Photo & Video 09

Site: YouTube.com Category: Photo & Video

YouTube is the most well-known video service on the Internet. YouTube lets anyone share videos online, either from their hard drive or recorded using their computer's Web cam. It uses Adobe Flash and a simple video player that starts playing videos right away.

YouTube has paved the way for a variety of other services and evolved its own services with new features such as user profiles, video rankings, and a system that lets anyone reply to a video either with text or another video. It's also introduced some controversial features such … Read more

Site: Ustream.tv Category: Photo & Video

uStream is a video-broadcasting platform that lets anyone with a Web cam and a fast connection create their own live video show. It mixes a video stream with user chat, asynchronous commenting, and places for show creators to post archived clips and links to their other work. It's completely free to use and has been a launch pad for people looking to create video shows with no professional equipment or experience required.

What makes the service especially useful is that it blends live and archived footage seamlessly. Users can watch a show … Read more

Site: Picnik.com Category: Photo & Video

Picnik is a browser-based photo editor. It feels similar to a desktop application with top and side navigation, and instant previews of any effects or edits. Picnik can grab photos from your hard drive, or online photo hosts and social networks. It can also export any edited photos back out to these sites, letting you make changes to large files without having to download, then re-upload.

Picnik has two levels of service, both a free and premium one. The premium service removes ads from the site, and adds extra effects filters, fonts, and … Read more

Site: Vimeo.com Category: Photo & Video

Vimeo is a video hosting and sharing site. Users can upload high-definition video that plays in a gorgeous wide-screen player with minimalist controls. One thing that sets it apart from other services is that it was one of the first sites to offer HD video. It also gives video creators the option to let registered Vimeo users download the original file to their hard drive for offline viewing.

Vimeo is also a social network, with a friends and subscription service, along with a way to both rate and share videos. This information goes … Read more

Site: Flickr.com Category: Photo & Video

Flickr is a popular photo sharing and hosting service owned by Yahoo. It supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other's photos. You can share and host hundreds of your own pictures on Flickr without paying a dime. There's also a pro service that gets you unlimited storage and sharing for about $2 a month.

Besides sharing your photos, Flickr supports HD video. Unlike other sharing sites though, users videos are capped to about a minute, which the creators hope will create a whole new genre … Read more

Site: Amazon.com/videoondemand Category: Photo & Video

Amazon's Video on Demand is a cross-platform, video delivery service. Users can download videos from Amazon and watch them on a number of devices. Also, certain televisions and set-top boxes allow users to browse, purchase, and watch the videos without ever visiting Amazon.com.

Amazon's Video on Demand has both movies and television shows that can be purchased outright, or rented. Rentals only last 24 hours, but are usually less than a third the cost of purchasing the content.

Site: Hulu.com Category: Photo & Video

Hulu is a Web video service from NBC Universal and Fox Entertainment Group. Designed as a deterrent for online privacy, Hulu lets users watch full-length movies and TV shows right in their browser, and with limited commercials and other on-page advertising.

Unlike sites like YouTube, everything on Hulu comes directly from the content providers, and not from users. Another thing that sets it apart from most other video sites, is that content is set to expire after a certain amount of time on the service. This is in part to encourage users to … Read more

Site: Picasaweb.google.com Category: Photo & Video

Picasa Web Albums is Google's Web photo-hosting service. Users get 1GB of free hosting, and images can be uploaded and manipulated using Picasa, Google's free desktop photo management application. Users who want additional storage can shell out up to $500 a year to bump up the hosted space to 400 times the size of the free hosting service.

We really like the integration between the desktop and Web application. Similar to .Mac and iPhoto, Picasa makes it really simple to take photos from your desktop and publish them online for … Read more

Site: Photobucket.com Category: Photo & Video

Photobucket is a photo sharing and hosting site owned by News Corp. In addition to photo hosting, Photobucket lets its users upload video clips, which can be edited with an integrated video remixing tool designed by Adobe. Users also can make their own profiles and portfolios to share with others.

The service hosts more than 7 billion user photos and is one of the most-trafficked photo services on the Internet. This past year Photobucket launched a new version of its mobile site, revamped its sharing tools, and overhauled its album organization features.