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New style YouTube embed for Flash-free iPhone video
Jul 25th
YouTube is experimenting with a new i-frame based embed style that would server up good ole’ Flash video for machines that support it and new fangled HTML5 video for Apple’s iOS devices, iPhone and iPad:
An enhancement to our video embed capability is now available through a new embed code style. This new style uses <i-frame> and looks like this:
<iframe type="text/html" width="640" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID" frameborder="0"></iframe>
So, somewhere down the road, you’ll be able to play the YouTube video you want, in-line on the website you want, on the device you want, Apple and Adobe be damned.
Example after the break.
New style YouTube embed for Flash-free iPhone video is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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iPad Simulator Settings Reveal HTML5 YouTube, File Sharing, Lock Screen Media Controls
Feb 20th
9to5mac continues to dive into the iPhone 3.2 Beta 2 SDK and its iPad simulator, this time showing off HTML5 YouTube, file sharing, lock screen media controls, and more.
HTML5 H.264 YouTube video is shown playing right in the iPad Safari browser, just as it does on Mac or Windows. It looks good enough for 9to5mac to wonder if the YouTube app is still needed!
File sharing has an on/off toggle, and TiPb’s really excited about this one. The text reads “File sharing allows you to transfer application files to and from your iPad and computer”, and there’s a (currently empty) header that reads “Applications”.
We’ve already asked for a file repository, sort of like the Camera Roll does now for images, and some apps have gotten in trouble for using the DCIM folder to do just that. And official place to load, share, and save documents and other files would fill a huge functionality gap for iPad and iPhone both.
Lock Screen media controls are interesting, as we saw Apple demonstrate the iPad lock screen woking as a digital photo frame, but it does make sense for watching movies as well.
There are a few more finds, including some new things like built-in Google suggestions in iPad Safari, and some things we’ve already seen in the iPhone like percentage battery readout and Chinese character handwriting input.
If anyone else is digging around in the simulator and comes across anything more, let us know!
iPad Simulator Settings Reveal HTML5 YouTube, File Sharing, Lock Screen Media Controls is a story by TiPb. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
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Have You Been Watching?
Feb 7th
Last month, Google kicked off an official YouTube page for the Nexus One. Just this last week, however, they decided to take us on a tour of what goes on behind the device. Over the course of 5 videos, Google has been giving viewers an inside look into everything that has gone into the concept, design, testing, and manufacturing of our favorite Superphone. The last video is expected tomorrow, but you can watch the first 4 installments now. The latest clip shows the handset as it is manufactured and prepped for shipping.
Might We Suggest…
Apple Adds Official YouTube Channel with iPad Video, is @Apple Twitter Next?
Feb 1st
9to5mac is reporting that not only did Apple go an add a new, official YouTube channel — currently stocked with iPad video and Keynote — but http://twitter.com/apple has suddenly been vacated…
Could @apple finally be “getting” social networking? Will we one day be able to “friend” Steve Jobs? Do we want to?
Official Apple YouTube iPad video after the break!
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Apple Adds Official YouTube Channel with iPad Video, is @Apple Twitter Next?
Google Makes it onto iPad, Everything “Stable” for iPhone too?
Jan 28th
When Steve Jobs introduced the iPad, he showed off the Apple designed but Google fed Maps application, and the Google-ownd YouTube app. He even named Google during the Maps demo. Much has been made about a falling out between Google and Apple, how Steve Jobs dislikes Eric Schmidt, and how the iPhone would turn to Microsoft’s Bing for default search and maps going forward.
if the iPad, running iPhone 3.2, is any indication, nothing much has changed yet. Of course, Eric Schmidt said during the Google conference call that their relationship with Apple was “stable“, and Apple COO, Tim Cook said during Apple’s call that while they compete in some areas, they partner in others.
So everything quiet on the Apple/Google front, or just quiet before the storm?
Of course, there was no sign of Google Voice integration, but we’re sure they’ll figure out an up-scaled WebApp in no time…
This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
Google Makes it onto iPad, Everything “Stable” for iPhone too?
UPDATED: YouTube Beta Testing HTML5 Instead of Flash for Video [Now Vimeo As Well!]
Jan 21st
UPDATE: Yup, Vimeo has gone and pulled the HTML5 trigger as well. Good for them. Good for us. Good for the web.
Last night, Daring Fireball linked to YouTube’s new opt-in beta that allows you to get HTML5 video instead of the traditional Flash-wrapped kind.
Why is this important? HTML5 is an open standard, not owned by any company (including Apple), it’s much lighter on CPU and battery life than Flash, and doesn’t suffer from increasing malware attacks or onerous “cookie”/privacy issues the way Flash does.
And while it may be purely coincidental that this beta comes on the eve of an expected Apple tablet announcement (a device that will surely benefit from better CPU and battery, not to mention security and privacy), it’s interesting to remember that the last big change in YouTube — the move to H.264 — occurred back with the launch of the original iPhone and its YouTube app.
Now, it should be pointed out that the HTML5 beta is only available for YouTube.com proper right now, and not for videos embedded elsewhere. But here’s hoping that’s the next step. (And that Firefox decides to spend some of their Google Search revenue on licensing MP4 so we get a, you know, standard standard).
If that happens, if automatic buffering is fixed, and if other companies follow suit (the way Vimeo and even Microsoft SilverLight are already doing specifically for the iPhone), we could be seeing the beginning of a huge shift in online video, one that will crash headlong into Adobe’s plans for Flash 10.1.
If, if, if. Fair enough. But most of the time when people complain about the lack of Flash on the iPhone, it’s not actually the lack of Flash that bothers them but the fact that a lot of the video they want to see is wrapped up in Flash. If YouTube is an early bellwether that things are changing on that score, and people start getting their videos without Flash, we’re guessing the complaints will in large part evaporate.
UPDATE: As The Reptile points out in the comments below, Google owns YouTube and Google is all-in on WebKit as the foundation for the Chrome browser, Chrome OS, and Android browser. They’ve shown repeatedly they’ll push for standards and for the faster adoption of web technologies because it benefits them. Since Apple’s Safari is WebKit, it benefits iPhone users as well. That makes this interesting.
This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed is sponsored by The iPhone Blog Store.
UPDATED: YouTube Beta Testing HTML5 Instead of Flash for Video [Now Vimeo As Well!]
System of a Down Drummer Boy Will Melt Your Face Off [VIDEO]
Jan 14th
But this little dude is no flash-in-the-pan prodigy — he even has his own
“Way back in 2008, at the age of 3, Jonah Rocks was lining up his Play-Doh cans to make a drum kit. He would sneak all the baby spoons from the cupboard, and use them as drumsticks. His daddy asked him if he wanted a real drum kit, and of course, Jonah said ‘YES!’ Once he sat down behind that kit, and held that first pair of 7A’s in his hands, he has never put them down, playing as much as he can, whenever he can. Jonah is completely self taught, never had a lesson, and if you’ve watched him play, you know he absolutely loves it.”
Check out his cover of System of a Down’s “Toxicity” below:
Talent Show
And, if you’re not completely demoralized by Jonah’s superior talent, here’s some more bite-sized band members for you.
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