Tag: google video
Google sees sense, offers proper refund for botched Google Video service – but you still can't keep vids forever
Google has had a change of heart on how it should have handled the Google Video shutdown fiasco.
In an apologetic blog post, Google says that it made a mistake with handling aggrieved Google Video members.
They’d always planned to give members at least a full refund, but, claiming they didn’t have correct addresses or the latest credit card information, were going to offer that in the form of Google Checkout credits.
Bad move.
Google cans Google Video store: users left fuming
The problem with shutting an underperforming service down is that even though it doesn’t have enough users to justify keeping open, the few users it does have will be mighty fed up with you. Such is the case with the paid-for element of Google Video.
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 13-Aug-07: Google Video, PS3, Twitter, Ministry of Defence, Facebook
– Google Video closes, users’ paid-for videos now unavailable, money not refunded (Tech Crunch)
– 9-year old boy saves father’s life, demands a PS3 in return (Engadget)…
We are the world's #1 YouTube desk potatoes
Like we needed telling.
Digital bean-counter ComScore has done “the math” and ranked the UK as the world’s biggest viewer of online video.
A staggering 80 percent of UK web users over the age of 15 watched streaming videos of some sort in the UK during April…
Orb Networks launches its own mobile YouTube features
It's not just Vodafone looking to offer YouTube to mobile users. Orb Networks has unveiled a new feature in its placeshifting MyCasting service. The feature lets users share internet videos form their PC with friends' mobiles, sending links as text…
BBC to launch its own YouTube channel?
MediaGuardian is reporting that the BBC is in advanced negotiations with Google to launch a branded channel of Beeb promo clips – initially on Google Video, but possibly also YouTube at a later date. The channel would show clips of…
