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Twitter has launched a YouTube channel just for its API developers. It's kicking off with a collection of videos from the Devnest event, with talks from The Guardian, Klout and Quora.

In an e-mail to the Twitter Development Talk mailing list, Twitter Developer Relations Manager Jason Costa promised more content will follow.

The video and voice calling service Skype is coming to a TV near you, thanks to a new partnership with Comcast, a leading provider of cable TV services here in the U.S. This morning, the two companies formally announced a deal that will allow Comcast customers to use Skype's HD video calling on their HD television sets, made available through a Comcast-provided adapter box which works in conjunction with an HD video camera.

Customer trials of the new service will begin in "the coming months," but no exact date was given for the service's wider launch, only that more details will be made available "later this year."

Ning announced a new feature today that will enable its users to broadcast video directly from their sites. The capabilities are a result of a partnership with Ustream, bringing the live streaming video capabilities to the social networking platform.

The Ustream integration will let Ning users embed both live and recorded video into their sites. In addition to the video content, the new feature will also make available live chats so that people watching the event can also participate.

Do you know this man? The folks at Lost Films hope that you do and that you can identify the name of the film from which the still was taken. Archivists know it's a German film, and they believe it was made in the 1930s. And they're asking for anyone with more information to help.

Using rape as a weapon in war and other violent conflicts is unfortunately nothing new. Ivory Coast recently experienced an epidemic of it during a conflict for the contested presidency there. But in Libya, the proliferation of mobile tech has resulted in a surprising amount of direct video evidence of this revolting practice, evidence which may result in the punishment of those responsible.

According to Libyan rebels, the troops of the country's nominal leader, Moammar Qaddafi, have been using rape on civilians. This isn't an accident, they say, but a policy, at times directly enforced by officers of the Libyan army. According to the Sunday Times' Marie Colvin, there is evidence for this assertion: mobile phone video, taken by the criminal soldiers and officers themselves.

As people begin to consume more and more video content via their mobile devices, expect to hear about more and more startups tackling the space. The latest is Plizy which releases its iPad app today, aiming to provide users with personalized video recommendations.

Like ShowYou which launched last month, Plizy pulls from your social graph to be able to offer video recommendations. It also looks at other factors, including your Twitter interests and your viewing history, in its recommendation algorithm.

According to Internet expert and ReadWriteWeb 2WAY Summit Master of Ceremonies Alex Blagg, content farms are destroying the fabric of the planet. Is there a better way for folks to get guaranteed super viral content? There sure is!

That's why Alex will also be bringing his brand new Internet Content Mass Manufacturing Facility Warehouse Superstore to the 2WAY Summit in New York City on June 13-14.

As a tech journalist who travels a lot, I often find myself sitting next to someone at the airport or on an airplane who wants my advice on whether they should buy an iPad or which apps they should download. (Note to self: start carrying print books again in lieu of gadgets to avoid these sorts of conversations.) Lately, when it comes to showcasing the iPad's wow-factor, I've shown people Showyou.

The video-browsing app launched last month to great praise, much of it comparing Showyou's reinvention of consuming videos on the iPad to Flipboard's reinvention of consuming blogs, tweets, and RSS feeds. The enthusiasm for the app doesn't just come from the tech press. Since its launch, Showyou says it's already fetched over 10 million videos from its users' Facebook and Twitter feeds, and the startup says that users watch, on average, more than 4 videos every time they open the app.

Cloudera VP Customer Solutions, Omer Trajman, presented a talk on HBase Dos and Don'ts to the Los Angeles Hadoop Users Group earlier this month.

The full video is available after the jump.

Today OpenTok, the Web-based group video from TokBox, announced new features for its API - notably the ability to use the OpenTok platform embed video chat into iOS and Android applications.

OpenTok also added the ability to embed an OpenTok video stream on any website using a simple HTML widget.