YouTube remains one of the big question marks in Google’s finances. Every time the Google-owned video supersite comes up, executives make vague statements about how it’s not profitable yet, but could be soon . But it looks like that could change in 2010. Analysts predict YouTube will earn $450 million and finally turn in a profit this year, according to The New York Times . Of course, those are outside estimates, so take them with a grain of salt. When reporting its earnings, Google doesn’t offer any specifics about YouTube. But given the constant chatter about how the site is a money-loser, we’re guessing Google will probably announce when the site is profitable.
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Analysts: YouTube will finally reach the promised land of profitability
Nice timing. Just a few hours after The New York Times reported that YouTube’s ad revenues have grown to the point that the Google-owned video site will be profitable this year , I spotted a video that demonstrates some of YouTube’s potential as an advertising platform.
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See, YouTube ads can be awesome: A hunter shoots a bear
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Google’s Evil -Consumer Wactchdog
Earlier this week, Google launched Gmail Priority Inbox , a new feature that will automatically sort your mail to combat email overload. The feature began rolling out to users on Monday, and as of today, it’s available for all Gmail users (including Google Apps accounts)
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Gmail’s Priority Inbox available for all, lives up to hype
Internet The Russian company, RoverComputers has recently announced the selling of its tablet namely the RoverComputers RoverPad 3W G70 , which was announced in mid-July 2010. The RoverComputers RoverPad 3W G70 tablet can packs a 7-inch resistive touchscreen display with resolution of 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA), Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, 128MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory, microSD card slot, speaker, microphone, USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 (with USB-host), an accelerometer, a headphone jack and a 2800 mAh battery. New RoverComputers RoverPad 3W G70 tablet is running on Android 1.5 OS and boasts 600MHz RockChip 2808 processor. It has weight 360g. The cost of RoverComputers RoverPad 3W G70 tablet is 7,990 rubles. Source RoverComputers RoverPad 3W G70 Android Tablet Related Review: BenQ nReader R100 10.1-inch tablet Taiwanese company, BenQ is unexpectedly showed its very own Android tablet, called the BenQ nReader R100. It has a glossy black casing that looks stylish device
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Google is in talks with music labels and aims to introduce its own music service by Christmas, Reuters reports . The company intends offering a la carte music downloads alongside a digital song locker, the report explains. The latter feature would let song owners play their music anywhere. Negotiations have been led by Google’s Andy Rubin (Vice president of engineering)
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Google iTunes attack for Christmas
Music Player Samsung has brings its new portable media player at IFA 2010 (Berlin, September 3-8), known as the Samsung Galaxy Player 50 . It is runs on Android 2.1 OS. The Samsung Galaxy Player 50 is sports a 3.2-inch touchscreen display. Earlier, Samsung has introduced another portable media player , the Samsung YP-MB2 . It is also running on Android but has a 4-inch display
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Section: Communications , Cellphones , Email / IM , Smartphones , Mobile At yesterdays Apple event, CEO Steve Jobs revealed they are seeing 230,000 iOS devices activated per day.? Jobs made it clear that these were new activations, not upgrades.? Without saying any competitors names directly, he implied Google is off in their count. “We think some of our friends are counting upgrades in their numbers,” Steve Jobs.? “We think we are ahead of everyone.” Is Google padding their numbers of Android activations?? Earlier this year, Google announced they were activating 200,000 devices every day.? While Job’s number includes iPads and iPod touch devices, it would seem Apple is still in the lead. Google responded to Seth Weintraub, “the Android activation numbers do not include upgrades and are, in fact, only a portion of the Android devices in the market since we only include devices that have Google services.”? That begs the question, what phones don’t have Google services?? It would seem Android phones in China do not, but some others, such as this Commtiva T1 from Taiwan do not as well.? According to winandmac.com , phone manufacturers have to pay for the license for Google services such as Gmail apps.? Further, the site suggests users who want to check their Gmail on these devices will have to use gmail.com. We’re left to wonder how many are activated in just the US.? Other questions we have include: should all iOS devices be counted, or just iPhones?? Will Google count Android-powered tablets and the myriad of other gadgets the OS is being ported to? Read: [ Fortune ] Full Story ? | Written by JG Mason for Gadgetell . | Comment on this Article ?
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Google fends off Apple attack on Android activation counts
Internet , Video Clips After rumors, Samsung has finally introduced its first tablet devices, called the Samsung Galaxy Tab (GT-P1000) . Its announcement was held one day before opening of the IFA 2010 (Berlin, Germany). The Samsung Galaxy Tab is comes as an alternative to iPhone 4 and iPad
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Now that it has relaunched Apple TV, the next step in Apple’s living room strategy is the launch of an Apple-branded TV. Some wags expected Apple do so yesterday at its event where it launched the new $99 Apple TV. After all, Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple, indicated that something like that would have to happen when he was interviewed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swsher at the D conference in July. In that interview, Jobs shot down the notion that a stand-alone set-top box such as Apple TV, which he had called a “hobby” in the past, could succeed without being part of a TV. “The problem with innovation in the TV industry is the go-to-market strategy,” Jobs said ( video here ). “The TV industry has a subsidized model that gives everyone a set-top box for free
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Why didn’t Apple launch its own TV? That will be its next step