What Google’s Larry Page really said about Microsoft

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There were so many zingers and (and cease-and-desist orders) flying around between Microsoft and Google yesterday that it might have been hard to keep track. And some errant quotes in the live blogs from Google I/O conference didn’t help. So what did Google CEO Larry Page actually say about Microsoft during the question-and-answer session at… Read More…

Windows Phone app nirvana: YouTube and Foursquare refreshed, as Hulu arrives

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Microsoft is releasing a new version of its YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 today, with new capabilities that take advantage of Windows Phone’s core features. It’s part of a broader effort by Microsoft to strengthen its lineup of Windows Phone apps to better compete with the iPhone, Android and BlackBerry. Also new today: An… Read More…

Microsoft vs. Google: Closer look at Windows Phone’s ‘subpar’ YouTube experience

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Casual users of YouTube on Windows Phone probably won’t notice a big difference from the YouTube app on iPhone. They can download YouTube from the Windows Phone store, log in to YouTube and open a sidebar to access their favorite videos, viewing history, uploads, suggestions and many other features. The biggest tip-off is the address… Read More…

Podcast: How to get famous on YouTube, implant RFID chips, and travel to space

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This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we’re revisiting a few of our favorite guest segments with highlights from some of our most interesting interviews over the past several months. The common thread: Each of these guests inspired us to think differently or bigger in some way. Here they are, in order of… Read More…

‘NASA and We Know It’: Seattle team’s video goes viral

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You know you’re doing something right when your video about the latest NASA mission gets retweeted by NASA to its more than 2.7 million followers. That’s what happened to a crew from Seattle that debuted a new video today called “We’re NASA and We Know It,” a spoof on the LMFAO hit “Sexy and I Know It.”… Read More…

GeekWire Podcast: Where The Hell is Matt? On our show!

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Even if you don’t recognize Matt Harding’s name, you’ve probably seen one of his videos. He’s the globetrotting YouTube star behind the site WhereTheHellisMatt.com. His videos, showing him dancing with people in countries around the world, have been viewed millions upon millions of times. Matt is our guest this week on the GeekWire radio show… Read More…

Comedy: YouTube translates Google’s new products

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Google had a giant week, introducing the new Nexus 7 tablet and the Nexus Q streaming media device, and pulling off the most impressive keynote stunt we’ve ever seen in the skies over San Francisco, as skydivers delivered Google’s augmented reality glasses with no small amount of technical wizardry. Maybe now the company can do a… Read More…

Microsoft seeks patent on monetizing buttons of TV remote

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How much would you pay to watch a replay of a great play, or skip a bunch of television commercials? And should you have to? Those are a couple of the questions raised by a newly surfaced Microsoft patent application. It’s called “Control-based Content Pricing,” and the basic idea is dynamic pricing of video content,… Read More…

Microsoft decides to ‘part ways’ with Bing GM, who joins Google’s YouTube

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Danielle Tiedt, who was the general manager of marketing for Microsoft’s Bing search engine, is joining YouTube to lead consumer marketing for the Google-owned property. A Microsoft spokesman says that the Redmond company made the decision to “part ways” with Tiedt, and that its decision was not related to her hiring by YouTube. Advertising Age… Read More…

Microsoft YouTube channel hacked

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Updated below with Microsoft’s statement saying it has regained control. Unless this is some elaborate publicity stunt, Microsoft’s official YouTube channel appears to have been taken over by someone not affiliated with the company, who has removed all of the videos and posted solicitations for sponsorships, apparently anticipating an influx of traffic as the news… Read More…

Startup unveils PlayLater, a DVR for Netflix, YouTube and other online video

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MediaMall Technologies has begun testing a new service called PlayLater, which it is touting as the world’s first digital video recorder for online video. The company, with offices in Seattle and New York, says that the service is designed to allow users to record TV shows, movies and sporting events from various online channels such… Read More…

A YouTube star in the making?

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Ethan Newberry wants to be a YouTube star. And the Seattleite is moving closer to that goal having been selected to participate in NextUp, a new program in which YouTube is trying to assist 45 rising media stars “who’ve demonstrated passion, talent and huge potential in video making across a range of genres.” The program… Read More…