How to Pitch a YouTube Viewer: Talking Babies Are a Good Start

YouTube’s homepage is some of the most valuable real estate on the Web: A “click to play” ad on the top right corner of the page costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, justified by the Google (GOOG) unit’s enormous reach.

But those ads only work if people click on them, and the performance can vary dramatically. Web video tracker TubeMogul evaluated the views generated by 10 different video ads, each of which ran on the home page for a day earlier this year. Check out the range:

OK. So what does that tell us?

Maybe that YouTube’s core demo — 58 percent of the site’s users fall in the 15-24 range, TubeMogul estimates — like ads with talking babies (who doesn’t?). And that they have very little interest in tax software or Italian cooking travelogues.

Is the Facebook “Like” Button Like a Twitter RT? Loic Le Meur Talks About the Impact of the Giant Moves on Start-Ups

Here’s an interesting interview BoomTown did last week with Seesmic Founder and CEO Loic Le Meur, whose status update client software is one of the more popular ones, at the Facebook f8 developers conference last week.

In it, he talked about the various new features of Facebook that make it “very, very close to Twitter.” Such as the new “Like” button being like a retweet on Twitter.

(Actually, the French-born Le Meur calls the microblogging service “Tweeee-ter.”)

In any case, he made some interesting points, especially since Seesmic–among others–was caught up in the controversies around the entry of Twitter into businesses so far pioneered by innovative third-party satellites of Twitter.

Still, Le Meur sought to downplay the conflict–even after Twitter bought the competing Tweetie desktop client–with a blogpost titled: “F*CK you naysayers. Twitter did NOT f*ck us and just rocks.”

Alrighty then!

And while it is true that Seesmic is more than just a Twitter client–with Facebook, LinkedIn and more in its dashboard for the desktop and mobile devices–Le Meur has to hope that competition between the microblogging service and the social networking giant is a good thing for smaller start-ups in their ecosystem, such as Seesmic.

What Will AT&T Do When It Loses iPhone Exclusivity? What Can it Do?

Discussing AT&T’s latest quarterly results on a conference call this morning, CFO Richard Lindner casually mentioned that the company has in its pipeline some “new products and product refreshes we’re excited about.”

He didn’t name any of them, but it’s a safe bet that at least one of the devices to which he referred is Apple’s next-generation iPhone, perhaps the last for which AT&T will have an exclusive.

As much as the debut of that device bodes well for the AT&T (T), the carrier’s dependency on it as a profit driver is becoming a worrisome vulnerability.

Consider this: In its first quarter, AT&T activated 2.7 million Apple iPhones. A third of those, about 891,000, were purchased by new subscribers. Which means, as Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffett observed today, that the iPhone drove about 174 percent of AT&T’s post-paid net additions (the company had about 512,000 post-paid net adds).

That’s an astonishing percentage. But what would AT&T’s post-paid numbers look like if the company loses iPhone exclusivity and Verizon (VZ) begins selling the device, as some believe it soon might?

My guess: They would be quite a bit smaller. And that’s the concern some analysts are voicing today. As Moffett wrote in a note to clients this morning, “The question of what AT&T will do if and when they lose iPhone exclusivity is hard to escape.” Indeed. By some estimates nearly a third of AT&T’s post-paid customers are sticking with the company primarily because of iPhone exclusivity.

But ultimately, what can AT&T do? Not much, unless it manages to score a similar exclusivity deal on another device that rivals the iPhone in popularity. Other than that? Gird itself for the inevitable blow, I suppose. Continue to improve its network, do its best to hold on to the iPhone owners it has and continue signing up new ones.

The truth is that AT&T has known all along that its exclusive relationship with Apple (AAPL) would change someday and has undoubtedly already factored this into its plans.

As Linder told Reuters today, “…at some point [Apple] will, as they have in other countries, make the decision to broaden [iPhone] distribution and move to a non-exclusive arrangement. When that occurs at some point, I fully expect we’ll continue to be a good partner with them, and continue to carry a full range of Apple devices.”

