YouTube took a big step yesterday by announcing partnerships with several of it’s most popular members.
Up until now there’s been a distinction between the content you create and the content created by YouTube’s professional content partners. We want to start changing some of the perception here. Which is why we’re adding several of the […]

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The recent Digg controversy is an example of the effectiveness of social media as a viral tool.  While many observers view the Digg issue in a negative light, I prefer to look at these latest events as a study in how a Web 2.0 company can use social media to gather user or viewer input […]

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I’ve spent a couple of days creating and testing  both a CozmoTv widget, and a SplashCast Player. Both of these media players, essentially embedable widgets, have the ability to take YouTube videos (shows), and create channels out of the shows. Users are then able to create widgets out of selected channels, and embed the widgets to […]

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It was just a few days ago when I heralded CozmoTV as the next coming of widgets that would revolutionize the use of social networks as a viable tool for marketers.  Uh, wait a sec.   So you say I should try Splash Cast Media? Ok, lemme give it a whirl.
 After testing Splash Cast, it’s clear […]

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In the latest effort to pimp out my myspace page, I’ve added a cool new gizmo called CozmoTv.  The CozmoTv hub www.comzotv.com is basically where users are able to create their own portable widgets, add channels to these widgets, and embed the resulting code into their portable social network pages (right now it looks like […]

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I originally saw this video on the Ning Developer Blog. It’s interesting to note that the original youtube video  had over 2million views on youtube and was added a little over 2 months ago. While I don’t know if the project organizers are intending to bring about increased awareness of their project, it’s interesting to note […]

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Paul Kaihla of CNNMoney.com reported today on a new social network that pays users to make job referrals. According to the article, anyone who makes a referral that ends up with a company hiring your contact gets a cut of the project fee.  If someone you bring into the network refers someone else that ends up […]

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