9 to 5 Mac – Apple and Google are testing a way to link YouTube with the iTunes Store, offering links to video available for sale on iTunes beside selected YouTube clips.
Apple has been experimenting with strategies to link iTunes up with social networking websites, and offers a referral scheme to those who want to link their sites up with the service [...] read more
InternetData Center Knowledge – AT&T has confirmed that it is entering the content delivery market in a bigger way, ending months of speculation about its plans. Here’s an excerpt from Dan Rayburn at the Business of Online Video: Since December, AT&T has been busy working on the build out and expects to spend between $70-$80 [...] read more
Googlified – The Google LatLong Blog announced several updates to the images of Manhanttan used in Google Street View. Among the updates, I find their new move to blur out people’s faces to be quite interesting.
We’re also taking this opportunity to test our new face-blurring technology on the busy streets of Manhattan. This effort has been a [...] read more
Appletell – There are reports that within the next couple of weeks iTunes will be host to some of Time Warner’s HBO content. What’s interesting about this deal versus any other iTunes content agreement is that Apple has supposedly agreed to a different pricing structure than the rest of their deals. According to an article at Portfolio.com, “One possibility is that HBO programming will have a higher retail price than the flat $1.99 fee Apple currently charges for video content. [A]nother is that HBO will receive a larger cut of the same flat rate than other iTunes content providers receive.” However, as usual, Apple [...] read more
