In the do-it-yourself culture born of The Great Recession, making things yourself is chic, and Howcast finds itself in the zeitgeist sweet spot. It has more than 100,000 videos on its site so far—some ...

On Thursday, a fun new instructional site called HowCast is launching. I was able to take a peek around the beta version of the site and came across a bunch of useful videos as well as lists and wikis ...

Is there really a market for another how-to site online? "Absolutely," said Jason Liebman, who has partnered with an old YouTube colleague, Daniel Blackman, to redefine the how-to space with the ...

Almost 3 million people clicked on a YouTube video showing viewers how to moonwalk like Michael Jackson. More than a million have checked out how to make a fireball in the past two months. And more ...

Of all the "next-generation video network"-type startups, one of the most promising is NYC-based Howcast, which was started by a group of ex-Googlers in 2007. Howcast produces, aggregates, and ...

The mobile version of the Web service, which does have some shortcomings, includes a neat feature that gives users a random video every time they shake their Apple smartphone. Josh Lowensohn joined ...

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