How to Copy DVD to Computer, Copy DVD to DVD Disc

How to copy DVD to computer, copy DVD to DVD disc with Aiseesoft DVD Copy

1. Free download Aiseesoft DVD Copy, install and run it.

2. Select the copy mode.

Click Full Disc Mode button or Main Movie Mode button on the main interface to select the copy mode.

3. Select the source

From the Source menu choose the DVD-Video that you want to copy in the pop-up folder. This software supports to copy the sources such as DVD-Video disc, DVD-Video folder, DVD-Video ISO images file.

4. Select the target

Select the target from the Target menu. The program can burn DVD-Video disc and save the target as DVD Folder or Image(.iso).

5. Start the copy

Click Start button to begin your DVD Copying.

Tips: If you select a DVD burner as the target, the "Select target disc type" window will pop up to prompt you to select type and size of the target disc after you clicked the Start button.

6. Copy finished

After the copy is done, a window will appear to inform you that the copy is finished. Click Finish to close the window and end the copy.

If you want to continue to copy from the same source, please click Burn Next button. Following the instruction of the program, please take out the disc that has been burned, and insert a blank disc to start a new copy.

In addition, some valuable settings like Audio Track, Subtitle, Include Menu and Skip Menu are available for you to define. If you are interested in this DVD copy software, please visit: Copy DVD to computer, copy DVD to DVD disc.

How to Convert RM to MP4

The bellowed tips will show you how to convert RM to MP4 with the powerful RM to MP4 converter software.

1. Free download the powerful and simple-to-use Aiseesoft Total Video Converter, install and launch it.

2. Add any "RM" video file from the "File" menu in batches.

3. Choose the proper "MP4" video format and output folder.

4. Click "Start" button! After a few minutes waiting, you can play the converted MP4 files on your computer or any portable music devices like iPod, PSP.

Tip 1

If you need, you can get your desired video quality by modifying video Brightness, Contrast, Saturation. With it, you also can apply your modified standard to all the movies.

Tip 2

Aiseesoft Total Video Converter provides various MP4 video profiles and these formats are classified by device to let you use conveniently, also the powerful Total Video Converter offers many advanced options such as bit rate, sample rate, zoom, etc. for some seniors.

Tip 3

You can merge your video files into one and get snapshot easily.

Tip 4

As an expert and multifunctional RM to MP4 converter software, Aiseesoft Total Video Converter also can create MP4 videos from your favorite images.

User-friendly interface and fast conversion speed make the whole RM to MP4 video conversion much easier and faster. Why not have a try, you will find more information at Convert RM to MP4

So now just go here to start your wonderful experience, enjoy RM files on your iPod player with your family or friends.

How to Convert FLV to MOV

Step-by-Step guide to learn how to convert FLV to MOV with Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter.

Step 1: Free download Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter and install it.

Step 2: Add FLV files.

Click Add File button to add your FLV files.

Step 3: Set output format and output folder.

Choose the file you want to convert, click "Profile" drop-down button to choose "MOV – QuickTime Video(*.mov)" as your output format.

After choosing a profile, you can adjust parameters by clicking Settings button.

Click Browse… button to choose destination folder for saving your converted MOV files.

Step 4: Start to FLV to MOV conversion.

Click Start button to start the FLV to MOV conversion.

This powerful Youtube FLV Video Converter can convert FLV and Youtube videos to all popular video formats with powerful editing functions like Merge, Trim, Crop, Effect and so on. Want know more about Aiseesoft FLV Video Converter, please visit: Convert FLV to MOV.

Rhapsody Starts Its New Life With Price Cut and an Investment From Universal Music

Rhapsody starts life as an independent company this month and the music subscription service is marking the occasion with a price cut: It is lowering the price of its all-you-can-eat offering from $15 to $10 a month.

The service, formerly a joint venture between RealNetworks (RNWK) and Viacom’s (VIA) MTV, has two new investors. Real and Viacom each own about 47.5 percent of the company, and Vivendi’s Universal Music Group now owns a minority stake–something less than five percent. An undisclosed investor owns something much smaller than that.

