The numbers on YouTube

It's reported that YouTube users view over 100 million videos per day, causing the site to spend over $1 million each month in bandwith costs alone.  Given these costs, its easy to see why there's some question as to how web 2.0 companies are going to make enough money to support themselves in the give all content for free market.  YouTube is just now started to grab sponsorship programs and build out content channels for paid sponsors, which will help to take it above the google banners its is likely only skimming the surface of its financial needs with.

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Skobac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (a town i never knew existed)

Apparently there is a small town in Bosnia Herzegovina actually named Skobac, with a population around 7000 people (in the general geographic area). This was discovered when my father was searching for pictures i'd posted online, but since i've done that before as well i'm suprised I never noticed! Until now I thought the name only existed for the few members of my family, as it was modified from a longer polish name years ago.

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25 Things to know before buying a digital camera

Here is a great list of tips to think about when you set out to buy your next digital camera.

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New iPod Rumors (touch screen)

Gizmodo is reporting that insiders from Apple have confirmed that a new iPod will be rolled out in November, including a touch screen.  The pictures above are mocks, but if a touch screen is an attempt to get rid of the touch wheel for a bigger viewing screen, then this could be close to a possible design.  Since Microsoft's Zune, the iPod competitor, is rolling out before the holidays, a completely revamped iPod that changes the game (full video options, more interactive options maybe) seems like a good idea for Apple.

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RadiusIM is a web IM tool that shows you who's in your area

RadiusIM is a web based IM client that allows you to log in to AOL AIM, Yahoo, MSN Messenger, and Google Talk directly on a website for IM'ing when you don't have the option to use the regular service.  The service takes it one step farther, though, and shows a visual map of everyone that uses the RadiusIM brand IM geotagged on a Google Map.  This social feature allows you to chat with see people around you and chat with them directly, a spin on social networking.

technorati tags:radiusIM, aim, msn, googletalk, geotagging, msnmessenger, googlemap, meebo, aimonline, IMonline

Farecast flight price prediction service expands to over 55 cities

Farecast, a company that looks to predict flight pricing (on history, market conditions, what else..?), has expanded to over 55 cities in the US.  If you live in a major city in the US, and you're interested in the forecast for whether airline ticket prices are expected to go up or down, take a look at Farecast.  Remember that it's in the early stages, and can probably only be taken lightly at this point.

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Zooomr allows pictures embedded in each other

Zooomr, a social photo sharing service in the image of Flickr, aims to take it all one step further. Among the biggest features are that photos can be geotagged for display on a map next to the image, and additional photos can be embedded within the original. Now when you roll over Ken Griffey Jr., you can see various stages of the swing; or you could check out this picture of Mt. Davidson, where you roll over to see a historical perspective of the view.

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ESPN 360 - a great service that you might never have

Though it's been around a while, most people never heard of
ESPN360 until the World Cup, where all of the games were live broadcasted for
free directly on the service.  ESPN 360 (an on demand sports content and
highlight broadband site) has existed, though, for a while, with unfortunately
little use.  The problem?  They require broadband providers, such as
Comcast or TimeWarner, to purchase the service for their users. 
Unfortunately, the people they want to purchase the service have little
incentive to do so; there isn't much competition in the broadband arena,
because there aren't too many options where anyone lives for high-speed
internet.  Because of that, a small service like ESPN 360 will never be
important enough to tip the inelastic market and cause providers to feel they
need to pay the money to win over some customers.  Instead, the service
has relatively little roll out, and customers don't get the benefit of what
could be a great service.  If this was packaged into a premium insider service,
something that ESPN charges customers directly for, there might see some
serious roll out.

Technorati Tags: espn360, broadband, on demand, vod, net nuetrality, espn