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White House No Longer Using YouTube
It appears as if the Obama Administration has decided to stop using YouTube as a method to embed its videos into websites for the Government. Starting with this weeks address, videos are now served in Flash through technology provided by Akamai. While most seem to be labeling it as a way to ...
White House ditches YouTube after privacy complaints
White House ditches YouTube after privacy complaints
news.cnet.com — Responding to complaints by privacy activists, the White House has quietly abandoned YouTube as the provider of... the embedded videos on the president's official home page. With the release of the latest weekly video address , the White House has ... (more) White House ditches YouTube after privacy complaints
Twitter = YouTube.
battellemedia.com — What? Is Battelle crazy? Hear me out. Think back when YouTube was growing like a weed, and... Google snapped it up. Most folks (including me) saw this as Google "getting into the video business," and sure, that in fact was one part of the equation. But ... (more) Twitter = YouTube.
White House Denies It Is Shunning YouTube
bits.blogs.nytimes.com — The White House says its decision not to use YouTube to stream President Obama's weekly address was... a "test." (more) White House Denies It Is Shunning YouTube
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