Rhapsody’s managers will tell you that their new corporate structure gives them a better shot at turning around the music service, which has lost money for years and has recently been losing subscribers as well–it’s now down to 675,000. They predict they’ll generate $130 million in revenue this year and turn profitable by the end of 2010.

But consumers won’t care about any of that. The core question about them: Is there any amount of money they’re willing to pay for a monthly music subscription that lets them listen to whatever they want wherever they are?

Rhapsody’s price cut brings it in line with the $10-per-month offering Thumbplay announced earlier this year. If you want to spend less, both Best Buy’s (BBY) Napster and MOG offer $5 monthly subscriptions, but neither supports mobile phones (yet), so they’re only good for people who do most of their listening within earshot of their PCs.

Meanwhile Spotify, the music industry’s great European hope, has yet to make it to the U.S. despite many months of promises and negotiations. And lots of folks insist/believe/hope that Apple (AAPL) will eventually offer some sort of subscription service, or at least some kind of portable option that involves the cloud.

In the meantime, the overwhelming majority of people who do pay for music online do it in $1 increments. Apple is still selling some two billion songs a year via iTunes.

Google Takes a (Small) Stab at Fixing Twitter Search

Twitter has a lot going for it. But search isn’t one of those things.

Even the service’s biggest fans concede that looking for something on Twitter, which can only return results in chronological order, is frustrating at best.

Twitter knows it, too. COO Dick Costolo told me yesterday that his company has a dedicated team working to improve search and that we should expect to see improvements throughout the year.

Meanwhile, other people are taking a crack at it. TweetUp, for instance, intends to lure eyeballs to its ads by promising search results that favor particularly “great” tweets and tweeters.

And here’s a tweak today from Google: A feature that lets searchers comb through the Twitter archives and pull results from a particular time period.

Google (GOOG), which has a short-term contract to syndicate Twitter’s stream, is only offering the feature for tweets going back to February 11 this year, but the company says it will eventually offer the service for all the tweets generated in Twitter’s four-year history (see image below; click to enlarge).

That’s not nearly enough to fix Twitter search, but it is cool. And probably useful in some situations.

The feature is rolling out now, but it may take a while to show up on your laptop. To see if it’s available, go to “options” on your search results page and pick “updates.” If you still don’t see anything, you can see a sample version here, though I was only able to get it to work with the Safari browser, for some reason. Go figure.

Mac Quicken Gets Deductions for Iffy Upgrade

Despite all of the success Apple (AAPL) has had with its Macintosh computers, the Mac has lagged behind Windows in personal-finance software.

The most popular program in the category, Intuit’s Quicken, comes in a Mac version. But it isn’t as good as the Windows version, dates from 2006, and requires an often tedious and flawed process for converting your data from the Windows version.

As a result, many PC owners who consider buying a Mac but rely upon Quicken resist switching. Or, they resort to work-arounds, such as installing Windows on their new Macs or keeping around an old PC—solely to run the more robust Windows version of Quicken.

This week, Intuit (INTU) hopes to alleviate this situation with an all-new $60 version called Quicken Essentials for Mac, or QEM for short. The company describes QEM as the first version of Quicken developed specifically to run on a Mac, as opposed to being copied from a Windows product. It also says the product was influenced by a Mac-savvy team from Mint, a Web-based personal-finance service Intuit acquired late last year.

How to Rip DVD, Convert Video to iPhone, backup iPhone info, make iPhone Ringone For Windows/Mac

Recently, iPhone has became a really important part of our life. People use it to make a phone call, enjoy music and movies/videos, and play games. Today I will share you a really nice software pack, which can convert DVD and video to iPhone video/audio formats, backup iPhone info on your computer, and make iPhone ringtone easily.

What you need is just this nice Convert DVD Video to iPhone software



Part 1: How to convert DVD movies to iPhone
Use Aiseesoft DVD to iPhone Converter.



Step 1: Load DVD
Put your DVD in your DVD Drive and click “Load DVD” button

Step 2: Choose output profile and Settings
You can choose your output profile in the drop-list when you click profile list.
You can also adjust your settings, such as Resolution, Bitrate, so on.

