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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 Offers VHS Mode Alternative
04/14/2013, In this day and age, we have more or less taken High Definition for granted, especially when such video quality is achieved on our TVs and even now, mobile devices, as smartphone manufacturers begin to include Full HD displays in [...]
Psy’s New Single Gentleman M/V Gets Over 27 Million Views In One Day
04/14/2013, Korean music sensation Psy took the internet by storm when he released Gangnam Style. To say that it went viral would be an understatement. The video of this hit single is the most watched video on YouTube, with well over [...]
Google Inactive Account Manager Takes Care Of Your Digital Assets After You Die
04/11/2013, Today Google has launched Inactive Account Manager, which will take care of your digital assets after you pass away or are no longer able to your account. It allows you to set a timeout period for your account. The Inactive [...]
Google Links Google+ Pages To YouTube Accounts
04/10/2013, It seems that Internet search giant Google is currently testing out a new kind of program which will enable creators to link up their Google+ pages to their respective YouTube accounts and channels. This feature remains as a beta at [...]
YouTube Co-Founder Announces MixBit Collaborative Video Platform
04/01/2013, One of YouTube’s co-founders teased he was close to launching a new video service, but was about a month away from its actual launch. What better day to launch an actual product, or in this place a video platform, than [...]
YouTube Serves One Billion Users Monthly
03/21/2013, It’s completely undeniable the go-to video streaming service to watch cat videos, people making fools of themselves and Russian dash cam footage is YouTube. It seems everyone around the world visits the site on a regular basis, and today, YouTube [...]
Yahoo May Buy Controlling Stake In Dailymotion
03/19/2013, According to latest reports Yahoo is in talks to purchase a controlling stake in video website Dailymotion. The information has been received from people familiar with the matter. If this is true, it would be the first acquisition that [...]
YouTube Co-Founder Teases Launch Of New Video Service
03/11/2013, When Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion a little over six years ago, the company knew it was a service they absolutely needed in their suite of products. That’s why when you hear one of the original co-founders of YouTube [...]
YouTube One Channel Available Across The Board
03/07/2013, Well, well, what do we have here? Google is proud to announce that their video content site known as YouTube has just made available YouTube One Channel to the masses, meaning everyone will be able to access it. Some of [...]
YouTube Music Streaming Service Coming This Year [Rumor]
03/05/2013, It was previously rumored Google could possibly introduce a music streaming service for its Android platform, and today, it looks as though a portion of that rumor is true as in addition to its Google Play for Android, it will be [...]
YouTube Gets In On The Harlem Shake Craze
03/01/2013, If you fancy yourself an Internet-savvy person, you’ll know that the Harlem Shake is absolutely everywhere nowadays. It’s been played on the radio and is even sitting at the top of Billboard’s Hot 100 songs for the second week in [...]
YouTube For iOS Gets Send To TV Feature With Xbox 360, PS3, Smart TV Support
02/28/2013, Google introduced its Send to TV function with its YouTube Android application this past November, although it was only possible to perform the feature on Google TV set-top-boxes. Over the following weeks, native YouTube applications on game consoles and Smart TVs [...]
YouTube To Start Charging For Channels (Rumor)
02/24/2013, Just like any other relationship, things tend to always starts off on the right note. Think back to the days when you were young and in love, anything your boyfriend or girlfriend did was met with approval without batting an [...]
