Crowdsourcing Survey Provides Snapshot Of Web System Uptake
A recent survey from Communications Of The ACM has investigated the growing use of crowdsourcing in web systems worldwide. “This survey attempts to provide a global […]
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UK Publishers Predict 2012 Year Of The e-Book
A research project conducted by BML has found in a survey of the UK’s top publishing companies that revenue from e-book sales was predicted to increase significantly in 2011 – 2012, representing a tipping point for mass market adoption of new electronic formats.
“‘If 2010 has been acknowledged as the …
Continue reading »Adobe Wallaby Caught On The Hop By Streamingmedia.com
Tim Siglin at Streamingmedia.com has written a thorough review of Adobe’s Flash to HTML5 conversion package ‘Wallaby’ currently in beta.
“Last week, the preview version of Wallaby was posted on Adobe Labs, along with the disclaimer that is indeed a technology preview (meaning it’s not very stable or well-documented) and …
Continue reading »Google Books – The Epic Legal Saga Continues
The ongoing legal drama that is the six year-old class action suit against Google Books for scanning millions of books without copyright consent, reached a new chapter recently when a US court blocked the company’s attempts to reach an agreement with publishers.
“Copyright concerns persisted, as the ownership of many …
Continue reading »Semantic Image Engine Next Big Thing For Search Titans?
Nachofoto, developers of a ‘semantic, time-based vertical image search engine,’ have announced they are in talks with a thus far undisclosed major player in the search industry about the adoption of their system, currently in beta.
“Why build when you can buy? “Google of course can do anything,” says Anuj …
Continue reading »Choosing A User Generated Video Content Site
OnlineVideo.net has a 6 part article where they evaluate different options for hosting user generated video content. The sites considered are:
“There are two reasons to post videos to a user generated content (UGC) site; first, to reach the constituency of members, …
Continue reading »Tagging Robots: A Genuinely Useful Application of Social Media Concepts For DAM?
As reported on Tech Crunch, former Myspace employees, Todd Leloy and Joe Muoz have developed an automated semantic Tagging Robot which crawls Facebook newsfeeds and offers you relevant topics for each link. Tagging Robot uses NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and machine based learning to develop a profile of users …
Continue reading »Webinar: Choosing Between SaaS and Install DAM Systems, 24th March, 1pm ET
One of our featured DAM Vendors, North Plains, have announced a Webinar: “How to Choose Between SaaS or Installed Digital Asset Management” that will take place on Thursday 24th March at 1pm (ET):
“The surviving pure-play SaaS vendors have gotten more capable, but still lack a complete …
Continue reading »DAM Metadata Strategies For Marketing Managers
It seems that metadata remains a hot topic in DAM at the moment. DAM consultants, Daydream have released an updated white paper entitled: “Metadata Management Strategies for Marketing Based Digital Asset Management”.
The key points are:
- The reasons for low ROI from DAM systems.
- How low quality metadata can be
The Risks Of Low Quality Automated Metadata Indexing
Writing on the Archive Media Partners blog, Kim Schroeder discusses the issues that can result from trying to use automated indexing or low-quality human resources who lack an understanding of the nuances of the subject matter.
She points out that the cost savings that these alternatives claim to offer …
Continue reading »Making Money From Online Video
Revenue generation often comes up in the list of reasons for implementing Digital Asset Management strategies, but unless they have prior media business experience, most organisations are unsure how to go about achieving this objective and their ROI estimates can suffer as a result.
This onlinevideo.net article and accompanying video …
Continue reading »Razuna 1.4.3 Released
One of our featured Open Source DAM Vendors, Razuna, have updated their flagship DAM system with a point release that includes some new capabilities and several bug fixes:
- Upload templates
- API enhancements
- Shared folders fixes
- Fixed basket download
- Fix for various video conversion failures