Behind the scenes (and in front of them) at 5min
Posted in Entertainment, News, Software, Technology on Feb 16th, 2009
As a dedicated albeit newbie MacHead, I’ve decided to greet each Monday here at 5min with some goodies your Mac desperately needs. Whether you’re a fledgling Mac user or a full-on groupie with life-size cardboard cutouts of Steve Jobs under your bed, I’m hoping this will bring you use, save you time, and above all [...]
Posted in News on Feb 1st, 2009
Many of you may have seen the comedy Groundhog Day, in which Bill Murray plays a conceited TV weatherman who is sentenced to live and re-live the same awful day over and over and over. The bad part? He’s snowed in and stuck in Punxsutawney, PA. The good part? Well, at least he learns to [...]
We’ve been so busy with the holidays, the U.S. elections and the subsequent Obama-mania, that we almost forgot to let you know about the many new and wonderful additions to the 5min website!
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Want to know what people are watching right now on 5min? Easy! Just check out our [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Technology, web on Jan 22nd, 2009
OnMedia announced today that 5min.com, the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional video, has been chosen to be a part of the 2009 OnMedia 100 List. The OnMedia 100 Award is given to private, emerging technology companies in the advertising, publishing, marketing, branding and public relations spaces. 5min was selected by the [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Technology, web on Jan 18th, 2009
After recently launching the 5min VideoSeed syndication platform, we are pleased to announce that this powerful distribution tool is now available to 5min publishers – for free.
VideoSeed provides website publishers with a direct source for tens of thousands of videos from 5min’s extensive how-to and knowledge-based content library. VideoSeed, the semantic heart of the 5min [...]
Posted in 5min, News, Sports, Technology on Dec 28th, 2008
1) The Large Hadron Collider
For some, the way to know how everything began. For others, the beginning of the end, and according to some, 2008 was supposed to be the last year of our collective existence. Planet Earth, eaten by a black hole. As far as I know, the world is still spinning on its [...]
The year is almost over, and here at 5min we’re already eagerly awaiting the much-anticipated releases of 2009, among them New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis, Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Sims 3, Street Fighter IV and many, many more.
Before proceeding to spit-shine our respective gaming consoles and greedily covet the hottest games slates for release [...]
Whether you’re waiting for Santa or the Holiday Armadillo, it’s holiday season! December is here, with all its spirit: days off from work, delicious food, and family meetings.
It’s the time for latkes, fried okra, and gingerbread cookies . For stockings, kawadi and dreidels!
So, put a smile on your face, and enjoy the lights [...]
This week, we were stoked to hear 5min named as one of 5 online video startups to watch in 2009 by TVWeek’s Daisy Whitney, featured on the New Media Minute.
We’re honored to have been chosen alongside such terrific companies whose work and services we value such as Boxee.tv, Kaltura, MyDamnChannel.com and Quantcast. We wish our [...]
Posted in Holidays, Home Improvement, News on Dec 15th, 2008
I’ve met many Ebenezer Scrooges in my life. People who spit on Christmas trees, make people work in Christmas or simply hate people. Why would anyone hate a day of lights, trees, music, food, presents and classic movies? Well, you might have a reason for hating all that: it’s a big waste of energy, and [...]
