http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/controversy.surrounds.h264.on.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0910/poitrey.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple is not playing fair in terms of supporting video hosting services beyond YouTube, claims the chief technical officer of Dailymotion. Olivier Poitrey comments that the iPhone edition of Safari relies on a special plug-in for YouTube videos, allowing it to jump straight to H.264-encoded copies. Because of Apple's battery and processor worries, Flash is not supported in any form on iPhones or... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/10/19/controversy.surrounds.h264.on.iphone/ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/15/widget.bazaar.now.out/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/verizonbazaarintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Subscribers to Verizon's fiber optic Internet and cable service, FiOS, now have access to the Widget Bazaar, which lets them check out Twitter apps and log onto Facebook right on their TVs. Users won't be able to post Twitter updates or view their friends' pages, as the young version of the app only allows users to get updates on what they're watching and standard community Twitter updates. The Tw... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/15/widget.bazaar.now.out/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:25:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/09/sony.bravia.gets.netflix/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0907/sonybravianetflix.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Sony today said its Internet-aware BRAVIA TVs now have access to Netflix. Both newer sets with support built-in, as well as older sets using the add-on Internet Video Link, can access (but not add to) the Watch Instantly queue and stream movies or TV shows directly to the set. Whether or not it's capable of HD footage isn't clear.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/07/09/sony.bravia.gets.netflix/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/youtube.resolution/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/youtube-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Google's primary video site YouTube is quietly increasing the quality of its videos, viewers have found over the weekend. The Flash-based site has begun re-encoding the web versions of its videos when possible, increasing their resolution from 320x240 to 480x360. Audio quality has also improved to include stereo AAC audio versus the lower bitrate mono sound of before, users note. The improvemen... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/03/youtube.resolution/ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/hd.on.web.and.youtube/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/dailymotionhd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />DailyMotion on Monday added HD content to its web video service, becoming one of the first general-purpose web video sites to do so in the more universal Flash format. The France-based service now allows users to both upload and play back up to 720p video without the downsampling that often occurs at these sites. While the feature will generally require a fast single-core or average dual-core pr... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/18/hd.on.web.and.youtube/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:20:00 GMT