Tag Archive | "YouTube"
How MegaUpload tried to rip off YouTube
CNET reports on the latest developments in the fascinating story behind the fall of MegaUpload and its founder Kim DotCom. The U.S Justice Department is currently trying to extradite DotCom and other MegaUpload bigwigs from New Zealand where they were recently arrested amidst a haven of exotic and lavish items. As part of the indictment, [...]
Continue reading...MacBook Air thief records webcam video, gets embarrassed on YouTube
Thursday, March 24, 2011
18-year old entrepreneur Mark Bao recently had his top of the line MacBook Air stolen from a lounge in his college dorm. But being technically savvy, Bao was able access the machine’s cloud backups whereupon he found that the thief had recorded the following video of himself dancing using the machine’s webcam. The YouTube video [...]
Continue reading...Super Mario as a first person shooter [Video]
Saturday, March 19, 2011
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Freddie Wong operates the extremely popular YouTube channel freddiew and has amassed over 1 million subscribers in just one year, making it the 18th most subscribed YouTube channel of all time. How, you ask? Well, with original and expertly produced videos like this – Super Mario as a first person shooter. Amazing. In case you’re wondering, [...]
Continue reading...Google in talks to stream live NBA and NHL games
Thursday, February 24, 2011
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Bloomberg reports that Google is currently engaged in negotiations with both the NBA and the NHL as it attempts to secure broadcasting rights to live games. YouTube aims to show more live sports in the second half of the year, said Gautam Anand, Google’s director of content partnerships for Asia Pacific, in an interview in [...]
Continue reading...iOS 4.2 beta 2 comes with more upload options for YouTube
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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A new feature recently uncovered in the recently released iOS 4.2 beta 2 gives users uploading videos via YouTube the option to make their content visible to everyone, only to people who are provided a link, and to make it completely private. via 9to5Mac
Continue reading...YouTube victorious in suit with Viacom over infringing video content
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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Score one for video uploaders worldwide. YouTube emerged victorious on Wednesday when a Federal Judge granted Google’s motion for Summary Judgment filed in response to Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit which alleged that YouTube was rife with endless copyright violations. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton in New York embraces Google’s interpretation of a [...]
Continue reading...Google rolls out browser-based editor for YouTube videos
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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It’s no iMovie, but it’s a start. Well, even that might be stretching things a bit, but Google on Wednesday rolled out a new browser-based video editor for YouTube vids that allows users to create new videos by piecing together excerpts from other already uploaded videos. Users also have the option of overlaying YouTube provided [...]
Continue reading...Google tries to make YouTube as sticky as TV
Monday, May 31, 2010
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The average person watches about 5 hours of TV a day. The average YouTube viewer spends about 15 minutes a day watching videos, of which that time is split up between 6 separate offerings. Google is looking for ways to keep viewers on the site for longer periods of time, and concedes that the nature [...]
Continue reading...Buy songs on iTunes via YouTube Videos
Saturday, July 4, 2009
The ability to buy songs on iTunes via YouTube is admittedly old news, but we found this post as a draft that was never published so we thought what better time than July 4th to publish a post centering on a boat. So yeah, if you watch a music video on YouTube, an ad hovers [...]
Continue reading...Video capable iPhone 3GS increases YouTube mobile uploads by 400%
Thursday, June 25, 2009
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The iPhone 3GS lets users record video in pretty decent quality (see the Cubs game above), and in typical Apple fashion, uploading recorded videos to YouTube is a cinch – so much so that Google announced today that since the iPhone 3GS went on sale last Friday, YouTube mobile uploads have increased by 400%. But [...]
Continue reading...Report: Quicktime X to include YouTube support in Snow Leopard
Monday, April 27, 2009
AppleInsider is reporting that Snow Leopard will include YouTube support built right into Quicktime X, allowing users to quickly publish their videos onto the web from their desktop. In particular, the application will let users take any supported video file and upload it directly to YouTube. Users will be prompted to enter their YouTube username [...]
Continue reading...Feature films coming to Youtube.. and to iPhone?
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Reports indicate that YouTube will begin offering ad-supported feature films as early as next month. As of now, one of the big Hollywood studios is already on board, and one can only assume that feature films on YouTube means that iPhone users will also be able to download and watch as well. There are, however, [...]
Continue reading...Apple advertising hits the YouTube homepage
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
YouTube visitors were greeted today by a multimedia Apple ad for the iPod touch. As someone who visits YouTube nearly everyday, I’ve never before seen such a prominent advertisement splashed across the YouTube homepage. Apple undoubtedly payed a hefty chunk of change for that kind of placement. Take a look at some screenshots below.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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