Storing your files on the Internet or “cloud” is all the rage today. We have touched on this subject before but at that time only Dropbox had a desktop application that created folder on your computer that was automatically be backed-up to the cloud. Now everyone has joined the party but we are only talking on…
Category: Web Apps
Google Drive
The new kid on the block is Google Drive. G-Drive gives you 5 GB of space that intregrates with Google Docs so all of your stuff is in one place. Just like Dropbox the G-Drive application make a folder right on you computer and you’ll just save your file there. There are Google Drive clients…
Dropbox
Of course the first of these applications is Dropbox. Dropbox has been around for a while and is used by millions. Once you download and install the application there will be a folder on your computer labeled Dropbox and everything you save in that folder will be uploaded to a server. You can add as…
about.me
About.me lets you quickly build simple and visually personal home-page that points visitors to your content from around the web. You can put a short bio there, a picture of yourself and links to all of your content on the Internet. It is super easy and and everyone should have one. I built MarkMonyhan.me in about…
Movies
YouTube also has features films both box-office block busters and sleepy little independent films. Blockbusters usually cost $3.99. You pay through Google Wallet (Google’s online payment service). Many sleeper films are 99 cents. YouTube even has original films of its own. There are many independent, old or poor films for free but since they’re free films. It…
Promote Yourself With YouTube
One of the best things you can do with YouTube is create a channel to promote yourself, your business or your cause. Post videos about your work or anything you think people might be interested in. Try to make all of your videos on one subject or related subjects. Upload your videos then change the…
Subscriptions
Once you have a YouTube account and you have signed in you can subscribe to you favorite channels. Let’s say you come across a great Photoshop tutorial by ajwood2001 and you wood like to see what other videos he has. Click on the user name ajwood2001 and it will take you to his channel. Let’s say you…
Manage And Edit
You can manage your videos visibility, stats and comments right inside YouTube. You can see your video’s stats, thumbs up and thumbs down all from the Uploads page. You can edit your videos right inside YouTube. You can cut, append, edit the sound track and more right inside of YouTube. From the Analytics page you can…
Upload Videos
To upload video to YouTube you must first have a YouTube account. If you already have a Gmail account just use your Gmail login. YouTube supports many video formats including WMV, AVI MP4 and many others. See a list. How to upload.
Download YouTube Videos
Of course you can watch YouTube videos from the YouTube website but what if you have dialup or even worst no Internet at all. With the “Download YouTube Videos as MP4 and FLV” extension for Firefox you can download YouTube videos when your near a high-speed connection and them watch them later when you don’t.
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