Google creates a mashup of Omnisio and YouTube

Google creates a mashup of Omnisio and YouTube

We thought pretty highly of the online video mashup site Omnisio at this year’s Y Combinator Demo Day, and liked it even more after it launched back in March. Apparently, so did Google. Its YouTube property purchased Ominisio today as a way to expand how… Continue Reading

Veeple uses Flash to make videos come alive with ad links

Veeple uses Flash to make videos come alive with ad links

If YouTube figured out how to get web video viewers to watch ads, it could enjoy a huge revenue stream from its tens of millions of users. Veeple is one of the companies that hopes it has figured this out. It’s not alone in this… Continue Reading

Create your own web video mashups with Omnisio

Create your own web video mashups with Omnisio

Often I find myself watching videos on the web that contain parts which are extremely funny, but the rest is painful to sit through. A new online video mashup service, Omnisio, which launched today, hopes to change that by making it super easy to re-edit… Continue Reading

Ten Y Combinator companies that want to revolutionize social networking, search, databases and anything else you can think of

Ten Y Combinator companies that want to revolutionize social networking, search, databases and anything else you can think of

VentureBeat Editor Matt Marshall and I attended the Spring 2008 Y Combinator Demo Day yesterday, where we were both pretty blown away.

Okay, so I’m easy to impress, but Matt’s a tougher nut to crack — just ask some of the start-ups who’ve been on the… Continue Reading