We’ve been keeping our eyes on the growth of advertising on YouTube – first there were text adverts on top of the YouTube videos, then they tried placing video adverts on the YouTube home page.
Simon Perry
Google TextAds Now On YouTube
Mydeo/ Best Buy: Investment And Partnership
Mydeo, a UK company that lets people securely share video clips on the Internet, has today announced a partnership and investment by electronics retailing giant Best Buy.Best Buy sell 40% of all camcorders sold in the US, a major benefit for Mydeo, putting them right in front of the people who will be shooting video and looking for a place to host it. The deal was kicked off by an introduction by Microsoft’s Emerging Business unit.
(more…)Skype HQ Video: Who Will Benefit?
Did you have any idea that 1 in 4 of all Skype calls are video chats? We were stunned that it was so high, we hear that it’s shifted from 1:5 over this summer.As families spread further around the world, ‘connecting’ to them become even more important – and using high quality video gives the ability to melt those thousands of miles to a matter of inches, as you feel more like that they are just the other side of the screen.
(more…)Skype HQ Video: The Logitech Cameras
There are three Logitech cameras to choose from to get Skype HQ video running, each equipped with Carl Zeiss Optics and RightLight – which makes the most of the light available to create the best image – but with different strengths.The Quickcam Pro 9000 is primarily targeted at desktop machines with the benefit of autofocus and the ability to take 8Mpx photos.
Retail cost £70.
QuickCam Pro for Notebooks also has autofocus, comes with a 2Mpx resolution, not surprisingly is aimed at mobile users and comes with a travel pouch.
(more…)Skype High Quality (HQ) Video Launches
Skype HQ (High Quality) Video officially launches today following its beta release earlier in this month.It’s a significant increase in the quality of video that Skype can handle.
Sky Broadband Passes 1 Million Subscribers
In less than 14 months, Sky Broadband has passed the 1 million subscriber milestone – faster than any other UK broadband provider to date.Sky has found that around 30% of customers who have joined Sky Broadband so far are new Sky TV customers.
(more…)3 Skypephone Available From 29 October
As we expected the 3 Skypephone has been announced today.It’s a fully-featured 3G Internet phone with Skype built-in, giving Skype to Skype calls and Skype instant messages over the 3G network – all for no payment for calls. To call up the Skype functions, there’s a Skype button in the middle of the handset.
The handset also has Web access built in and the ability to play music from the 3 MusicStore, giving the ability to play over 500,000 tracks.
(more…)Pace Technology Minisite Launches
Pace, suppliers of all sort of TV technology, including STBs to many cable and satelittle TV companies, have today released a minisite to help the public understand what is going on in the world of technology and TV.Pace have lead many of the innovations in technologies, so it’s good to know that some of their senior technologists have written about multimedia, networks and wireless.
Skype/3 Mobile Phone On Monday?
There’s been rumours around for a while now about Skype and mobile operator 3 getting together to offer a dedicated handset allowing people to use Skype on the move.First Some History
You’ll remember in our world-first review of the 3 X-Series when it was launched in December 2006, we detailed how using Skype on the handset worked.
Mydeo, a UK company that lets people securely share video clips on the Internet, has today announced a partnership and investment by electronics retailing giant Best Buy.
Did you have any idea that 1 in 4 of all Skype calls are video chats? We were stunned that it was so high, we hear that it’s shifted from 1:5 over this summer.
There are three Logitech cameras to choose from to get 
Skype HQ (High Quality) Video officially launches today following its 
In less than 14 months, 
As we expected the 
Pace, suppliers of all sort of TV technology, including STBs to many cable and satelittle TV companies, have today released a minisite to help the public understand what is going on in the world of technology and TV.
There’s been rumours around for a while now about Skype and mobile operator 3 getting together to offer a dedicated handset allowing people to use Skype on the move.