Step 3: Edit Video
You can do “Trim”, “Crop”, “Merge into one file”and other video editing functions to make your video more enjoyable.

Click “Start” to begin you conversion. After few mins you can enjoy your DVD movies on your iPhone.

Part 2: How to convert videos to iPhone with iPhone Movie Converter



Step 1: Add file
Click “Add File” button to add your video you want to put on your iPhone.

Step 2: Choose output profile and settings
You can choose your output profile in the drop-list when you click profile list.
You can also adjust your settings, such as Resolution, Bitrate and Encoder and so on.

Step 3: Edit Video
You can do “Trim”, “Crop”, “Merge into one file”and other video editing functions to make your video more enjoyable.

Click “Start” to begin you conversion. After few mins you can enjoy your videos on your iPhone.

Part 3: How to transfer songs and vdieos from iPhone to computer, from computer to iPhone and from iPhone to iPhone.



Step 1: Click iPhone Transfer
Click “Computer to iPhone”(1) button, it will allow you to transfer songs and videos from your computer to iPhone easily.
Click “iPhone to Computer”(2) button, it will allow you to backup your songs and videos from iPhone to your computer.
Click “iPhone to iPhone”(3) button, it will allow you to transfer songs and videos from one iPhone to another iPhone dirrectly.

Part 4: How to make your own iPhone ringtone



Step 1: Click iPhone Rigntone Maker and click “Browse” on the right side of "Input File" to import the file that you want to make ringtone from it.

Step 2: Play it and listen the music to find the segment that you want to use it as ringtone. Then drag and click the start & end slider to set your wanted segment, or type the start & end time in the corresponding text box directly to get the exact segment. You also can pre-listen the converted audio before generate.

Step 3: Click “Browse” on the right side of "Local Output Folder" to choose the output destination.

Step 4: Check "Export to iPhone" option, the converted ringtone will be load to your iPhone directly.

Step 5: After all the settings are finished, click “Generate” to begin making your own iPhone ringtone.

For Mac users I recommend you Aiseesoft iPhone Software Pack for Mac

Using Aiseesoft iPhone Software Pack for Mac, you can convert any video/DVD to iPhone Mac, backup the audio, video files on iPod to Mac and import audio, video files or folders from Mac to your iPod without iTunes with the help of iPod Manager Mac, even make iPhone ringtone from AVI, MPEG, WMV, MP4, FLV, MKV, H.264/MPEG-4, DivX, XviD, MOV, RM, RMVB, MP3, WMA, AAC video and audio sources on Mac.

How to Put DVD/Video on iPod, PSP, Computer, Zune, Xbox (Mac/Windows)

Many Mac users have iPod, PSP and other portable devices, but they can only enjoy songs and videos from iTunes or buy them from internet, because there is seldom nice Mac DVD and Video covnerter for iPod, PSP and other devices. Today I will introduce you an excellent DVD/Video converter for Mac: Aiseesoft DVD Converter for Mac. It allows you to put your own DVDs and you own videos on your iPod, PSP, Mac Computer and other players on Mac.



This article aims to show you how to put your DVDs and videos on your iPod, PSP, Computer, Zune, Xbox and other players for Mac users.

Part 1. Convert DVD for Mac with Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac

Step 1. Load DVD
Insert DVD into your DVD-ROM, run DVD Ripper for Mac, click “Load DVD”, find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your DVD-ROM, and Click “Open”.


Step 2. Set output format.
This best DVD ripper for Mac provides you output formats as many as you want. Just choose one from the drop down list “profile” according to your portable player.


If you are very professional with your player, you can also set your output parameter values such as Resolution, Frame Rate, Bitrate and Sample Rate and so on.


Tips:
1. Trim:
If you want to rip only a part of the DVD movie, please click “Trim” button and drag the “Start trim slider” to set the start time and “End trim slider” to set the end time. (a). You can also do that by clicking the “Start trim button” and “End trim button”(b). The third way you do that is set the exact Start/End time at the right of the pop-up window and click “OK”.


