Microblogging site Tumblr has announced plans to make video sharing “crazy simple”. According to Tumblr: We’ll be rolling out crazy simple native video uploading to all accounts. This is designed to be an easy alternative to full-blown video sites when all you want to do is post a quick video to your blog. Tumblr notes […]

YouTube has announced that they are now supporting HD Internet video sharing up to 1080p: We’re excited to say that support for watching 1080p HD videos in full resolution is on its way. Starting next week, YouTube’s HD mode will add support for viewing videos in 720p or 1080p, depending on the resolution of the […]

Internet video site Vidly has announced that it will now let you share HD videos via Twitter: We’re excited and proud to announce that Vidly is the first Twitter video service to support full 720p HD video. Traditionally, video on Twitter has been low quality UGC. We want to encourage sharing of high quality content […]

Peter Burrows at Business Week speculated earlier this week in his “Byte of the Apple” column that the next iteration of the iPhone will feature an easy-to-use video suite. A new, updated version of the iPhone is rumored to be unveiled next month at the Apple Worldwide Developers’ Conference. Burrows says his “gut” – and […]

[flickrvideo]http://www.flickr.com/photos/synthesizers/2569011419/in/set-72157605546285198/[/flickrvideo] Photo-sharing mega-site Flickr has opened up to all Flickr users video uploads. In addition, paying “Pro” members of Flickr will now be able to upload high-def videos that everyone can watch in HD. Also announced today, Flickr users can submit their video creation to be part of the recently debuted Flickr Clock timeline view, […]

TechVideoBlog has measured the HD qualities of the various video services now offering HD video sharing, and it looks like YouTube and Facebook are now the leaders.  Here are the specs they measured, along with links to example videos: Youtube HD: 1280×720 – 2mbit/s H264 – full framerate – 44hz stereo 254kbit/s AAC audio Facebook […]

It looks like everybody’s going HD. Facebook has announced that it will now support HD video: Since we launched video last year, more than 45 million videos have been uploaded to Facebook with approximately 100,000 new videos added each day. Starting today, you’ll be able to upload higher quality videos to Facebook and also embed […]

Mainstream Internet video startup Hulu has posted a collection of videos that explain the site’s video sharing features. While you can’t share your personal videos on Hulu, the site at least makes it easy to embed videos in blog posts, share on social medi sites and email. Now, if they’d just make embeddable videos permanently […]

Michael Moore appears to be using bootlegging to ensure distribution of his latest film, Slacker Uprising, outside the US and Canada.  Torrentfreak reports that the film is actively being shared on bitTorrent around the world, despite only being freely available from the official source to people in the US and Canada. “What do you think I’m up to? […]

  The Vodpod WordPress plugin lets you collect videos from thousands of sites on the Net, and add them to your WordPress blog with an interactive gallery. If you’re interested in sharing a curated collection of videos, this could be a good option.  Readers can scroll through videos you’ve collected without having to leave your blog. […]