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Google Wants To Fix Web Video With The New "WebM" Format

2:33AM May 20, 2010 | John Herrman

HTML5 video has a few hurdles to leap before it can fully replace Flash, but one looms larger than all others: Proprietary video formats. Conveniently, Google has just open-sourced their own, called WebM. More »


Google Acquires On2, Could Mean Big Things For Online Video

4:56AM August 6, 2009 | Sean Fallon

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire On2 and their video compression technology. With YouTube in it’s back pocket, it seems likely that Google could push this technology all over the web—giving them even broader control. [BusinessWire] More »