Qik.com has been ‘qiking’ around for some time but now they’ve kicked things into high gear and have opened up for a public beta. San Mateo, CA based Qik, which is pronounced ‘quick’ strangely enough, are makers of a mobile phone application made to allow users to stream video straight from their mobile phones to the web and then to other mobiles. This could make everyone a mobile journalist or life blogger if they have a video-capable mobile phone. The app is Twitter capable as well. Qik looks to

Apple’s iPhone is changing the way we do, well, just about everything these days. With the release of the 3G version things are really heating up in the mobile market. The 3.5″ 480×320 pixel display makes for a great portable platform for video and with either 8GB or 16GB there is ample space to store a fair amount of it.. So it’s no wonder that applications are popping up for all sorts of interesting things to be done in regards to video. With the powerful processor, large screen and a

American University’s Center for Social Media today released a white paper that details guidelines for using copyrighted material in online video. Fair use is often misunderstood as there are complex laws that govern fair use.  A set of clear guidelines was absolutely needed. The first of their kind, these best practices will allow users to make remixes, mashups, and other common online genres with the knowledge that they are staying within copyright law. The code identifies, among other things, six

As you likely have heard, Youtube recently a new annotations feature that basically enables video creators to add add background information to a video hosted on Youtube.  You can also use the annotations to link to related YouTube videos, channels, or search results from within a video. Just this past weekend, Metacafe announced a new feature and beta wiki platform called Wikicafe beta program.  With this new program, registered users will be able to collaborate with online videos and will have the abil

AgendiZe, the premier provider of call-to-action services, today introduced their Video-to-Action API, which makes it easy for video publishers and ad agencies to add a comprehensive suite of customer engagement tools within online videos to make them actionable. Now customer viewers can interact with businesses and advertised products directly while a video is playing, instead of merely watching it. “Online video advertising and marketing excels in grabbing consumer attention, but often fails to active