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Dave Kaminski is a professional copywriter, videographer and 10-year veteran of direct response marketing whose work in multimedia advertising has resulted in millions of dollars worth of sales. A former U.S. Marine, Dave specializes in teaching entrepreneurs how to effectively use web video in their marketing efforts.

Canon Announces New Compact Pro/Prosumer XF Video Cameras

This week Canon announced two new cameras to be added to their lineup; the XF100 and XF105. Both are compact cameras that record to memory cards, but carry the features only found in prosumer and professional cameras. Or to put it another way, these cameras are for people who earn their living from video…people who [...]

September 3rd, 2010 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued

Video: iPad Being Used As Point-Of-Sale Cash Register

Last week I did a video showing how to turn an iPad into a teleprompter, with the main idea being that with a little creativity, iPad’s can be pretty versatile. But over in Japan, they are taking it to another level by using iPad’s as cash registers.
The entire system is called Flavius, which basically consists [...]

September 1st, 2010 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued

iWowWe Introduces Low-Cost Video Email and Conferencing Solution

There are a number of players in the video email and video conferencing market. The newest entry into this field is a service called iWowWe, which delivers a lot of bang for very little buck.
iWowWe’s services can be used by both Windows and Mac users…with no software to download. You can send an unlimited number [...]

August 30th, 2010 | Dave | 4 comments | Continued

Canon Set To Release New DSLR Camera, The 60D

Canon has announced a new camera in their coveted DSLR lineup, the 60D. The 60D is positioned between the entry-level Rebel T2i and the more expensive 7D. And just like those models, it shoots pro-quality photos and breathtaking HD video. But it has one major difference.
And that difference is an articulating LCD. That means you [...]

August 27th, 2010 | Dave | 2 comments | Continued

FCC Says U.S. Consumers Not Receiving Advertised Internet Speeds

The Federal Communications Commission in the United States has release a technical paper which found that U.S. consumers are not receiving Internet connection speeds as advertised by their service providers. How bad is it? Well, the FCC has found that most people are receiving only half of their promised connection speed.
Only half, how is this [...]

August 25th, 2010 | Dave | 1 comment | Continued

The 10 People Who Are Earning Over $100,000 A Year On YouTube

According to an analysis done by Tubemogul, there are a total of 10 people earning $100,000 a year or more on YouTube. By “earning $100,000 a year or more”, I am referring to income derived solely from YouTube’s partner program, where YouTube shares a percentage of the income they earn from ad’s with content producers.
So [...]

August 23rd, 2010 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued

The New Nikon D3100 – A DSLR Camera With Auto-Focus Video

DSLR cameras have become very popular because of the gorgeous video they shoot. However, one drawback has been that unlike traditional video cameras, they cannot auto-focus while shooting video. But the new Nikon D3100 addresses this issue.
The D3100, aimed at the consumer market, shoots full HD 1080p video using a servo auto-focus, which means the [...]

August 20th, 2010 | Dave | 1 comment | Continued

Vimeo Releases Universal Web Video Player

With all the debate between Flash and HTML5 video, for the typical web publisher the best solution lies in the middle; a hybrid player that can play both types of videos. It’s not exactly the simplest trick to pull off, but popular video sharing site Vimeo has just added such a player. And they’re calling [...]

August 18th, 2010 | Dave | 1 comment | Continued

July 2010 Web Video Statistics – Google Is The Winner

ComScore has released the latest web video viewership statistics for July 2010. And not surprisingly, Google (owners of YouTube) dominated the pack. Here’s a run down of the notable numbers:

85% of the U.S. Internet audience watched web videos
The average video duration was 4.8 minutes
Video ads accounted for 9.8% of all views
American’s viewed 3.6 billion video [...]

August 16th, 2010 | Dave | 0 comments | Continued

Adobe Releases Flash Player With H.264 Decoding For Macs

On Tuesday Adobe released Flash Player 10.1.82.76 which includes H.264 decoding for Mac’s. What does this mean for the average Mac user? In plain terms, H.264 video requires extra computer processing power to decode and playback smoothly on the web. Choppy playback and buffering of videos can happen without this extra power. On the Windows [...]

August 13th, 2010 | Dave | 2 comments | Continued