Fortune is reporting that YouTube will be launching a streaming music service to compete with the likes of Spotify.
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Netflix and YouTube Are Quietly Building an Apple AirPlay Rival Called DIAL
Some day, you won’t need an all-Apple setup just to look up a video on your phone and send it over to your television — and that day may actually come sooner than you think, due to a joint effort by Netflix and YouTube.
Google Needs an AirPlay Competitor, Whether It’s Building One or Not
When Google announced an update to Google TV last week, it was hard not to imagine something bigger: a full-blown competitor to Apple‘s AirPlay.
YouTube Videos Mentioning Obama and Romney Reach 2 Billion Views
The nearly 600,000 videos mentioning Obama and Romney that have been uploaded since April 2011 have received around 2 billion views, reports YouTube Trends’s Ramya Raghavan. The mashup of Barack Obama singing Carly Rae Jepsen’s …
YouTube Wants You to Comment Using Your Real Name
Most of the time reading comments on the Internet is like attending a slightly dysfunctional family dinner, full of passionately argued, half-baked political theories and tasteless jokes. Wandering into a YouTube comments …
YouTube Launches Face-Blurring Feature to Protect Protesters
During the Arab Spring, a lot of the footage coming out of Tunisia, Egypt and Libya wasn’t taken by the major news networks but rather ordinary citizens armed with cellphone cameras. The footage spread on sites like YouTube and …
A Brief History of Cats on YouTube
According to the New York Times, scientists at Google’s X lab have been hard at work creating a “neural network” of 16,000 computer processors. Once switched on, this virtual brain did what any reasonable human would do: it …
‘I Cried’ YouTube Button Lets the Internet Know When You’re Sad
Google already did research to find the funniest YouTube video of all time, but what about the saddest? What videos make you break down like James Van Der Beek on Dawson’s Creek?
Thanks to Project Goodcry, now you can mark …
Me at the Zoo: First Video Uploaded to YouTube Seven Years Ago Today
YouTube, look how fast you’ve grown. Seems like only yesterday “Me at the zoo” was uploaded – a 19-second clip wherein our protagonist pontificates about elephants.
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Federal Court Revives Landmark $1 Billion Viacom vs. YouTube Case
In a potentially costly setback for Google, a federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that its YouTube video site must once again defend itself from a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Hollywood giant Viacom.
via Federal Court Revives Landmark $1 Billion Viacom vs. YouTube Case | Business | TIME.com.
Are You Ready for YouTube in 3D? Well, It’s Coming Anyway
It’s official: you can’t escape 3D. Right now, James Cameron’s epic disaster romance Titanic is back in theaters after 15 years. Why? Because now it’s in 3D.
So, in the age of 3D blockbusters, 3D televisions and 3D …
The YouTube Cinnamon Challenge: Hilarious or Hazardous?
YouTube is littered with videos of people attempting to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon. The results are comical, but the health effects are no joke.