The average video on a website has a half-life of six days. This means that 50% of the videos lifetime views will happen in that time frame. After twenty one days over 75% of views will occur. As content creators, these statistics are daunting. The content of a video can in many instances provide amazing sound bytes and SEO friendly lines that unfortunately never get tracked.

You won’t want to miss this riveting interview with the fiercely candid Mohit, who previously founded BizRate and Shopzilla. Mohit explains how Gri.pe uses social clout to make people powerful in the real world, cutting through the “barrage of brand bullshit” that clutters our lives. It’s so simple, based on truth, and on the idea that people are good.

TechZulu has a real special treat for you mobile lovers out there. We will be unboxing the all new Android powered Samsung Galaxy S. The Android smartphone’s just keep pumping out and getting better and better for the most part with every release. The Samsung Galaxy S seems to be set as a key player in the Anroid 2010 smartphone market.

The stereotype of most programmers is a guy sitting in a dark room with nothing but the glow of a monitor screen keeping him company.  However, that is certainly not the case with the participants of Super Happy Dev House (SHDH).  Last weekend I attended the 36th Super Happy Dev House held at Microsoft Mountain…continue reading.

Piryx launched a new product at DEMOfall 2009 a few weeks ago billed as “payments for the social web”.  Piryx is a Social Commerce company. With the combination of payment processing and marketing tools, to give businesses and non-profits the capability to identify and connect with their customers, and donors. Their new product key features…continue reading.

This week Bytes by MSDN and TechZulu bring to you Jeffrey Palermo.  Jeffrey Palermo is the CTO of Headspring Systems. Jeffrey specializes in Agile management coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. He is instrumental in the Austin software community as a member of AgileAustin and a director of the Austin .NET…continue reading.

Google Reader users might salute the release of version 0.5 of Speed Reader, a Google Reader client for Windows Mobile Professional 5 and above, .NET Compact Framework v3.5 enabled. Quote from the release notes: V0.5 – May 17, 2009 -Implemented Mirabyte Touch UI for finger friendly lists and scrolling -Fixed bug where Google API token…continue reading.

  Google Maps and its Street View project have pulled out one of the most basic of all forms of transport to bring the most detailed mapping and filming of storefronts, houses, people and streets … the tricycle. In order to get to those public places which cars cannot, like busy tourist areas and small…continue reading.

  Many of you may know StumbleUpon as the website that randomly drops you into sites of your personal interest.  Well did you know that some of those sites could be planted Advertisements?  Well according to StumbleUpon they are highly targeted ads that are relevant to your stumbles.  On the Publisher side, However, it can…continue reading.

Google is now expanding its map-based, location-aware service Latitude beyond the the Latitude destination in new ways with a public location sharing badge for third party sites and other apps that incorporate location. The first of those other apps is Google Talk. In the first example, Google has enabled those already signed up for Latitude…continue reading.