YouTube published two posts to the YouTube Creator blog yesterday. The first one addressed Content ID issues for creators and the second one defended YouTube revenue from the music industry. Content ID is YouTube's automated system to scan uploaded videos for copyrighted content. This could be either the video (like uploading a TV show) or the audio (a song you are dancing … [Read more...]
Vidcomet proposes video responses take over the comments section of websites
Vidcomet is in the early stages of launching a video commenting platform. You can currently sign up for early access to be notified when the pilot program launches on the company website. Vidcomet will be implemented as a WordPress plugin with hopes of changing website interactions. Currently, you might type out a comment in response to a website article. Vidcomet wants to … [Read more...]
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5 now available
Microsoft released Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5. This is assumedly the last technical preview release before RTM and general availability in Q3 2016. The best resource on the new features in this latest build is a TechNet article What's New in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5. It goes through the new features in Server 2016 and was updated yesterday with … [Read more...]
Google AdSense introduces mobile-only ad formats in beta
Google AdSense has introduced two new "page-level" ad formats that only display on high-end mobile devices. The new formats are considered beta at this time. The new formats are anchor/overlay ads and vignette ads. Google explains that the new formats do not count towards your 3 ads/page limit and are optimized to help increase revenue for mobile-optimized sites. Anchor … [Read more...]
Google Summer of Code 2016 projects
Google Summer of Code has been around since 2005. In the program, Google partners with open source software projects and technology-based groups to fund students interested in working on real world software development for three months. Students gain good experience and advice from mentors. The organizations get specific projects or features developed while increasing the … [Read more...]