Digital Scrapbooking now available at Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com, the popular genealogical research website, has released a tool that allows members to create their own personal family scrapbook. AncestryPress® is one of the many features Ancestry.com has launched over the past few months, which have added a community aspect to the website.

“Family history is about discovering and telling the stories of the people whose lives shaped our own,” said Tim Sullivan, president and CEO of The Generations Network, parent company of Ancestry.com. “For ten years, Ancestry.com has been an indispensable resource for anyone interested in family history, from the most serious genealogist to someone just starting to build their family tree. Our members have always asked for ways to preserve and to share their hours and hours of research. Now AncestryPress gives our members the ability to create high-quality books of astonishing beauty and personal significance. We think that this is one of the most unique digital scrapbooking products on the market.”

New online advertising widget available for newspapers and magazines

NewspaperDirect Inc., a multi-channel newspaper and magazine distributor, is launching a new product for publishers that currently use NewspaperDirect SmartEdition technology. Adget, an online “advertising widget platform” will create a more cost-effective and efficient solution for local business advertisers who want to harness the online market.

Adget embeds ‘Cost-per-Action’ advertising directly into a digital newspaper. Adget-enhanced ads can contain an embedded video, audio file or graphic to promote special offers from local merchants. Within the Adget, buttons or links allow the reader to ‘click to transact’ with the advertiser.

UC Berkeley courses available on YouTube

The University of California, Berkeley, has made its entire archive of course lectures and special events available on YouTube. In an effort to extend its reach throughout popular online websites, UC Berkeley has become first university to provide its full-course videos free and open to the public. The UC Berkeley YouTube channel website can be found at http://www.youtube.com/ucberkeley.

”YouTube’s ongoing innovations create a great environment in which students and lifelong learners alike can discover, watch and share educational videos,” said Ben Hubbard, ETS co-manager of webcast.berkeley. “We are excited to make UC Berkeley videos available to the world on YouTube and will continue to expand our offerings.”