Surf video all day long on TV and the Web, then tell your friends about it

Surf video all day long on TV and the Web, then tell your friends about it: "As you could probably guess, we're really excited about the imminent launch of Google TV. You can learn more about this initiative here, but it’s basically a new way to watch TV by seamlessly integrating the Web and TV into one incredible viewing experience. Soon, you’ll be able to watch a lot more of those beautiful hi-def YouTube videos on your beautiful, hi-def TV.

Google TV will initially be available on devices manufactured by Sony and Logitech in the fall, with more partners to be announced later. Logitech has just come up with a nifty idea to publicize their device, the Logitech Revue with Google TV™ -- a contest to find the 'Host with the Most' in one of three fabulous cities within the U.S.



Check out this site for more details of ‘Host with the Most,’ but the gist is simple: if you can prove that you are a true social influencer with a passion for the new universe of TV and video that Google TV will offer, Logitech may select you to become a Logitech host and pay you to spend time in one of their lofts in New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco. Your mission will be to host a bunch of parties, show off the technology, and spread the word through your social circles. (See Logitech's OFFICIAL RULES for eligibility requirements and complete details.) Since nothing goes together better than YouTube and Google TV – and no group is more socially connected than the YouTube community – we thought we’d encourage you all to nominate yourselves for the role. We look forward to seeing what cool things the winning hosts will do with the Logitech loft experience – and maybe one of them will be you!

Peter Sherman, Product Marketing Manager, recently watched “What is Google TV?”


*NEITHER GOOGLE NOR YOUTUBE IS A SPONSOR OF OR AFFILIATED WITH THE LOGITECH 'HOST WITH THE MOST' CONTEST IN ANY WAY. EMPLOYEES OF GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.

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Release Notes: Playlist Bar, music listings, annotations upgrades...

Release Notes: Playlist Bar, music listings, annotations upgrades...: "What's new on YouTube since we last met? Let us count the things...



'Playlist Bar' launch: Last week, we introduced the 'Playlist Bar': when you view a playlist, recommended videos (from the homepage), your subscriptions or your favorites, you'll see a control bar at the bottom of the page, displaying the videos from those categories. The goal is to keep you from having to jumping back and forth to different pages to select which videos you'd like to watch next. Autoplay (which is no longer on by default) and the ability to select specific videos from your playlists without ever leaving the page are intended to make your viewing experience more seamless. We're continuing to monitor your feedback here as we plan improvements to this feature.



Local music listings: A new addition to our revamped music page is the 'Events Near You' section, provided by Songkick. Discover an artist you like on the page? 'Events Near You' will let you know if he or she is headed your way.

Annotations upgrades: We now offer fully transparent annotations with black or white text, a new default color (half-transparent black, replacing red), a new default position for new annotations (off-center), and a cleaner look for tooltips.



Redesigned video manager: The My_Videos page has been reworked to offer streamlined ways of managing and reviewing videos you've uploaded, including options to sort your videos alphabetically, by length, by recency and by views. You can also browse the content you've viewed, purchased and liked, and there's access right here to Insight and Promoted Videos information (to the right of 'Edit' button). For feedback on these changes, please chime in here.



Promotional badges: Take a look at the badges created to help you better promote your YouTube channel on site and off. Find the asset you like and click on it to generate handy embed code for your blog or website (you'll have to sign in at the prompt).

New way to embed videos: A new embed code style enables you to view embedded videos in one of our Flash or HTML5 players, depending on your viewing environment and preferences. For more information, see this blog post from our API blog.



Buzz videos on your homepage: As with the Facebook feed import, the YouTube videos your friends are sharing on Google Buzz are now be pulled into your YouTube homepage if you're connected to Buzz (e.g. to AutoShare your activity).



HQ Webcam uploads: That's right: You can now upload high quality video from your Webcam! All webcam recordings will be done at 360p.



Free previews on rentals: All rental videos in the U.S. will show a free preview or movie trailer automatically so you can decide if you want to watch it before buying it. If you're over 18 and live in the U.S., you can check this out right here on the movie Kick-Ass.



The YouTube Team

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Instantly zap YouTube videos to your Android phone with Chrome to Phone

Instantly zap YouTube videos to your Android phone with Chrome to Phone: "Ever wanted a way to quickly and easily send YouTube videos and other information from your desktop or laptop to your phone to view on the go? The new Chrome to Phone extension adds a button to your Google Chrome browser that instantly sends the current YouTube video, web page, map, or selected phone number or text to your Android device running Froyo (or Android 2.2).

Suppose you're mid-way through a scintillating 15-minute video and you have to run to an appointment. Simply click the extension icon in your browser to send the video’s link to your phone and the device's browser will automatically open the link, ready for you to view on the go.


























The Chrome to Phone extension is available in English for now, but we hope to expand to other languages soon. Check out the help center if you have further questions.

To get Chrome to Phone, install the Chrome to Phone extension in your Google Chrome browser and the Android application on your phone, and you’re ready to go.

Dave Burke, Engineering Manager, recently watched “Asturias-John Williams.”

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Advises You Change Your Name To Escape Online Shame

I thought that Social Media has the emphasis on Social and how we project our Social side of our image by changing our name will this not take away the whole reason for social media sites ? Try for the moment and envisage the fact that we share our thoughts on-line and with our friends how will that work one minute Joe Bloggs then it is say John Bloggs the same person but we are not aware of who he/she is really. What a crazy way to enjoy social media sites and reason for sharing take it further and we will have an android instead of person tweeting, buzzing and sharing one day.



Is this the future or something worse - hope not anyway this is Ian Draper - really not someone else - l promise.
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Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world

Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world: "Did you read the 'Yahoo! updates' bit ? Users have 'two weeks to opt out' before anyone on your address book can see 'see any of 'your' activities across Yahoo! sites' ! and.. this is better than the Buzz rollout ?
Mark Rabe is living in cloud Yahoo cuckoo land. If your product / service / upgrade is any good then the option is opt-in ! not 2 weeks to opt-out. THAT protects users privacy and 'will avoid incurring users’ wrath '. Users hate not having the option to opt-in, no matter how good Yahoo! Pulse’s functionality actually is.
I can't believe Yahoo would repeat Googles error so soon after the event and announce it during an announcement about a facebook tie-in given the current Facebook privacy problems.

Or maybe Mark Rabe believes that any publicity is good publicity ? Have all the colomn inches really hurt Google, Microsoft, Facebook etc ? Maybe she just wants to get in on their free bad privacy advertising ploy?

Give it 2 weeks and everyone will be commenting on this..."

Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world

Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world: "As the new CEO tightens her grip on the Social Media market will Carol Bartz be the first or last to witness the Privacy problems encountered by Facebook and will this finally make social media sites tighten up their privacy rules in favour of the user and not the site owners."

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