RIM is no stranger to bad press. When the whole blogosphere is counting down the days until they die, you know something is wrong. I’ve been using BlackBerry for a few years now. As much as I love the phone, there are lots of things about it that I can’t stand. A brief history. my [...]

Mic check! Wait a second. This is YouTube. Why should I care about sound quality? After all, isn’t video quality what the “Tube” is all about? Most people know sound quality is important but they still tend to focus more on HD videos. Technically, YouTube is all about video but don’t overlook the importance of sound. There [...]

I was in the market for a cheap netbook with a fairly decent keyboard. I wanted one that I could lug around without having to constantly worry about it being scratched, scuffed or dented.  I babied my Macbook Pro and I noticed when I brought it around, I was a little too obsessed with keeping [...]

I’ve tested HTML5 and WebM on YouTube for about a month now and it isn’t perfect. HTML5 video (WebM)on YouTube looks like the future replacement for Flash but is it really a good thing? I wrote a guest post talking about this on Konnessi if you want to check that out. Not faulting them completely, [...]

Today, many Google Video users got a sad email stating that Google Video will officially end on the 29th of this month. This news doesn’t come as a big shock since their purchase of YouTube in 2006. While I do think maintaining both YouTube and Google Video may seem redundant, I will miss it. I [...]