Tag Archives: YouTube

Project Glass is go

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Ian Betteridge

I’ve said on many occasions before that while I often find Google’s products underwhelming, I really do admire their ambition. What Project Glass amounts to is the next natural step in creating a cloud of data around the physical world.

Posted in Google, Mobile | Tagged Augmented reality, Companies, Glasses, Google, Search Engines, Searching, Sergey Brin, YouTube | Leave a comment

The real problem with Google TV

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

It looks like Logitech is out of the Google TV market: The mistake, plus “operational miscues in EMEA” cost the company “well over $100M in operating profits.” De Luca did throw Google a bone by saying that he believes Google … Continue reading →

Posted in Google | Tagged Android, facebook, Google, GoogleTv, Logitech, Twitter, YouTube | 1 Comment

Google desperately looks for way to get more cash from YouTube

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase New Role – YouTube as Outlet for Live Sports – NYTimes.com: “Until now, YouTube has concentrated mainly on amateur user-created content, professional music videos and short promotional clips from television shows. The only major international event it … Continue reading →

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Guess again

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Another YouTube Revenue Guess: $1 Billion in 2011: Since Google releases almost no information about YouTube’s financial performance, the best we can do is make educated guesses. Here’s another one: The word’s biggest video site will be generating more than … Continue reading →

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Translating Google

Posted on January 30, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Jeff Jarvis fires off a couple of questions in an apartment in Davos to the Googlers. Here are Eric Schmidt’s answers, with some handy translations from Google-speak. Schmidt: Phones: Will they have a tablet? “You might want to tell me … Continue reading →

Posted in Google | Tagged Add new tag, Eric Schmidt, Google, Jeff Jarvis, Microsoft, Quattro Wireless, World Economic Forum, YouTube | 1 Comment

Idiot post of the day – The Roundup

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

I’ll keep updating this one as and when they come in. And boy, are they coming in. With the honourable exception of David Pogue, everyone seems to have lost all their critical faculties, journalistic skills, and in some cases basic … Continue reading →

Posted in Google, Mobile | Tagged Add new tag, facebook, Google, Google Notebook, Jaiku, Mobile phone, Nexus One, Search, YouTube | 3 Comments

“What would Google do?” Charge for content, of course

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

So much for not charging for content. According to Peter Kafka, Google wants to erect a paywall around part of YouTube, charging on a per-view basis to watch TV shows: “Google’s video site has been trying to convince the TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Web/Tech | Tagged Google, YouTube | 1 Comment

Is YouTube the biggest loss-making machine in history?

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Image via CrunchBase Michael Hickens of Google Watch puts a positive spin on how YouTube is doing: “Google’s YouTube acquisition is looking less and less like a financial boondoggle every day. YouTube is now selling ads against 9% of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Web/Tech | Tagged advertising, Credit Suisse, Google, User-generated content, YouTube | 2 Comments

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