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Link // 06.24.2008 // 12:24 PM // 0 CommentsPut the Instinct in a YouTube Clip, Sprint Will Give You $20

If you’re one of the first 1,000 people to feature a Samsung Instinct in your YouTube video, Sprint will pay for, well, about a third-tank of gas. Wow, thanks, guys.

I wonder if it would count if I featured it in a video explaining the thousand reasons why the iPhone’s UI is better than the Instinct’s? Visit site »

Link // 03.23.2007 // 7:15 AM // 0 CommentsNews Corp. and NBC to take on YouTube

This is about as likely to unseat YouTube as the Zune is to unseat the iPod. That is to say, not chance in hell.

By and large, traditional media companies are losing to tech companies and web startups. Why? Basically, because they’re followers. Very few of them have the foresight to snatch up the brilliant young minds in the web world, and instead just follow the leader (in this case, YouTube). But the Internet seems to favor innovative and first-to-market products. Traditional media hasn’t released many of either.

(All that having been said, there are a few traditional media companies who get it…thank God.) Visit site »

Link // 12.15.2006 // 7:58 AM // 1 CommentTubeSock - Rip videos from YouTube

$15 for a Mac app that will convert YouTube videos to iPod/iTunes/FrontRow formats for me? Yes, please! Visit site »

Link // 10.09.2006 // 10:40 PM // 4 CommentsGoogle buys YouTube for $1.65 billion

I didn’t really think this would happen, and I still don’t understand why it did. It’s only a matter of time before YouTube goes Napster-up. Once all the copyright-infringing content is removed, will there still be enough legit stuff left to sustain YouTube’s popularity? I’m doubtful. Visit site »

Link // 08.21.2006 // 5:45 PM // 0 CommentsElectronista | Malik: Apple should acquire YouTube

Worst. Idea. Ever. Visit site »

Link // 04.10.2006 // 12:04 AM // 0 CommentsNow Starring on the Web: YouTube

Wired’s profile of YouTube.com, the latest “Web 2.0 Sensation!” Visit site »