Internet News 3-12, 2010

Here is the latest internet news for the week of March 8-12th.
(Gotta love the old batman tv show tribute I did in there! :P )

Oscars Over the Internet

With the feud between cable vision and ABC/Disney nearly 3.1 million people had trouble watching the Oscars. While these companies struggle to provide reliable source of TV the internet continues to make strides forward into providing TV/Movies streaming over the internet. Below is a list of a few of the places I found you could have watched the Oscars live on the internet!

1. Livestream
2. AP Livestream
3. Oscar.com
4. UStream TV
5. Webcastr
6. TV.com
7. TVGuide
8. YouTube /Oscars Channel
9. APLive Facebook page
10. Associated Press Channel
11. ATDHE

(Note I did not name all the places that carried the Oscars Live for free nor did I check all these resources to verify they actually wound up carrying the Oscars. Yes, I will admit it I don’t watch the Oscars myself :P)

Google Maps V.S. Bing Maps

Bing has seen a small decrese in it’s numbers of search shares while Google has recently seen a spike. However, Bing shows no signs of slowing down in their progress on developing a solid search engine. Just recently they have released the largest update to their maps to date. While using Bing I noticed I had an easier time locating my house than when I used Google Maps however their over all quality in my area was a bit worse. Here are the comparisons for my house.

Google Map of my house:

Bing Map of my house: (Note the circle fence in the bottom left corner is nearly missing and in the top right hand corner the truck and blue tarp are just a blur.)

Google Expands

Just recently Google has acquired two new online business. Picnik and Doc Verse. Both are awesome little services and you can check them out at the links below.

Picnik – This service allows you to edit your photos right form your web browser.

DocVerse – Real time sharing and group editing of Word, Excel and Power Point files.

YouTube News

YouTube has changed the default size for embedded videos. By default they’re getting bigger at either 480×385 for a 4:3 video, or 640×385 for a 16:9 video. YouTube says it went with these sizes, because they will give most viewers the best viewing experience because they better match current video encoding sizes.

Also as promised here are the secret photos of YouTube’s new UI they are testing in random people’s accounts. Also, notice how there aren’t multiple stars anymore…It’s sheerly Like or Don’t Like.

WIERD! Look at that share picture of YouTube’s new UI. I am really surprised they have not already included Google Buzz into the new UI’s share feature!?

Question of the Day

Do you think it’s a good idea or a dumb idea to have a computer at a treadmill?
Tell me your thoughts!

-More pictures of treadmill desks at Stumble Upon

-And in case you wanted to build your own here is a site to help you! :P http://buildatreadmilldesk.com/

Lastly, I will be shooting a screenflow video shortly with tips on how you can increase your page load speed!

Thanks for watching and reading!

Michael R Roberts