from voters contributing videos straight from thousands of precincts across the country.
The initiative educates voters on the entire process and a wide array of issues associated with voting in America, while enabling the world to watch pivotal moments as they unfold. In the first presidential election since YouTube’s inception, this program aims to gather massive amounts of polling place video, with the Channel serving as an online library for Election Day footage.
Some of the best videos will be showcased on PBS television, as part of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer’s Election Day broadcast. They may also be used throughout PBS’ election coverage, both on-air and online. YouTube users are asked to tag all of their Election Day videos “videoyourvote”. Events, for instance, that hinder the voting process should be tagged, “pollproblem”. These videos, as well as those documenting the spectrum of the entire voting process, will be easy to find on the Channel and analysts from PBS’ political team will then review some of them and offer commentary on how the election played out.
Originally posted on October 15, 2008 @ 10:49 am
Samsung Electronics America, Inc. has unveiled the SC-MX20, the ideal camcorder for the generation of consumers uploading video content to the Internet. The SC-MX20 features a customized recording mode optimized for YouTube or multi-media devices, further simplifying the way users integrate the camcorder into their digital lifestyles.
Featuring a high-performance 680K pixel CCD sensor which delivers a resolution of 720×480, the Samsung SC-MX20 captures video with stunning color and clarity. The new model features a powerful Schneider lens with 34x optical zoom and advanced noise reduction (3-D Noise Reduction) technology to provide superb video quality. It also features Samsung’s improved Advanced Image Stabilization, assuring that consumers will be able to record blur-free memories both near and far, as well as Face Detection, which can automatically detect up to five faces and adjust focus to ensure better composition.
The SC-MX20 features a unique shooting mode that allows users to select a resolution and format that are perfect for uploading content to YouTube or multimedia devices.
Originally posted on July 8, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
comScore has released the April 2008 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, revealing that U.S. Internet users viewed 11 billion online videos during the month, with YouTube.com accounting for more than 4 billion of that total. Not surprising at all.
In April, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with more than 4.1 billion videos viewed (38 percent share of all videos), as YouTube.com accounted for 98 percent of all videos viewed at the property. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 558 million videos (5.1 percent), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 352 million (3.2 percent) and Microsoft Sites with 268 million (2.4 percent).
Nearly 135 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 82 videos per viewer in April. Google Sites also attracted the most viewers (83.7 million), where they watched an average of 50 videos per person. Fox Interactive attracted the second most viewers (52 million), followed by Yahoo! Sites (37.3 million) and Microsoft Sites (29.9 million).
Originally posted on June 17, 2008 @ 11:22 am