Google adds sugar to YouTube with Omnisio acquisition

The king of videos, Google owned YouTube, has been heading the stale route ever since the media giants have stepped in to crush it by banning videos and flashing lawsuits in Mountain View, California. This could really start to change with the acquisition of Y-Combinator funded Omnisio.
Omnisio lets users mash up content, and annotate videos. [...]

Links for January 4th 2008

Leah Culver from Pownce gets asked a few questions on their vision, business model and how she even got started in the tech world. Pownce is also opening up to everyone with a party on January 22nd.
Blogs have changed the world over the past few years, but what is the current state of the blogosphere [...]

Blackberry gets Slinged

Get ready Blackberry users, SlingPlayer for Blackberry has been announced. Of course this means more distractions while you work!
With CES quickly approaching, some companies like Sling Media are choosing to get the news on their newest goodies out before the rest. The streaming video provider that turns any internet connected PC, laptop or smartphone into [...]

Forget about TV, the internet is where its at

TV is a has been. Sure its great to sit and veg out every once a while, but why cant you do it via the comforts of your computer? LCD’s have come down so much in price over the past year, and there are many options out there to send a signal across the room [...]

Google patent to read text in images and video

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What was the main goal of Google? oh yes, to index the worlds content. Well, of course they are still pushing along with it, and have some interesting patent applications available for public viewing.
Patent applications that were recently made public from July 2007, talk about methods to make computers [...]