Microsoft Claims Google Refused To Help Them Develop Windows YouTube App
It’s always fun when two tech giants slug it out, and Google and Microsoft are putting on quite a show. Google sent Microsoft a cease and desist letter recently that demanded the software company remove their YouTube application from the Windows Phones Store. The app in question is currently stripped of all ads and allows [...]
Subreddit Helps Tornado-Stricken Oklahoma Town Find Its Missing Pets
Reddit has not only been a source for the latest news, but is also a virtual community bulletin board. In the aftermath of the powerful tornado that devastated Moore, Oklahoma, Monday that killed 24 people, residents in the area have created a subreddit dedicated to finding their missing pets. So far, 70 posts have been [...]
Taped Beheadings Videos Continue To Appear on Facebook
The bizarre spectre of death has been lurking on Facebook lately as two gruesome videos have been haunting the inboxes and feeds of many user streams. And until recently, Facebook was indifferent to the carnage. The videos, both purported to be out of Mexico, show, in one, a woman, allegedly a cheater, having her head [...]
YouTube Highlights The Best Of Comedy Week With A ‘Daily Rundown’ From The Key of Awesome
YouTube Comedy Week — a week-long event showcasing some of the best and brightest in web comedy — has kicked into overdrive with a plethora of daily uploaded comedy videos. There’s a ton of comedy to soak in here, so YouTube has taken it upon themselves to curate some of the best in a “Daily [...]
YouTube Announces The Top 15 Winners Of Next Vlogger 2013
Earlier this year, YouTube announced the Next Vlogger 2013 competition, which asked vloggers with “personal stories of triumph” to submit videos for a chance to win $4,000 in video equipment and exclusive training from industry experts. Submissions ended back in April, and YouTube officially announced the winners today. Because they shared their stories of triumph [...]
YouTube Creator Academy Course To Help Guide Creators on How to Maximize Their Channel’s Reach
YouTube’s Creator Academy is offering content creators tips on how to attract more subscribers to their channels through its two-week online “Maximize Your Channel” course from June 3 to June 16. The free program, which is open to all content creators with 10 or more videos uploaded, will discuss the new One Channel layout and [...]
YouTube Turns 8: Eight Pivotal Moments That Shaped The Video Sharing Platform
For better or for worse, YouTube has forever altered the way we consume media across the globe. From pole to pole, people around the world are watching and interacting with this new form of crowdsourced media. YouTube, in its eight years of life, has given the public complete control of the content they create and [...]
TYT Networks Launches New ‘TYT Investigates’ YouTube Channel
The Young Turks channel reached 1 billion YouTube views last month, and the TYT Network is still just getting started. Earlier this month, it was one of the first networks to launch a subscription fee-based YouTube channel called TYT Plus. Now it’s collaborating with the Center for Investigative Reporter to produce an investigative news series, [...]
NMR’s Look At What’s Showing on YouTube Comedy Week
The first annual YouTube Comedy Week is the video-streaming site’s effort to showcase the best comedic videos that they have to offer. They include parody music videos like “Start a Mumford Band,” the latest episodes of web series commissioned specifically for Comedy Week and live stream events like YouTube Stand-Up Night and CollegeHumor’s All-Nighter. NMR [...]
YouTubers React on Twitter to the ‘The Big Live Comedy Show’
The first annual YouTube Comedy Week festival kicked off Sunday with “The Big Live Comedy Show,” a star-studded extravaganza featuring Sarah Silverman, The Lonely Island, Seth Rogen, Tim & Eric and Reggie Watts, among other acts. YouTube hyped up the event for the past month, even bringing Arnold Schwarzenegger to promote the program. Even though [...]
