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Embed playlists of different videos from you tube , Daily motion Etc With a nice Video player

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Did you wish you could  have your own video player look on your website , something that looks better than the you tube video player  or the my space or dailymotion video. Well now you can thanks to embedr.com.

This sites pulls the video from  these major video sharing sites like  YouTube, MySpace, Vimeo, DailyMotion and more and you can mix and match videos from these websites to make yourself a nice playlist of videos or then just a better looking video player with your video displaying on your website or blog.

The new Video embedding website on the block – embedr.com

Embedr does not host any videos. Embedr simply let’s you take your favorite videos from all over the web and make them into a playlist. Most of the top video sites like YouTube, MySpace, Vimeo, Dailymotion, and Blip.Tv work with Embedr right now. Here is a complete list of all Embedr compatible sites.

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Embed your You tube Videos with a nice looking Video player

Take a look at this example  at of of India’s leading local newspaper mid-day.com or then a few other playlist created by users at this website like  most-watched-music-videos-vevogo-com ,lsome indonesioan my-video-playlist_19707 , worldwide-water-conspiracy-theory-with-jesse-ventura

embed videoplayer for you tube playlists other videos 

This website can embed videos in  two ways , A Standard Playlist is made up of a list of specific videos you choose in the order you specify or the  you can go for the smart playlist , A Smart Playlist is a playlist of YouTube only videos that is constantly changing depending on a list of keywords you specify. The playlist can pull videos from all of YouTube, or from a specific YouTube User ID. Both relevant to the keywords you specify. What videos display in the playlist depends on how the date the video was created and how highly rated it is.

In the websites own words here are how they describe themselves  “Embedr is a free service that lets anyone create a custom playlist of videos from the top video sites on the web. Now start building that playlist of the best 80s music videos that are spread throughout YouTube, MySpace, Vimeo, DailyMotion and more”. » Learn More About Embedr

Pdf gone eco friendly WWF

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There is a new PDF in town and it is eco friendly and  also considerate to the world and global warming. The tree huggers will be pleased and so will your green credentials improve if you embrace this tree ..oops pdf..oopps wwf.

The new pdf ( wwf ) is in town!!

What was that “world wrestling federation “ – it is not , its Green and in your pc  so to speak. Essentially the WWF is a PDF, but one in which the option to print is completely negated. The WWF was first released for Mac users, but a Windows version has just become available

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So what is WWF ?

The World Wide Fund for Nature is encouraging the WWF format for both individual and corporate use, but its web site only currently lists three organisations that have taken the file onboard: solar industry service provider Suncycle, German bank Triodos, and the German Environmental Management Association (B.A.U.M. e.V.).

How this WWF software works ?

Once the software is installed, users can open and save documents in the WWF format, and the software includes a converter feature for files in other formats

The format encourage awareness of environmentally-friendly paper practices, it takes away your ability to print WWF documents.. The  purpose  for this is to spread the awareness : "Save as WWF, save a tree”

Drop in google adsense earnings Nov Dec 2010

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Have you noticed a recent drop in Google adsense earnings. I have too.. i decided to  use google’s own tool to investigate this issue ( Google UK Search). I information derived from the internet is pointing out  towards the  issue with blogs / websites not publishing the privacy policy that Google needs on all ad sense publishers blogs.

Drop in earnings ( google adsense) without warnings

As Google have changed the Terms and Conditions of their Adsense program, one of the requirements now is that all Adsense publishers should have a "Privacy Policy" on their websites. Below is the exact wording that has been added to the Terms and Conditions for Adsense publishers.

Drop in adsense earnings google-adsense

"You must have and abide by an appropriate privacy policy that clearly discloses that third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your user’s browser, or using web beacons to collect information, in the course of ads being served on your website. Your privacy policy should also include information about user options for cookie management."

There was another Google adsense Privacy policy Update on  23 March 2009

We have now updated the Google Adsense Privacy Policy Generator to include a mention about the DoubleClick DART cookie, which is now required by Google to be included in your privacy policy. You can read more about the DoubleClick DART Cookie on the following link …https://www.google.com/adsense/support/bin/answer.py?answer=100557&sourceid=aso

 

Here are two links that might help you make your own Privacy policy for your blog / website

Google privacy script

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/AdSense/thread?tid=41e1719956cc5de1&hl=en

Privacy tool

http://www.serprank.com/privacy-policy-generator/

the emails wars to begin

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First it was yahoo mail  and hotmail at war , then came gmail  to add to the competition  and if rumors turn true the biggest tech 2 website explosion on the internet “facebook” could be joining the ranks to get a big slice of one of the biggest share of this technology on the internet.

Faebook rumoured to enter email business

If facebook gets it right , it could immediately pull a big chunk off the email market  from its rivals  from whom it has already been able to pull internet time off users , by becoming one of the most popular  website on the internet.

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Internet is buzzing with reports that Facebook is all set to launch its GMail rival next week. According to Techcrunch, Facebook’s secret Project Titan — a Web-based email client is launching on coming Monday alongside personal @facebook.com email addresses for users.

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Is facebook email launching ?

The current Facebook messaging service is not he best  and not regarded as a proper email tool by many as apparently it takes a lot of time to delete or manage e-mails.
Recently, Google blocked Facebook from accessing its API, preventing users from importing contact information from Gmail to Facebook.

Rumors are that facebook are going to upgrade thier email service  to make it more useful and easy for people to use it as a full blown email service right from their face book portal. This could flag a new email wars on the internet.

Are the Australian banks ripping us off ?

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Banks declare huge profits

Australians are feeling ripped off as the Big four banks  who have a monopoly  are increasing the  interest rates out of tune of the RBS rate increases , even when they dont need too and are declaring huge profits.

"The banks are a bunch of greedy thieves, ripping off Australians trying to live the dream of owning their home," said the Victorian senator Senator Steve Fielding.

Ref: http://www.smh.com.au/b1

According to  Cpa.org.au  the website says  that the banks  ( ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB and Westpac) annual combined pre-tax profit of around $30 billion ($21.7 billion after tax).

 

Here are the reports from the bank profit season reporting in November 2010

 

Commonwealth bank profit : $5.66 billion  Wed Aug 11, 2010

CBA’s preferred cash profit measure came in at a record  $6.1 billion – up 42 per cent on last year. The Commonwealth Bank has pulled in a record profit of $5.66 billion, a  luxurious 20 per cent increase on last financial year. The nation’s biggest home lender recorded an even bigger cash profit, the banks’ preferred measure, of $6.1 billion, which is 42 per cent higher than the previous year.

ANZ PROFIT :   $4.5 billion

ANZ has announced that it’s made an after tax profit this year of $4.5 billion; a hefty increase on the previous 12 months

NAB profit : $4.2 billion

NAB’s $4.2 billion profit , Nab had  a better-than-expected 19.3 per cent increase for National Australia Bank’s annual cash profit. NAB’s cash profit of $4.58 billion for the 12 months to end September is slightly ahead of the average of analyst expectations of $4.49 billion. Net profit rose 63 per cent in the 12 months to September 30 to $4.22 billion, up 63.2 per cent on the previous corresponding period.

Westpac profit:   $5.8 billion

Westpac today announced huge profits by unveiling a record cash profit of $5.88 billion. Westpac’s actual statutory net profits came in at $6.3 billion, a figure that related to a tax benefit disclosed last week to the ASX following its purchase two years ago of St George Bank.