Tag: SOAPBOX

Microsoft launched a user generated video site called Soapbox nearly 3 years ago. First released in private beta in 2006, the site opened to the public in early 2007. Eventually, Microsoft just folded user generated content into its larger video portal, MSN Video. But MSN Video has never come close to YouTube's success in attracting users who want to upload or watch user generated video. And ...

Microsoft may have added "Internet TV" to Vista Media Center last year, but all you get right now are selected clips from MSN Video. If you want to watch YouTube, MSN Soapbox, and DailyMotion videos on your Windows Media Center system, you might want to check out Yougle, a third party plugin for Vista Media Center. Yougle lets you search the sites we mentioned, plus Flickr, Yahoo! Music, and ...

Microsoft has taken its user generated video site and added it to MSN Video beta. The site formerly known as Soapbox no longer exists as a standalone service. Instead, user generated video and professionally produced video will all be part of the MSN video service. We have to say, the move isn't particularly surprising. In fact, we noticed a striking resemblance between MSN Video beta and Soapbox ...

Microsoft's video sharing site is back up and running. Just over a month after opening Soapbox up to the public, Microsoft returned the site to private beta status in March. Over the last few months, Microsoft put a system in place allowing copyright holders to find and remove videos that have been uploaded without their permission. This comes at a time when YouTube faces several high profile ...

As of today, Microsoft is officially running 3 separate video site with internet video clips. Soapbox is Microsoft's site for user generated video (it's currently only available with a Windows Live login), and MSN Video is a site for professionally produced clips. Then there's MSN Video's redesigned page, which looks a lot like a cross between the two. It's lacking in user-generated content, but ...

Microsoft has decided to put a hold on its video sharing site, Soapbox, while it cleans up a little. Even though it was just opened for business in a public beta just last month, Microsoft has decided to put a plug in new registrations on Soapbox while it implements some new technologies that will allow for the detection of videos that could have copyright restrictions. The pause in new accounts ...

It's been a good week for public launches of beta projects. First Google drops the invite system and opens up Gmail to the public (even though everyone and their grandmother already had an account), and now Microsoft has moved Soapbox from a private beta to a public beta. If you haven't been paying attention, Soapbox is Microsoft's entry into the crowded user-generated video market. I'd imagine ...

Sure, there are plenty of ways to grab a video from YouTube, save it as an flv file, and convert it the file format of your choice. But Zunemytube's got to be the simplest method I've seen so far. All you have to do is install the plugin for Internet Explorer and a little Zune icon will pop up in your toolbar. Then you surf YouTube, Google Video or MSN Soapbox and find videos you want to save. ...

YouTube is the de facto standard for video sharing on the web, but there are a lot of other options out there. But other features aside, which one offers the best video quality? While Life Goggles doesn't actually answer that question for you, it does gives you side-by-side comparisons of eight major video sharing sites' embedded players so you can judge for yourself. I've been squinting at them ...

That Microsoft is launching a new video sharing site called Soapbox isn't really news, but somehow it escaped my attention until now. CNet's Rafe Needleman is more on the ball, however, and got to take a look the currently-in-private-beta service. Microsoft has been turning a lot of heads lately with its Live.com offerings, but Needleman is unimpressed by Soapbox. "I found nothing in the Soapbox ...

Microsoft is planning a YouTube clone to crop up soon, oddly enough on the MSN brand instead of Windows Live spaces. It looks from the screenshot that the service will be part of MSN videos. I can see why Microsoft would want a piece of the action, since YouTube is so wildly popular. I love the name, which for once isn't a particularly bad one, but I can just see Microsoft inspiring a ...