Episodic Joins Google

Episodic has been acquired by Google.The Episodic team will join Google and continue its work to bring a great video experience to the Web, mobile phones and IPTV devices. There will be no interruption in service for existing Episodic customers.

 

What is Episodic?
Episodic is a comprehensive platform for broadcasting live and on-demand video to the web. The platform lets publishers and marketers host monetize video content.

 

The Episodic Blog

I’m an Episodic customer. Will you keep running? Yes, your service with Episodic will keep running. We will maintain the same high levels of service and customer support that we have always delivered.   Can I sign up for a new Episodic account? For the time being, new account sign-up has been put on hold. We encourage you to register, and we will contact you as soon as we are ready to announce our plans.   What if I’m an existing Episodic customer? Service will continue to operate for all current Episodic customers. If you have not already been contacted, a representative from the Episodic team will contact you shortly to discuss transition planning and the available options.   What’s going to happen to the Episodic team? The Episodic team is joining Google to continue its work to bring a great video experience to the Web.   Why is Episodic excited about joining Google? Episodic and Google share a common vision for video on the Web. Online video will be ubiquitous, engaging, entertaining, informative and effective. Both teams place value on creating a great experience for viewers and on delivering a powerful and flexible platform for publishers, marketers and advertisers of all kinds. We’re very excited to join the talented team at Google and to continue creating great experiences for viewers and powerful platforms for publishers, marketers, and advertisers.

YouTube Becomes a New Hotspot for Software Piracy

YouTube's been dealing with "piracy" on the music and television front since the service was first launched five years ago, but recently discovered while searching out software reviews on YouTube, it's also become a hotspot for software piracy

People have been sharing product keys, licenses, and cracked software on the internet. YouTube's high rank in Google search results has made it prime territory for software pirates. Looks like YouTube may need to find new ways to crack down.

Google Acquires Online Video Platform Episodic

Google is definitely on a buying spree. The company's latest acquisition is Episodic, an online video platform that Google will probably integrate into YouTube is some form. Neither Episodic nor Google shared any financial details about this acquisition. Episodic plans to keep its current service up and running for the time being.This is Google's second video-related acquisition this year.

What Does Episodic Do?

While Episodic is probably not a household name for most, the company offers a wide range of video services for its customers. Episodic offers a free trial, it is really a paid video service for both live and on-demand videos.

Gmail Updated for the iPad

Google just rolled out an excellent new two-pane Gmail interface for tablets like the iPad

Gmail Team : We look forward to using other Google Apps on the iPad, too. Sometimes little things like far more screen real estate and touchscreen interactivity aren't so little at all. We expect to see some fundamental interface and user experience innovations come out of this new way to use apps. Even subtle changes like Gmail's looks exciting.

The use of HTML5 by web apps, which supports local caching of data for fast access, will take the mobile web or native app debate to a whole new level on the iPad.

YouTube Undergoes Major Overhaul

Google has made significant changes in the whole YouTube look and feel, and it's much slicker now.

“It looks like the beginning of a new UI for Google products”