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YouTube to remove share activity feature

San Francisco: Video-sharing giant YouTube has announced that it will kill the feature that allows users to automatically share their YouTube Activity on micro-blogging site Twitter after January 31. Twitter currently allow users to share their YouTube activity via options such as going to YouTube Settings, then to Connected apps and choosing “Share your public […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Google denies it altered YouTube code to slow down Microsoft Edge

San Francisco: Google has denied it altered YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge, thus slowing down its performance while users streamed YouTube videos — a claim made by a former Microsoft intern. Microsoft Edge is a graphical web browser included in Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile and Xbox One devices, replacing Internet Explorer as the […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
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Comedian Bhadana most subscribed YouTuber from India

New Delhi: With 11.8 million subscribers, comedian Amit Bhadana has topped the list of top YouTube creators in 2018, the Google-owned video sharing platform said on Thursday. Following him closely is another homegrown comedy star Bhuvan Bam, who runs the channel BB Ki Vines at YouTube, with over 11.2 million subscribers, according to the “YouTube […]

  • Friday, 09 July 2021
Google probing 'malicious' attack on its internet traffic

San Francisco: After several users complained that they were either unable to access Google services like YouTube on Tuesday, the tech giant confirmed the root cause of this was “external” and under investigation. Internet research firm ThousandEyes, however, claimed that “traffic to certain Google destinations appears to be routed through an ISP in Russia and […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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YouTube launches investment in educational content, creators

San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced an investment of $20 million in educational content and creators to expand its initiative to support people across the world in sharing knowledge and pursuing learning on the platform. YouTube said on Monday that it was creating a new Learning Fund programme to support creators who make some of […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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Videos showing 'how to hack Facebook' running on YouTube

London: Even as Facebook struggles to deal with a fresh data breach that affected nearly 50 million of its users, Google’s video streaming platform YouTube continues to host tutorials that claim to provide people ways to hijacking Facebook accounts, the media reported. Hours after Facebook revealed the breach on Friday, some YouTube videos, which were […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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YouTube Kids brings music, games for 'older' children

San Francisco: In a bid to increase parental control on its platform, YouTube has rolled out a new setting in its “Kids” app that showcases popular music and gaming videos. Known as “Older”, the setting is targeted towards children between ages eight to 12, the Google-owned content sharing platform said in a blog post on […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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More non-skippable ads coming to YouTube

San Francisco: Google-owned Youtube is expanding the concept of non-skippable advertisements on its platform for the creators to monetise their content and earn more revenue. The change will begin rolling out from next week and eligible creators will get a notification in their dashboard, company officials said in a video uploaded on YouTube’s Creator Insider […]

  • Thursday, 08 July 2021
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YouTube to let users launch pre-recorded videos as live moment

San Francisco: Google-owned YouTube has announced several new updates to the platform including the new “Premieres” feature that would allow creators to debut pre-recorded videos as a live moment. Premieres are starting to roll out to creators today and will be available broadly soon, Neal Mohan, YouTube’s Chief Product Officer, said in a blog post […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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YouTube executive's Twitter account hacked to spread fake news

San Francisco: As Twitterati searched for news regarding the shooting at the YouTube headquarters in the US, hackers compromised a verified employee’s Twitter account to spread fake news in the midst of the attack, a media report said. According to The Verge, a hacker hijacked the verified Twitter account of Vadim Lavrusik, who works as […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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80% Indian internet users browse YouTube: Google

Mumbai: With the increasing penetration of smartphones, data becoming affordable and ever-growing availability of content, 80 per cent of internet users across all age-groups in the country are accessing YouTube, Google India said on Friday. The Google-owned company highlighted how YouTube is associated with India’s internet growth story at “Brandcast 2018” event as it celebrated […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Love watching YouTube? Remember it won't make you an expert overnight

New York: Watching YouTube videos, Instagram demos and Facebook tutorials may boost your confidence in performing a task but it probably would not make you an expert overnight, suggests new research. Social media platforms have made it easy to record, share, and access instructional videos, but merely watching them without practicing the demonstrated skills may […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Google sued for 'hiring discrimination' against white, Asian males

San Francisco: Google has been sued by a former YouTube employee for allegedly pressuring recruiters to only look for female and Latina applicants and that the video-sharing platform had last year stopped hiring White and Asian males for technical positions. The lawsuit claims that the tech giant would only hire people from historically under-represented groups […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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Going live on YouTube just got easier; Know the details

New Delhi: Online video sharing service YouTube on Tuesday rolled out a new enhanced version of YouTube “Mobile Live” that will afford users more ways to watch live videos and interact with the community in real time. YouTube is starting to roll out chat replay so that users can follow the conversation even after a […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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YouTube apologises for Polish PM translation error

Warsaw: Online video sharing service YouTube has apologised for a translation error that misrepresented Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki by suggesting that Nazi German death camps “were Polish”, the media reported. Polish Press Agency reported on Saturday that YouTube apologised for the error caused by “automatic translation”, according to Xinhua. Morawiecki made a public TV […]

  • Wednesday, 07 July 2021
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