One of the barriers the web has been slow to knock down is language. While Google and others offer decent translation services, most are clunky and inconvenient to use. The conversations taking place online should be international, but we continue to be limited by geography. To borrow a phrase, we need to tear down this [...]
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Nobel laureates may not be as culturally popular as Otters Holding Hands, but they do have their place alongside them on YouTube, way down the long tail. Oliver Smithies – tales of 60 years in research OpenCulture highlights 10 of the most intellectually stimulating channels on YouTube, which no one is watching. They also point out how [...] YouTube issued a press release today highlighting videos at the “forefront of politics, music, entertainment and more.” 90% of it is worthless crap. While YouTube brought us Battle at Kruger which was pretty amazing, it also brought us “cultural phenomena,” (their words) including Chris Crocker and NORA the Piano Playing Cat. The medium made it possible [...] There is a lot of money flooding into digital media from private equity. While this influx won’t kill the Hollywood studio system it will have an impact on the future of communication and will force the studios to adapt. One of the guys directing the flow of PE funding into digital media is ex-FOX exec Ross [...] The NFL just announced that they will simulcast Saturday’s Pats-Giants game on NBC and CBS, making it the first ever game simulcast on three networks in the history of the NFL. Instead of being available in select local markets, the game will now be available to every household in the U.S. In Boston, where the local [...] |
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