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Thursday, January 27, 2011

Goggle Video: a new era in Web 2.0 or just a money-making sceme?

Google decided to create its own video-embedding tool and not use the H.264 that is currently used by Google's Chrome browser.  Google's rationale to go with its own technology is to provide license-free and easy-to-use technology to users.  Currently, videos require Adobe Flash Player plug-ins.  But the technology will simply use a simple HTML <video> tag.  This really brings a new era of interactive HTML. 

Click on the link below to read more on this topic.

http://www.technologyreview.com/web/27107/?mod=chfeatured

Courtesy: Technology Review

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