Archive for: July 30, 2008

Two months after YouTube added video annotation functionality to its site, Google has acquired Omnisio, a Palo Alto-based company that focuses on making videos more interactive.

"The Omnisio team has tremendous technical expertise when it comes to advanced video tools and having this kind of talent at YouTube should help us further explore ways to enhance your YouTube experience," YouTube said in a Wednesday night blog post.

Omnisio launched publicly in March, and the company will be joining the YouTube team.

"We believe we've only scratched the surface in terms of what's possible with online video, and we are really looking forward to taking the video viewing -- and creating -- experience to the next level," Omnisio's founders wrote on their Web site.

"We've been continually surprised by the creative and interesting stuff our users have built on the Omnisio platform - from hilarious video compilations, to witty (and yes sometimes over the top) in-video comments, to informative presentations with slides synced with video," they wrote. "The enthusiastic adoption of our tools has exceeded our wildest expectations."

Thirteen more colleges and universities have signed up to use Google Apps Education Edition on campus, the search engine giant announced Wednesday.

Apps Education, which debuted in October 2006, provides web-based access to features like Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, Presently, Talk, Calendar, and Sites.

The schools that signed on to Apps include Collin County Community College District, Francis Marion University, George Washington University, Indiana University, Kean University, Kent State University, Kishwaukee College, Loyola Marymount University, Montgomery County Community College, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Florida, University of San Diego, and the University of Virginia.

How these schools integrate the program depends on their needs, according to Google.

"Technically Google Apps can be up and running in a matter of minutes," according to a spokeswoman. "Some universities offer services to just students and others offer to students, faculty, and staff."

"Since launching Apps Education Edition, we've had great conversations with CIOs at leading universities about the benefits of bringing Google technology on campus," Jeff Keltner, Google business development manager, wrote in a Wednesday blog post. "Google Apps Education Edition is gaining momentum: more than a million users worldwide have adopted it to embrace the possibilities of technology in education."

In an effort to continue those conversations, Google in September will launch an "App to School" cross-country road trip to introduce students and faculty to Google Apps.

Among those universities that have embraced Google Apps is Abilene Christian University in Texas. The school dumped its own e-mail program in exchange for Google Apps in 2007, a move that has enabled the school to experiment with more advanced technology.

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Filed under: CellphonesAlthough the 30-pin Dock connector in the iPhone 3G looks the same as it has since it was introduced in the 2G iPod, it’s different in one critical (and maddening) way — it doesn’t support charging the older FireWire charging pins, only the newer USB method. That means a whol…

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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops, Networking
According to a report, Microsoft isn’t just looking at the next version of Windows (no, not Mojave) for future OS possibilities, but is looking beyond the Windows architecture altogether with a project known as Midori. The new OS is still in the “incubation…

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Filed under: Storage
Be honest with yourself: has there ever been a instance when you felt like taking a hammer to a computer of yours? Yes, of course. Apparently some of the intelligent minds at plankton figured out a way to let humans habitable out that fantasy without totally destroying their par…

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While there’s plenty of folks out there focused on making lithium-ion batteries safer and longer-lasting, there’s additionally thankfully some committed to making ‘em cheaper, which is particularly welcome when we’re talking about the expensive batteries powering cars. Amo…

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Adobe just updated its Photoshop Express service with a handful of relatively unexciting but useful new features. The most critical one is the inclusion of printing through Shutterfly, making it easier to take edited photos and get them printed either for yourself or to send as gifts. Previously y…

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Got questions about Web 2.0 and Web apps? So do I! But nonetheless I will do my best to reply your questions on the best online applications for various tasks, on privacy, infrastructure, and any other Web 2.0 topic you want to throw my way in tomorrow’s live Ask The Editors session.

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Filed under: CellphonesHey, you remember the Neonode N2? The OG full-face touchscreen phone? Well, better cherish those memories, since every N2 is being recalled due to “reception problems.” A fix is apparently ready to go, but seeing as we haven’t heard a peep from Neonode since it promised us a t…

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Filed under: Laptops
It looks like the number of netbook hold-outs just keeps on dwindling, with Lenovo and Sylvania now entering the fray, and Intel coming back for another kick at the can. While details are light on Lenovo’s offering, the company is reportedly looking at launching it as soon of Se…

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Two years after discontinuing sales of its DJ line of digital music players, Dell plans to launch a new effort to snag a piece of the digital music market from Apple with its own device that September, according to a Wednesday report. Citing details provided by several Dell executives, the r…

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Online travel communications retailer Telestial has just launched Travel Journal, an online service that automatically formulates an online trip journal based on the location of the user’s phone. Using a special SIM card that triangulates the user’s location using cell phone towers, Travel Journal a…

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