TidalTV Launches (Beta)
Content from several television nets including CBS, DIY, NBC News, etc.

+ More New Digitized Content from the National Ag Digital Library
Select Agriculture Handbook nos. 351-726.

+ Redesigned and Enhanced Web Site: TelephonyOnline.com

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC and MySpace, the world’s largest social networking platform, today announced the launch of a partnership to bring new and archived short form BBC content to MySpaceTV. The announcement marks the first global agreement of this type between MySpaceTV and a major broadcaster.

See Also: Complete List of MySpaceTV Partners

Source: MySpace

Note: The British Monarchy Recently Announced a “Video Channel” With YouTube.

+ NPR’s interactive primaries election map (via Data Mining)

+ Say Hello to the New Skype to Go
One number access for international direct calls.

+ New Blog: The DCC Blawg, The Legal Blog of the UK’s Digital Curation Centre

+ Yahoo Prepares for Possible Layoffs

Increased use of video-sharing sites
by Lee Rainie
Highlights

48% of internet users have been to video-sharing sites such as YouTube and the daily traffic to such sites on a typical day has doubled in the past year. The basic findings in a national phone survey that ended in December show:
+ 48% of internet users said they had ever visited a video-sharing site such as YouTube. A year ago, in December 2006, 33% of internet users said they had ever visited such sites. That represents growth of more than 45% year-to-year.
+ 15% of respondents said they had used a video-sharing site “yesterday” — the day before they were contacted for our survey. A year ago, 8% had visited such a site “yesterday.” Thus, on an average day, the number of users of video sites nearly doubled from the end of 2006 to the end of 2007.

Source: Pew Internet and American Life Project

See Also: Contentiopole Video Sharing Guide
67 sites listed as of today.

See Also: Harvey’s Video Sharing Cheat Sheet
Over 80 video sharing sites listed.

In May 2007, we posted about the introduction of a new service, Yak4ever (archived creen cap), that offered free long-distance calls (telephone to telephone) to 30 countries around the globe. In the past week, the service has shut down. It’s founder and owner, Pat Phelan, explains here.

So, where else can you go for inexpensive international long distance using a regular phone (or mobile device) on one or both ends of the call.

+ JaJah and JaJah Mobile
If both parties are Jajah members, the call is free. Free registration.

+ SkypeOut and SkypeUnlimited, SkypePro

+ Gizmo Call Out

+ Bok

For a limited time bOK is giving users the opportunity to make unlimited phone calls anywhere in the US & Canada for FREE.

Access rates for other countries can be found here.

+ Truphone

+ fring

Phone Number Masking
+ Jangl
Takes your regular number and creates a new number for public dissemination. Free

+ numbr
numbr is an auto-expiring, FREE anonymous phone number that forwards incoming call to your home or mobile phone. Callers do not see your home or mobile numbers.

+ Mobile Stats: VoIP mobile users to hit 250M by 2012

+ Metric: Content users spend $77 a month

Via FierceVoIP

An interesting new industry site focused on IP convergence has been launched with the backing of industry players, AudioCodes, BEA, BitBand, Blueslice, Cicero, Comverse, Intel, Tilgin and Verimatrixsite.

The site name may be a mouthful, ipconvergencetv.com, but the idea is to create a portal for longer form feature material for decision makers and industry in the area of IP communications, Fixed Mobile Convergence and IPTV.