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 12-year-old [...]
Continue reading...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...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...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 over [...]
Continue reading...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 as [...]
Continue reading...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 and [...]
Continue reading...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...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, June 23, 2010
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