YouTube Helps Police Find Murder Suspect

Reuters reports that YouTube has helped Ontario police find a man they believe to be responsible for a murder at a local night club. A video posted on the ultra-popular Web site YouTube has helped Canadian police find a man they believe responsible for a murder. Police in the Southern Ontario city of Hamilton said on Thursday that they uploaded a one-minute, 12-second clip from a surveillance tape onto the...

What I Learned from the SEM Scholarship Contest

David Temple had a great idea while some of us were out at dinner in Chicago that the entrants for Andy Beal’s SEM Scholarship Contest should write about what they learned, etc. David shared his insights, so here are mine. I hope it helps – there were definitely lessons to be learned! First, I have to say that if any one of my past teachers, English teachers or not, found out that I won an article...

Blog Tag – 5 Things You Don’t Know About Ben Wills

Usually, stuff like this would get glossed over. I’ve never sent a piece of chain email, but it’s fun and I could use the mental break after two all-nighters in a row. Plus, I could say that it’s “viral,” “social” and “engaging” if I really needed to justify its presence. So, Andy has tagged me to play “Blog Tag.” Basically, I share five things...

StumbleVideo, A First Look by Andy Beal

StumbleVideo launched today and Andy Beal got a first look, digging in with yet another thorough writeup. With the launch of StumbleVideo, the company is betting that people will enjoy discovering new videos in the very same way, and spend even more time “channel surfing”. “People demand instant access to online video content that’s personally gratifying, and they don’t want to spend all day looking for...

Virgin Mobile USA Utilizes JumpTap for Mobile Search

I have to admit something first: I’m totally stoked about the potential in the mobile market.  After going to a few sessions at SES Chicago and getting a MUCH better grasp of what’s happening in the mobile space and why it’s so significant, part of me has been quite consumed by the industry. Ok, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I feel much better. I had the pleasure of...