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What’s New In Social Media – 7/29/2010

• Why the Facebook Amazon integration is bigger than you think
• Groupon’s new feature makes the service much more personal
• 84% of people have not even heard of a location based app
• A case study on why Cisco’s attempt to emulate Old Spice’s campaign failed
• Most people use social networks to inform purchase decisions
• Bump iPhones to connect on Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIn

What’s New in Interactive Video – 04/06/10

• First Android TV Beta-Testing, Available in September
• Paltalk Moves Video Chat Inside the Browser
• TV Works on the Web, but TV Advertising Won’t
• Online Video Viewers: the Young, the Hip and the Well Off
• Hulu: Don’t Worry About Us, We’re Doing Just Fine, Thanks
• Many Content Owners Can’t Afford To Make Their Videos Available For iPad
• The Future of TV?: The Story Behind Crackle’s “The Bannen Way”
• Interactive “Glee” Trailer Lets You Fan the Cast on Facebook [VIDEO]
• 5 Secrets of YouTube’s Success
• Take An Interactive Virtual Tour Of The Sistine Chapel
• Ustream to Bring Live Video to iPad
• Dr. Pepper Offers Bouncing Cheerleader Boobs on Chatroulette
• 3D Dance Off
• YouTube Redesign Focuses on Search and Conversation
• Chatroulette Faces A Stiff Challenge In Becoming A Legit Business
• Most Boring YouTube Videos Ever: Amazon Wants to Show You Your Package as It’s Packed
• TweetDeck Selects TwitVid for Video Tweeting
• What Makes Videos Go Viral – And Should Marketers Even Care?
• Mobile Apps May Be Reaching A Saturation Point, SMS Still Reigns Supreme
• Scion Targets Younger Buyers With “Project Runway for Cars” Web Series
• What SpeedDate Learned From Chatroulette
• “The Sims” Creator Developing TV Show with User-Generated Episodes

What’s New in Interactive Video – 10/20/09

• Devs Hack iPhone API For True Augmented Reality
• Search Comments On YouTube In Real-Time. Familiar features like “Trending” Comments…
• U2 Concert In The Rose Bowl Live On YouTube This Sunday, October 25 @ 8:30pm PT
• As Dan Rayburn Points Out, Xbox’s Upcoming Ability To Stream 1080p Video Over A 4Mbps Connection Really Is A Big Deal
• What ‘Splatter” Means For The Future Of Netflix
• YouTube Tries Integrated Live Tweets Into Online Screening Of Taxi Driver. Hopefully they did a better job of Social TV than Fox did with reruns of Fringe.
• Samsung Ditches Middleman, Brings Blockbuster, Amazon Content To Tv’s. Seems like the Digital Living Room is coming faster than predicted.
• Great Interview With Brightcove CEO Jeremy Allaire On The Future Of Online Video
• 10 SEO Tips For YouTube
• Social TV Is Harder Than We Thought. Here’s Another View On Cliqset. The near term future of Social TV seems better suited for Online and In-Theater.
• Paramount Launches Movie Trivia Game Site
• YouTube Monetizing Over A Billion Video Views A Week
• The Flip Video Camera Includes Direct Facebook Uploads
• YouTube Integrates Promoted Videos With Adwords
• This Is Why Apple’s iFrame Is A Bad Idea

What’s New in Interactive Video – 09/08/09

• Germany Using YouTube To Encourage Youths To Vote
• 66% Of Americans Own Video-Enabled Mobile Devices
• Somehow Even Local Governments Are Getting Into The Live Video Trend. Watch The Bay Bridge Construction Live
• Fox’s Twitter TV Experiment Tweets Its Way To Epic Failure
• TV Set Maker’s Continue To Integrate On Demand Video Into Their Sets. Amazon, Blockbuser, Facebook To Launch Yahoo Interactive TV Widgets. The Digital Living Room Is Almost Here
• How Can Social Interactive TV Not Work? 57% Of U.S. Internet Users Browse The Web And Watch TV At The Same Time
• The When And Where Of Online Video Consumption
• From Japan Come This One Original Interactive Video For Axe (via Adverblog)
• Web Boycott: Just Say No To Viral Videos Starring Cats. Amen.
• Rant: Rumors Of The Death Of Web Series Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
• YouTube vs. Blur Mashup Video.

The Greatest Amazon Product Review Ever

You know how some days you see something in your browser that makes you say “I love you Internets”? Well, today is one of those days.  I give to you the greatest Amazon product review ever (kinda makes me want to buy the shirt).  Enjoy.

“Dual Function/Design”, November 10, 2008
By B. Govern “Bee-Dot-Govern”

“This item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once I tried it on, that’s when the magic happened. After checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, I walked from my trailer to Wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. The women knew from the wolves on my shirt that I, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to ‘howl at the moon’ from time to time (if you catch my drift!). The women that approached me wanted to know if I would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called mehth. I told them no, because they didn’t have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn’t settle for the first thing that comes to him.

I arrived at Wal-mart, mounted my courtesy-scooter (walking is such a drag!) sitting side saddle so that my wolves would show. While I was browsing tube socks, I could hear aroused asthmatic breathing behind me. I turned around to see a slightly sweaty dream in sweatpants and flip-flops standing there. She told me she liked the wolves on my shirt, I told her I wanted to howl at her moon. She offered me a swig from her mountain dew, and I drove my scooter, with her shuffling along side out the door and into the rest of our lives. Thank you wolf shirt.

Pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women
Cons: Only 3 wolves (could probably use a few more on the ‘guns’), cannot see wolves when sitting with arms crossed, wolves would have been better if they glowed in the dark.”