Tag: Youtube

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India is YouTube's fastest growing market: Pichai

San Francisco: India offers great potential for Google-owned YouTube’s growth and the latest in the journey is YouTube Music that has been downloaded more than 15 million times in the country, CEO Sundar Pichai has said. Admitting that recent ad product changes in YouTube and Search are hurting its top-line growth, the company sounded bullish […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Indian expat wins $4 million Abu Dhabi jackpot

Abu Dhabi: An Indian expat from Sharjah became the latest multi-millionaire of the Big Ticket raffle after winning 15 million dirhams ($4 million) in a big money draw here. Shojith KS, an Indian national from Sharjah, on Friday night won with the number 030510. The draw was live streamed on Youtube. But the expat is […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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How YouTube engineers plotted to kill Internet Explorer 6

San Francisco: A former Google employee has revealed how a group of engineers plotted to kill Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 on its YouTube platform nearly 10 years ago. According to a report in The Verge on Saturday, YouTube in 2009 started displaying a banner to Internet Explorer 6 users, warning that support for Microsoft’s browser would be “phasing […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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YouTube Premium launches cheap 'Student Plans' in India

New Delhi: YouTube on Wednesday introduced a new plan for students for YouTube Music Premium and YouTube Premium in India that will allow eligible college students to get discounted access to music, global originals and movies — ad-free for Rs 59 and Rs 79, respectively. “The ‘Student Plans’ are currently available to full-time students from […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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YouTube brings back NextUp for content creators

New Delhi: To support upcoming content creators on its platform, Google-owned messaging app YouTube on Tuesday opened entries for NextUp 2019 with three new editions — NextUp for Artists, Women To Watch and Gamers. YouTube’s NextUp, which was launched in India last year, provides creators with an opportunity to be mentored by production and channel […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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YouTube not to shut 'guidance' despite abuse issues

San Francisco: YouTube does not want to turn off recommendation despite concerns that its algorithm helps videos with young children spread among sexual predators, The New York Times reported. By suggesting what users should watch next, YouTube’s automated recommendation system drives most of the platform’s billions of views. But this system may also recommend videos […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Tips to create viral YouTube ads

New York: In order to create viral YouTube ads, brands should arouse strong emotion, keep ads to a moderate length of 1-1.5 minutes and use authentic characters, a study has revealed. YouTube is a low-cost and flexible platform for sharing ads with a wide viewership. According to the study published in the Journal of Marketing, […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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Now try virtual makeup while watching YouTube tutorials

San Francisco: With a new “Augmented Reality (AR) Beauty Try-On feature”, Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube would now let users try on virtual make-up while watching tutorials in real time. “Thanks to machine learning and AR technology, it offers realistic, virtual product samples that work on a full range of skin tones. Currently in alpha, […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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Alia Bhatt's new venture 'totally unadulterated'

Mumbai: Alia Bhatt has started a new Youtube channel which will give her fans a peek into the actress’ personal and professional life. The “Gully Boy” actress, who is currently shooting for “Brahmastra”, took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce her new venture. “Something new, something fun, something on YouTube,” she wrote alongside a video […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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YouTube music to auto download 500 songs for users

San Francisco: With an extended offline mixtape feature, YouTube Music would now automatically download up to 500 songs based on users’ likes and listening history for offline listening. This new version of the mixtape feature is called ‘smart downloads’ and the selection would download songs from users’ Liked Songs playlist, other favourite playlists and albums, […]

  • Thursday, 29 April 2021
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YouTube bans hacking videos; content creators puzzled

San Francisco: YouTube’s recent policy update has added a list of “harmful or dangerous content”, including the addition of “instructional hacking and phishing” videos to the list and the changes have left content creators puzzled, the media has reported. The video-sharing platform has been facing flak for building a business on other people’s copyrights and […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Shoaib Akhtar backs India for World Cup 2019 win

New Delhi: Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar wants the World Cup to come back to the subcontinent and hence is backing India to go all the way and clinch the title on July 14 at Lord’s in London. So far, India have dominated the tournament, topping the ten-team table by winning seven of their eight […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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YouTube fined in millions over kids' data privacy breach

San Francisco: Google has reportedly reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over alleged violations of children’s data privacy laws on its content sharing app YouTube. The settlement comes after an FTC investigation found that Google improperly collected children’s data which is a breach of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, […]

  • Wednesday, 28 April 2021
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Dhinchak Pooja's new song will spoil your day! Twitterati react

It seems cringe pop artistes will never stop producing their ‘unique’ content and continue to promote a genre that shouldn’t have never existed at the first place. One such artiste “Dhinchak Pooja” is back with her new song “Naach ke Pagal”. Dhinchak Pooja marked her 2015 debut with ‘Swag wali topi’ which was followed by […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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YouTube Premium starts rolling out 1080p offline downloads

San Francisco: Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube Premium is starting to let subscribers download videos in 1080p resolution for offline viewing, up from the 720p limit that was in place until now. Support for the upgraded resolution is rolling out slowly through YouTube’s iOS and Android apps, and Google has confirmed that it would expand […]

  • Tuesday, 27 April 2021
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