Ever since Google officially purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock in October, 2006, more small companies have entered the video-sharing business, hoping they can sell their video-sharing websites for millions of dollars in a couple of years. In fact, we do get an invitation from YouTube imitators once in a while. Some 180 people subscribe to our channel at YouTube, and it has been viewed more than 117,000 times. Inevitably, YouTube imitators find us and ask us to upload our video tutorials. Anyway, while YouTube’s popularity only keeps rising, new video-sharing websites aren’t doing so well. So why do the rest of YouTube imitators fail so badly? Continue reading
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Text-Based Flash Animation
We have created 44 text-based Flash animation samples. These animation samples are intended for website owners who want simple Flash movies to decorate their websites. Continue reading
What is Gmail?
What is Gmail? It’s a free web-based e-mail service made possible by search engine giant Google. It was available only through invitation. Now, Google says it’s open to anyone by registration. Why Gmail? As of February 7, Google gives away 2.8 GB of free space. That’s plenty. And Gmail comes with a mobile access. So you can check your e-mail message through your mobile phone. Our visitors to MacHouse’s blog should know better than us about the beauty of Gmail as many of them now register their blog account by providing a Gmail address
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Is YouTube Out of Hand?
Several days ago, it was reported that YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley suggested that their video sharers may be paid. YouTube is now supported by a large group of video sharers who post video clips from TV shows and fringe on the copyright law. For example, this video is apparently a copyrighted material. For the last several days, we have spent some good time notifying YouTube which video is in violation of the copyright law. Unfortunately, YouTube seems to have taken down any of them. Some people do download our video tutorials posted at YouTube and post them at their websites without citing the ownership. YouTube will be inevitably flooded with more copyrighted materials once they start paying these violators. Continue reading
ZINK Imaging: No More Ink Cartridges
ZINK Imaging, a Boston-based company which was found in October 2005, says that they have invented and patented a new technology. This new technology, according to ZINK Imaging, allows them to produce printers that require no ink cartridges for color printing. The technology uses a specially-coated kind of paper which contains dye crystals. These dye crystals will be activated and colorized by heat from the printer.
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