http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:48:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/20/yahoo-takes-big-leap-with-1-1b-deal-for-tumblr/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/20/yahoo-takes-big-leap-with-1-1b-deal-for-tumblr/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:54:52 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=240085 SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is Mayer’s boldest move since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo’s latest comeback attempt. It marks Yahoo’s most expensive [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/20/yahoo-takes-big-leap-with-1-1b-deal-for-tumblr/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/02/youtube-says-the-battle-with-tv-is-already-over/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/02/youtube-says-the-battle-with-tv-is-already-over/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:08:56 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=238919 NEW YORK — YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over. In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace television watching. Instead he declared: “That’s already happened.” Schmidt said “the future is now” for [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/02/youtube-says-the-battle-with-tv-is-already-over/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/11/youtube-offers-new-iphone-app-to-fill-looming-void/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/11/youtube-offers-new-iphone-app-to-fill-looming-void/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:46:29 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=223319 SAN FRANCISCO — YouTube is being reprogrammed for the iPhone and iPad amid the latest fallout from the growing hostility between Google and Apple. The changes are being made because Google Inc. and Apple Inc. didn’t renew a five-year licensing agreement that established YouTube’s video service as one of the built-in applications in the operating [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/11/youtube-offers-new-iphone-app-to-fill-looming-void/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/07/apple-to-ditch-iphone-youtube-app/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/07/apple-to-ditch-iphone-youtube-app/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:09:58 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=220994 Apple says the next version of its software for the iPhone and iPad won’t come with a pre-installed YouTube application. Users will be able to play YouTube videos in the Web browser, says Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller. Google Inc., which owns YouTube, is also working on a downloadable app, she says. Muller says Apple Inc.’s [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/07/apple-to-ditch-iphone-youtube-app/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/17/some-video-stores-stay-alive-as-technology-changes/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/17/some-video-stores-stay-alive-as-technology-changes/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:27:10 +0000 Herald-Mail of Hagerstown http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=219391 HAGERSTOWN — It’s no secret that the number of video stores in the United States is diminishing. The culprit? The World Wide Web. The big shot players of video streaming like Netflix, YouTube and Hulu are the top spot holders when it comes to viewing movies and TV episodes online. In 1992, there were about [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/17/some-video-stores-stay-alive-as-technology-changes/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/12/new-internet-suffix-bids-include-lol-bank/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/12/new-internet-suffix-bids-include-lol-bank/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:44:34 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=217164 NEW YORK  — If Google has its way, you won’t need to type “Google.com” any more to do your searches. You can simply access the search engine at “.Google.” Google’s bid for “.Google” as an Internet suffix is among about 2,000 proposals submitted as part of the largest expansion of the Internet address system since [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/12/new-internet-suffix-bids-include-lol-bank/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/20/youtube-enlists-big-name-help-to-redefine-channels/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/20/youtube-enlists-big-name-help-to-redefine-channels/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:52:35 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/20/youtube-enlists-big-name-help-to-redefine-channels/ CULVER CITY, Calif. — YouTube is enlisting Hollywood’s help to reach a generation of viewers more familiar with smartphones than TV remotes. The online video giant is aiming to create 25 hours of programming per day with the help of some of the top names in traditional TV. The Google-owned site is spreading its wealth [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/20/youtube-enlists-big-name-help-to-redefine-channels/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/22/ap-source-apple-considering-hulu-bid/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/22/ap-source-apple-considering-hulu-bid/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 20:12:13 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/22/ap-source-apple-considering-hulu-bid/ SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. is in talks to potentially bid for video-streaming service Hulu, a person close to the situation said Friday. The person, who said Apple is among several companies interested in Hulu, spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to talk about the matter. In early July, search giant [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/22/ap-source-apple-considering-hulu-bid/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/02/21/tech-talk-make-web-video-more-than-talking-heads/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/02/21/tech-talk-make-web-video-more-than-talking-heads/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:02 +0000 Marci De Vries http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=192279 &via=&related=DolcePixel"> The blending of video and website content has arrived. It’s everywhere, and startups are popping up all over to support low-cost video production specifically for websites. But the question now needs to be asked: What are we doing with it? By approaching it without a strategy, are we just making corporate Web videos that are [...]

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]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/02/21/tech-talk-make-web-video-more-than-talking-heads/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/03/viacom-appeals-ruling-in-youtube-copyright-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/03/viacom-appeals-ruling-in-youtube-copyright-case/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:12:43 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/03/viacom-appeals-ruling-in-youtube-copyright-case/ NEW YORK — Viacom is appealing a court decision that YouTube obeyed copyright laws even though the Internet video site used to show thousands of pirated clips. The challenge filed Friday in a federal appeals court in New York had been expected since a June ruling rebuffed Viacom’s copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube and its [...]

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