2. Crop:
If you want to remove the black edges or you want to rip a certain area of your video, please click the “Crop” button. You can do this either by drag the frame around the movie (a) or set the crop value: “Top, Left, Bottom, Right”.(b). Another way to do that is choose mode from “Crop Mode”(c).DVD Ripper for Mac also allows you to choose the output aspect ratio above the crop panel, “Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3” are available.


3. Effect:
If you want to adjust the effect of your movie, please click the “Effect” button and a pop-up effect window will appear. It allows you to edit your movie’s effect including “Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Volume”.

Click “Start” to begin your conversion.

Part 2. Convert videos for Mac with Aiseesoft Video Converter for Mac

Step 1. Choose “Video Converter for Mac” on the main interface.

Step 2. Add video
Click “Add File” to load your video that you want to put.
Step 3. Choose output profile and settings.
You can choose your output format from the drop down list and you can set the exact values of your output videos, such as Resolution, Frame Rate and so on.

You can do the video editing as the same way of convert DVDs.
After getting your satisfying video, then click “Start” button to start your conversion.

If you are a window user, Aiseesoft DVD Converter is your best choice.
It is the perfect combination of Aiseesoft DVD Ripper, Aiseesoft Total Video Converter and Aiseesoft iPod to Computer Transfer. With this powerful DVD Converter Suite, you can easily convert DVD and video to all the popular formats: MP4, H.264, AVI, MP3, WMV, WMA, FLV, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, 3GP, 3GPP, VOB, DivX, Mov, RM, RMVB, M4A, AAC, WAV, etc
And transfer your iPod songs and videos to your computer easily.

How to Put Your Blu Ray DVD to Your iPod/iPhone

Blu-ray movies are replacing the standard DVD movies for its sharper, brighter, and more detailed. You will feel you are watching movies in theater except the size of your and you are in your home. Blu-ray is so nice that many people will think of putting them on their iPod or iPhone. It is possible that if you have a nice Blu Ray Ripper and maybe an iPod Transfer and iPhone Transfer


Part 1: How to Rip Blu Ray DVD movies to iPod iPhone video format?

Before you run this blu-ray ripper you need to install any dvd
Here is a free download link:
http://static.slysoft.com/SetupAnyDVD.exe

Step 1: Load your BD

Load your BD disc in to your blu-ray driver.


Step 2: Output Profile

Choose your output profile from the drop-down list according to your need. You choose output

format as the generatoin of your iPod and iPhone.
You can also set the specific settings of your output video, such as ''resolution'“video

bitrate” “encoder” and so on.

After you have done all the tings above, you need to click the start button to convert your blu-ray disc.

Tips:

You can also do many video editing works about your output video.


1. Effect:
You can adjust the “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Saturation” of your output video and also you can select to use
the “deinterlacing” function which make your video more enjoyable.
2. Trim
To pick up any part of your BD movie to converter, you can use “Trim” function.
3. Crop
You can choose any play area to convert by using the Crop function.
4. Watermark
You can add your own watermark on the output video, the watermark can be words and also picture. You can choose the font of your words and other really enjoyable function

Part 2: How to Put Your Movies on Your iPod iPhone?

Step 1: Run iPod Transfer and Plug your iPod or iPhone to your computer

This powerful iPod Transfer can recognize your iPod or iPhone automatically and show the info of your iPod or iPhone on the interface.


Step 2: Choose the movie

Click the "Computer to iPod/iPhone" button and you are allowed to choose file and folder.

You just need to find your converted movie on your computer and click ok. Your movie will be delivered to your iPod or iPhone directly.

How to convert DVD to iPod/iPhone/Sansa/PSP/Zune/iRiver/Google Phone/Cell Phone, etc. on Mac

Many people like enjoy movies at home and they have piles of DVDs. So do I. I like watch lastest movie on my new Mac and it is wonderful. However, I always break and lose my DVDs and I was really sad because they cost most of my money. Luckily, I find a way to store my DVD movies on my new Mac computer and evern put it on my iPod because I use a DVD Ripper for Mac and it can rip DVDs to so many video formats, such as AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV, DivX, XviD, MPEG-1/2, 3GP, 3G2, VOB and so on.

