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Archive for August, 2009

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U.S. Ranks 28th In The World For Internet Speed

A new study by the Communications Workers of America, using data supplied by Speed Matters, reports that out of all industrialized nations, the United States ranks 28th in Internet speed. Just how slow do we have it in the U.S.?  Well, South Korea is currently 4 times faster than the U.S.  And according to CWA [...]

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Video Review – Camtasia For Mac

Earlier this week, TechSmith released Camtasia for Mac. This is the first serious challenge for ScreenFlow, which has long been regarded as the best choice for making screen recordings on a Mac. So how does Camtasia for Mac stack up?  Is it better than ScreenFlow…is it worse…and which of these two competing titles should you [...]

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Animoto Adds Video To It’s Popular Photo Slideshow Creation Tool

Popular photo slideshow creation site, Animoto (see my video review here), added a video option to their service this week. Normally with Animoto, you upload some photos, select some music, click a button and a slideshow is automatically created to fit the length of the music.  You can then embed this slideshow, as a video, [...]

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How Video Is Being Added To Magazines

Last week CBS made some noise by announcing they would be running video ad’s for their upcoming fall season in Entertainment Weekly magazine. But how exactly does it work? When a reader flips to the ad page in the magazine, a small, paper thin 2.5 inch video screen will start playing a video with a [...]

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Canon Vixia HF S11 To Be Released in September 2009 – Is It The New “Best” Camcorder?

About 6 months ago, Canon released a new video camera called the Vixia HF S10.  It instantly earned rave reviews and was even used to shoot parts of a Hollywood movie. I personally use this camera, it’s my current “best” camera recommendation and you can see my video review of it by clicking here. But [...]