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is a video-sharing website where users can upload videos. It is currently (7/2012) the largest such site, and was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who all worked at PayPal before. While it mainly featured movies from regular folks (and some illegal user uploads) at the beginning, but eventually YouTube grabbed enough market share to attract higher quality content over the years. Now, there is something for everyone, and YouTube continues to push for high-quality content, while keeping the support from amateur video-makers. The company was acquired by Google in 2006 for $1.6B.
YouTube for Android updated
08/08/2011, Google has just rolled out a new update for the official YouTube app on Android devices. Now at version 2.2.14, which is available from the Android Market, features a couple of improvements with additional features and the usual bug fixes. [...]
Xbox Live gets YouTube and live TV with Kinect voice controls
06/06/2011, At long last, YouTube is available on Xbox Live. So is live TV. Both new features will make full use of Kinect’s voice controls, just like Mass Effect 3. To control the new revamped Xbox Live UI (inspired by Windows [...]
YouTube 3D video now supported by NVIDIA 3D Vision
05/26/2011, For folks who have 3D capable computers using NVIDIA 3D Vision hardware, but have run out of 3D content to watch or games to play can rejoice – investing in that 3D setup wasn’t a waste after all. NVIDIA has [...]
YouTube: more than 48 hours of video uploaded every minute
05/25/2011, These couple of days has somehow been all about milestones. Samsung TV app store hitting 5 million downloads, Instagram users uploading 10 photos per second, and Apple with a rumored 500,000 apps approved for the App Store. Well to add [...]
Android movie rentals will make use of Flash
05/11/2011, As we all know, Google Android movie rentals were launched yesterday, but people were wondering what format the movies would be distributed in. Well, the answer – if it wasn’t obvious enough is Adobe Flash. Despite Google introducing HTML5 videos [...]
YouTube confirms movie rental service
05/09/2011, Remember previous rumors about YouTube joining the “movies on demand” market? Well, it has been confirmed by YouTube/Google themselves. In a post on the official YouTube blog, the world’s most popular web streaming service has stated that they will be [...]
YouTube founders acquire Delicious from Yahoo!
04/27/2011, As you might or might not know, Yahoo! has been selling off its underperforming services in order to generate more profit, and it its latest sale, Delicious, the web-book marking service has been sold. The buyers? Chad Hurley and Steve [...]
YouTube to launch movie streaming service by next week?
04/26/2011, According to reports online YouTube, the world’s most popular video streaming service, will take its first foray into the premium video sharing industry. According to a report from Business Insider, YouTube will be launching its movie on demand service either [...]
YouTube removed from Roku
04/21/2011, As most of you Roku owners would know, the set top box doesn’t come with an official channel for you to stream YouTube videos on the set top box. However, an unofficial, unlicensed channel was created as a workaround, and [...]
YouTube videos now served in WebM
04/20/2011, On the official YouTube blog, Google has announced that the popular video streaming service will be adopting the WebM format for all their videos in the future. Comparing different video formats to power adapters and power outlets, YouTube aim to [...]
YouTube takes copyright violators to school
04/14/2011, In an attempt to protect the rights of stars, labels, and basically anybody who doesn’t want their content being posted up online illegally, YouTube has decided to school anyone who breaks their rules about Copyrights. If they receive a notification [...]
YouTube Live service is rockin’
04/11/2011, YouTube isn’t too content with just dominating the world of streaming uploaded videos, as parent company Google has long been looking for ways to monetize their acquisition all those years ago. The company will now introduce a new YouTube Live [...]
Google looking at YouTube premium channels
04/06/2011, Google still hasn’t found an effective way to monetize YouTube even after acquiring it for quite some time already. In addition to that, paying for a site that plays streaming video content round the clock while contending with copyright issues [...]