To do this you must have a nice dvd ripper for Mac. So I find Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac

OK, let’s do it.
Step 1. Download and install Aisesoft DVD Ripper for Mac.

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For Power PC Click Here

Step 2. Load you DVD.
Click the “Load DVD” button(a), find the DVD folder of the movie you want to add from your DVD-ROM, and Click “Open”.



Tick the check boxes(b) before the titles and chapters that you want to rip.

Step 3. Chose output profile and settings.
Selecting output format is really easy, you can chose your output format according to your devices players and the default setting works great.



For a veteran of digital player, you could customize your own settings by clicking “Settings” button to chose your own video resolution, frame rate, bit rate, encoder, etc.



Tips: Sample rate (Hz) = any value up to 48000 (higher value = better sound quality = bigger file)
Bitrate (kbps) = any value up to 160 (higher value = better sound quality = bigger file)

After setting your own output and settings you can click “Start” button to start your conversion. (The time of the conversion depends on your DVD and the settings you chose.)

Do a few more clicks to make your movie more enjoyable.
1. Trim

If you want to rip only a part of the DVD movie, please click “Trim” button and drag the “Start trim slider” to set the start time and “End trim slider” to set the end time.(a). You can also do that by clicking the “Start trim button” and “End trim button”(b). The third way you do that is set the exact Start/End time at the right of the pop-up window and click “OK”.



2. Crop
If you want to remove the black edges or you want to rip a certain area of your video, please click the “Crop” button. You can do this either by drag the frame around the movie (a) or set the crop value: “Top, Left, Bottom, Right”.(b). Another way to do that is choose mode from “Crop Mode”(c).
Aiseesoft DVD Ripper for Mac also allows you to choose the output aspect ratio above the crop pane, “Keep Original, full screen, 16:9 and 4:3” are available.



3. Effect
If you want to adjust the effect of your movie, please click the “Effect” button and a pop-up effect window will appear. It allows you to edit your movie’s effect including “Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation and Volume”.



4. Merge into one file/audio track/subtitles
If you would like to put several titles and chapters into one output file, please tick the check box of the “Merge into one file”.
You can choose audio track and subtitles you like according to what you prefer and the DVD supports.

Follow what I said above I hope you could enjoy your DVD movies on your Mac and also on your iPod and other portable players.

How to Rip DVD(windows/mac), Copy DVD, Convert Video

Every year, my family will have a big party and all the members will get together. We have a very nice time on each year's party. And from the year 2000, I record the party and share with my family. I enjoy the work very much, while when I share the video or the DVD, it is really a big problem. But now I can solve it with only a few clicks.

So I write this article to show you guys how to deal with dvd and video stuff.

Part 1: How to Rip DVD on Windows and Mac

First Let me explain what is rip DVD. When I talk about “Rip DVD”, it means I will convert DVD video/movie to video format and you can play the video/movie without the disc. Of course, the original DVD will not be hurt.

For Windows users:
You need a DVD Ripper.



Step 1: Load your DVD to it
Step 2: Choose output profile
Step 3: Start Conversion

For Mac users:
Step 1: Download DVD Ripper for Mac.



Step 2: Load you DVD
Step 3: Choose output profile
Step 4: Start Conversion

Part 2: How to Copy DVD video/movie to another DVD Disc
To Copy a DVD to a blank DVD Disc you need a DVD copy Software and a DVD +/- RW Drive and a blank DVD Disc.



Step 1. Choose Source:
The source of this DVD Copy software can be: DVD disc, ISO image file and DVD folder
Step 2. Preparation
Before you click the “Start” button,
1. You can choose to copy the full disc or the main movie.
2. You can choose the audio, subtitle of the copy.
3. You can change the name of the volume.
4. You can choose to “include menu” or “skip menu” or neither of them.
Step 3. Choose Target:
You can copy your source to 3 target: DVD disc, ISO image and DVD folder
Step 4: Start Copy

Part 3: How to Convert Video
Here you need a Video Converter to help you.



Step 1: Add Video
Step 2: Choose output profile
Step 3: Start Conversion