Thursday, December 21st, 2006
Reuters reports that YouTube has helped Ontario police find a man they believe to be responsible for a murder at a local night club.
A video posted on the ultra-popular Web site YouTube has helped Canadian police find a man they believe responsible for a murder.
Police in the Southern Ontario city of Hamilton said on Thursday that they uploaded a one-minute, 12-second clip from a surveillance tape onto the video-sharing YouTube site.
The video, which showed suspects arriving at a local nightclub for a Sean Price hip-hop concert, garnered media attention and was viewed more than 30,000 times.
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“This is the first time Hamilton police have utilized video web posting in an investigation, and to the best of its knowledge, the first time that law enforcement has ever used it as a direct investigative tool,” Staff Sgt. Jorge Lasso told a news conference.
This whole “Web 2.0″ thing might just be useful, huh?
This reminds me of the “America’s Most Wanted” poster that hangs in the FBI building in Washington DC. That could be really cool if YouTube et al began having a law enforcement section of the website to help with things like this. I know that many people would be interested in viewing footage like this in their area - All of the cop/America’s Most Wanted/etc TV shows are certainly a testament to this, as is this story.
Thursday, December 14th, 2006
StumbleVideo launched today and Andy Beal got a first look, digging in with yet another thorough writeup.
With the launch of StumbleVideo, the company is betting that people will enjoy discovering new videos in the very same way, and spend even more time “channel surfing”. “People demand instant access to online video content that’s personally gratifying, and they don’t want to spend all day looking for it. That’s where StumbleUpon fits in,” says Feller. “StumbleVideo allows people to discover great videos they would likely never find using traditional keyword searches. The experience is like channel surfing through video content that is laser-targeted to your tastes.”
And without further ado: First Look: StumbleUpon Announces New Video Surfing Site, StumbleVideo
Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
Busted. Nailed. Snagged. As many of you have figured out (maybe our speech was a little too funky fresh???), Peter isn’t a real hip-hop maven and this site was actually developed by Sony. Guess we were trying to be just a little too clever. From this point forward, we will just stick to making cool products, and use this site to give you nothing but the facts on the PSP.Sony Computer Entertainment America
After 8 days of posting and a couple weeks of non-posting, that’s the post that Sony just put up on their “All I Want for Xmas is PSP” website blog letting the world know that the site was not what it said it was.
More on Kotaku.
That apology just feels like it’s lacking sincerity and an acceptance of responsiblity. Thoughts?
Monday, October 30th, 2006
So, my submission for the Marketing Pilgrim SEM Scholarship Contest is up and ready to go. :)
What I’ve found is that Social Media Marketing/Optimization is such a rogue discipline at this point, that there’s very little structure for how people are discussing its philosophies, principles, strategies and tactics.
In The Five Pillars of Social Media Marketing, I discuss the five key forms of communication with your marketplace and how those conversations transpire.
The first three are:
- Declaration of Identity
- Identity through Association
- User-initiated Conversation
I’ll let you read the full article for #4 and #5 (it is a contest, btw :-P), as well as specific channels for creating a conversation with your market in these 5 ways.
Monday, October 30th, 2006
“Can you make films? If so here’s your chance to win a trip to film a WFP School Feeding project in a developing country.
FightHunger: Walk the World is looking for an upbeat viral video that spreads the word about ending child hunger by 2015 – which is part of the first Millennium Development Goal.
Create your video (no longer than 120 seconds) and submit it to an online video service - we recommend blip.tv or ourmedia.org. (You may also use other services such as YouTube.com or Google Videos but make sure you understand their copyright conditions.) When uploading your video please use the tag “fhvideo”.
Read the contest rules before you submit your entry. The closing date for entries is 15 Dec 2006. Winners will be listed on this site on 29th Dec 2006.
To enter the contest first register and login to the site. Then submit your entry using this webform. If your video is accepted we will send you a confirmation email.”
To find out more about the contest, Click Here.
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