Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor posted an interesting article yesterday looking at ways artists could use the Internet to promote themselves, even if they are new or unknown. In the article, Reznor shared these tips for how to use the Internet, new media and social media sites: Have your MySpace page, but get a site […]

In the spring of 2008, Sons of Maxwell were traveling to Nebraska for a one-week tour and singer Dave Carrol saw his Taylor guitar being thrown around by United Airlines baggage handlers in Chicago: I discovered later that the $3500 guitar was severely damaged. They didn’t deny the experience occurred but for nine months the […]

Pioneering videopodcaster Hayden Black (Goodnight Burbank) has snagged Star Trek’s Nichelle Nichols (Uhura) to star in a web only science fiction comedy musical, TheCabonauts: The news is out and the buzz is pretty damn loud! The wonderful, beautiful, exceptionally talented Nicky Nichols – Star Trek’s Uhura – has come on board the Cabonauts as CJ, […]

Developer Edgar de León has introduced a new video blogging plugin for WordPress, WebTV. WebTV is designed to let you attach a video to a post and upload it to most popular video distribution sites, including YouTube, Vimeo and Blip.tv. After your video is uploaded and processed, WebTV get and inserts the embed code from […]

Steve Ellington‘s Technologic Overkill claims to be the first music video shot on an iPhone 3GS. The song by XFYA accompanies a video about the plight of a little blue robot and his attempt to be relevant in an increasingly technological world. It’s not destined to be a classic – but it’s an impressive reminder […]

This video, via Gideon Shalwick (Become a Blogger) offers a fairly in-depth look at 7 ways to optimize your YouTube videos. 7 Killer Tips For Optimizing Your YouTube Videos Create outstanding content Optimize your YouTube Channel Use keywords cleverly and in the right places Add URL’s in the right places Link to your videos from […]

CBS News has chosen video site Ustream as its streaming video provider, Ustream founder Brad Hunstable said today: “[W]e are announcing the CBSNews.com channel on Ustream, which features breaking news coverage several times everyday– presidential press conferences, Congressional hearings, and online-only content and on-air programs such as the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. We’re […]

Do you watch a lot of Internet video? If so, you may be an “Extreme Techie”. According to the Nielsen Company, “Extreme Techies” stream significantly more online video content, watching about twice as much Internet video as average. These uber geeks watch up to 91 minutes (1.5 hours) per week, compared to the mean of […]

Worldwide shipments of devices that support Internet video consumption will nearly quintuple by 2013, according to electronics industry analysts iSuppli, spurred by an increase in consumers’ broadband Internet access. Four years hence, an estimated 376.5 million “entertainment-oriented consumer electronics platforms” with Internet video-watching capabilities will ship, up from 80.5 million such devices shipped in 2008. […]

According to a new Nielson report, people’s attention is moving to Internet video and social networking, and online advertising is following. Highlights of the report: The number of American users frequenting online video destinations has climbed 339% since 2003 Time spent on video sites has shot up almost 2,000% over the same period In the […]