Look how far we’ve come. A year ago, HD video was largely unavailable on the Web. Adobe Flash (the most widely used web video format) didn’t even officially support HD video. Today, nearly every major video sharing site offers HD video, Amazon has become focused on offering HD video downloads and Major League Baseball (mlb.com) [...]
The Council For Research Excellence yesterday released a comprehensive study on what people essentially do with their time when it comes to video and media. And what they found was the average person spends a little over 8 hours a day staring at screens; TV, mobile devices and computers. In fact, between these devices, 61 [...]
Back in January, I did a video review on a new web-based product called ScreenToaster. ScreenToaster is a browser based system that allows you to quickly make high-quality screen recordings from your computer…without having to download any software. And because it is browser based, it runs equally well on Windows or a Mac. ScreenToaster is [...]
Surprisingly, I get asked frequently about how to create avatars or animated avatars for web sites. While these aren’t exactly in the realm of web video, I get asked nonetheless. And one of the new (and free) offerings in the world of personal, 3D avatars is Big Stage. With Big Stage, you simply sign-up for a [...]
Yesterday Microsoft officially released the latest version of their browser, Internet Explorer 8. The reviews so far have been mixed. On the positive side of things, the browser is considered a welcomed update over Internet Explorer 7. Microsoft has added new security features and has promised that the browser is now more compatible with web [...]
