Today, with four billion hours of viewership a month, YouTube is more popular than ever. But it’s also part of an Internet that’s radically different than it was when YouTube was young.
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South by Southwest (SXSW): Aereo vs. the Cable Bundle
A chat with the CEO of the upstart Internet TV service which the networks hope to sue out of business.
Roku’s New Box: New Interface, Still Simple
The streaming box introduces a new version with an interface designed for the 750-channel-world.
Finally, a Robotic Dog That Can Toss Cinder Blocks Like They’re Beanbags
And here we have the latest BigDog video, wherein Boston Dynamics has outfitted man’s best friend with the ability to whip cinder blocks around.
Google Glasses Seem Cool, but Voice Control Could Get Out of Hand
Imagine a bunch of people murmuring to themselves in public, each phrase beginning with “OK Glass.” That’ll be the future if Google has its way.
Northeast Blizzard: Five Great Time-Lapse Videos
There are a bunch of great time-lapse videos of this historic jerk of a storm. Here are five.
How to Watch the Super Bowl Live Online
No TV? No problem. Well, hopefully no problem. It’s complicated. Here are a couple sources you can use to watch the big game online.
Super Bowl Tech Ads: Survivors and Casualties Over the Years
Here are 32 tech companies from Super Bowl ads over the years. Just like the 32 teams in the NFL, some of these companies have flourished; others haven’t fared nearly as well.
With Vine, Twitter Lets You Share Six-Second Video Clips
Twitter has rolled out Vine, a video-sharing service that limits clips to six seconds, embeds them into tweets and loops the playback.
Netflix and YouTube Are Quietly Building an Apple AirPlay Rival Called DIAL
Some day, you won’t need an all-Apple setup just to look up a video on your phone and send it over to your television — and that day may actually come sooner than you think, due to a joint effort by Netflix and YouTube.
How Netflix Built Its Wii U App: First, It Built a Fake GamePad
The streaming video service designed its Wii U app before it had a Wii U.
Smule’s Strum: An ‘Instagram for Video’ That’s Set to Music
This iPhone app turns 15 seconds of video into mini-music videos you can share.
