Youtube News
Mobile YouTube Video Viewing Grows
18th November 2010
A recent study conducted by m.youtube.com shows that the use of the mobile handsets to access YouTube is growing at a very rapid rate. The most surprising discovery of the study, though, is the number of users who access YouTube exclusively via mobile. More »
Lady Gaga First With 1 Billion YouTube Views
26th October 2010
For almost the whole month of October 2010, a sort of competition was on between Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber. The goal was to be the first to achieve 1 billion video views on YouTube. More »
Bored Googlers Create Demo Slam
22nd October 2010
Google has either run out of cool ideas or is trying very hard to get more and more of their users to watch all their tech demos. More »
Google Discloses Revenue Breakdown
18th October 2010
For the first time ever, Google has provided a breakdown of the revenue generated by various sections of their business. More »
YouTube Tests Live Video Streams
13th September 2010
YouTube is conducting a limited time test of live video streams on the 13th and 14th of September. Four channel partners will have the opportunity to broadcast live streaming video content during this test. More »
YouTube Allows Channel Exclusion
3rd September 2010
Last month, YouTube added a feature that allowed advertisers to age-restrict videos. Now, they have added a new feature that allows advertisers to restrict their ads from appearing on individual videos or channels. More »
Google And Facebook Get Ridiculously High Brand Exposure
27th August 2010
Recently released reports by various online analytic sites have shown that both Google and Facebook get extremely high rates of exposure in the U.K. More »
Model Suing Google To Unmask Cyber-Bully
23rd August 2010
Former model, Carla Franklin, has been called some very unsavoury names in comments posted on a Columbia Business School website and in comments on videos posted by anonymous users on YouTube. She has decided not to take things lying down, and is suing the parent company Google in order to unmask the bully. More »
Size Of Social Media In U.K.
11th August 2010
An Ireland based social media and online PR company, Simply Zesty, has released some interesting details about the use of the social media in the U.K. More »
Social Media Sites Not Regarded Highly
26th July 2010
Foresee Results and the American Customer Satisfaction Index, have recently conducted a study to find out how customers in the U.S. feel about various social media sites. More »
YouTube Creates A ‘StumbleUpon’ For Videos
16th July 2010
Selecting and watching a video on the internet can be quite a taxing task, according to the folks at YouTube, because users have to browse and click with the mouse several times to get the video they want in the definition and screen they like. More »
YouTube Mobile Improves Functionality
15th July 2010
The mobile Internet has been growing at an exponential rate and YouTube mobile is no exception. The YouTube mobile site, which was launched on mobile devices as recently as 2007, has grown quickly and in 2009 it grew almost 160% over the previous year. More »
YouTube Launches Extremely Basic Video Editor
21st June 2010
Editing video can be quite a difficult task for novices, as it requires installing special software, and following often complicated instructions. YouTube has addressed this problem for its users by developing an online video editor that makes basic video editing easier. More »
Google Censored In Turkey, Again
11th June 2010
A number of Google services have once again been banned in Turkey. The Telecommunications Presidency has decided to ban access to various Google services such as Google Docs, Google Analytics and YouTube for an indefinite period of time, starting from June 4. More »
Facebook And StumbleUpon Drive Most Social Traffic
28th April 2010
According to statistics released by analytics firm, StatCounter, Facebook has retained its place as the largest source of traffic from social media to global websites in March 2010. More »
U.K. Elections To Be Fought Online
7th April 2010
Following the success of Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S. elections, all the major political parties in the U.K. are set to follow his example and take the fight for votes online in the run up to the upcoming general elections of May 2010. More »
YouTube Revenue Estimated $1 Billion
8th March 2010
Google’s studied secrecy about the revenue generated by their video site, YouTube, only fuels further curiosity and speculation on the subject. The latest to offer an opinion and some estimated figures on the topic is Mark Mahaney of the Citigroup. More »
Are Google Employees Responsible For YouTube Content?
25th February 2010
Three executives of Google have been convicted by a court in Milan, Italy over the screening of a video in 2006. The video in question was of an autistic teenager being bullied. More »
Social Networks More Popular Than Search In Australia
28th January 2010
Data released by Hitwise has shown that over the last few weeks, social networking sites have become more popular than search engines in Australia. More »
(Funny) Automatic Captions On YouTube
24th November 2009
YouTube has just introduced the ability to provide automatic captions on all user videos. More »
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