Last week, Google announced new privacy standards that essentially created a single, unified policy across all of its properties. People complained, a group of Congressmen including Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) got involved, and now Google is defending itself with a letter.
As previously reported, President Obama will be holding a Google+ Hangout to field live (albeit pre-selected) questions about last Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
Today YouTube announced that the site gets four billion video views every single day. That’s a 25% increase over the last eight months.
Cord-cutting may be an unproven myth, but new research suggests that people’s television habits are changing in a way you wouldn’t expect: Only a third of all television viewing these days happens “live,” without the Internet, TiVo or some other form of recording or time shifting.
In case you’re wondering how to survive between the season finale of The X-Factor and the new season of American Idol — hey, those three weeks can be very hard on some people, okay? — then YouTube is here to rescue you with YouTube Slam, a video throwdown that’ll indulge your need to vote for something meaningless.
Rebecca Black has another reason to celebrate Friday, with her disturbingly catchy song named by YouTube as its most-watched video of the year, with a staggering 180 million views since it was first uploaded in March, but the title comes with a catch.
YouTube is jumping on the holiday functionality bandwagon with its new snow button, which makes snowflakes fall from the top the screen.
The legal battle between Megaupload and Universal Music Group continues to unfold in the most unexpected ways, with yesterday’s revelation from UMG creating a whole host of new questions about what’s going on over at YouTube.
Move over, VEVO; Facebook has now become the second most popular online destination for online video viewing (behind YouTube), with roughly a third of its visitors in October watching at least one video on the site.
Google is giving YouTube a makeover with a new dashboard, home screen and color palette. The bigger news, however, is the continued integration of Google+ into more and more of Google’s products.
Can’t beat ‘em? Join them. Disney and YouTube have reportedly struck a deal that helps both companies gain better traction in the online market.
