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iPhone Video Search Goes Deeper with Updated Truveo Application
iPhone Video Search
Beet.TV Video search engine Truveo has released an updated version of its  iPhone application, Beet.TV has learned. The application, first launched in July, allows users to access videos in Apple-friendly formats from major sites including CNN, NBC, HBO, The Discovery Channel, and YouTube. In November, I interviewed CEO Peter Kocks about the then-forthcoming updates, and he demonstrates the new query completion and sorting functions. In the segment, Kocks also explains how Apple is driving the standardization of video formats. Although Flash dominates the web, non-PC and mobile video is shifting toward the H.264 and progressive downloading formats favored by Apple, he says. "Because the iPhone has become so popular as a medium, as a place for viewing videos, many content producers are making sure that their content is available either through podcasts or either directly onto the iPhone," he says in the interview. "And that has in my opinion slowly started to shift the video industry a little bit toward that standard."The standardization of video formats that Apple is driving could be a key step toward more advertising revenue for publishers. Gina de Mendonca, a partner at neo@Ogilvy, told me in an interview after the Beet Online Video Roundtable at 30 Rock that the lack of standardized video formats was one of the primary obstacles to advertising spending online.--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer
The 2009 No Pants Day Subway Ride
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Rocketboom Rocketboom rides along during the 2009 No Pants Day Subway Ride by Improv Everywhere.
Democracy Now! Friday, January 16, 2009
Friday 1/16/09
Democracy Now! Attorney General Nominee Eric Holder Declares "Waterboarding Is Torture", Bloody Israeli Assault on Gaza Enters Fourth Week, Palestinian Death Toll Tops 1,100, Palestinian Astrophysicist in US Recounts How His 11-Year-Old Son Died When Israeli Warplanes Bombed His Family's House
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The Intimacy Guy
Couch Cases Dr. Amy's newest patient is having problems in the bedroom.
01 - Huntress
01 - Huntress
RoboGirl A sexy female cyborg named Huntress is mankind's last hope against an alien invasion.
#376 Connected
#376 Connected
brigittedale I'm sick. Yuck. So I'm holed up in my house, spending way too much time on social networking sites.
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#101 - Pilot
The Crew In the first episode of "The Crew" a new webseries, the crew investigates a mysterious engine error.
ATB035 - Asahi Beer
ATB035 - Asahi Beer
Still Crazy After All These Beers What's the most popular alcoholic beverage in Japan? If your answer was saké, try again… it's beer. Asahi Breweries make the most popular beer there and it's making a splash around the rest of the world. We get the lowdown from the company's Yoshiaki "Yoshi" Okahara. Kampai! (We think that means "Cheers!")
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