Eight years ago, a little phenomenon called YouTube was born. The video streaming site was purchased by Google and ever since it has never looked back. In the last eight years the world has changed wildly. We live in a world where mobile phones are probably more powerful than the PCs that were prevalent when YouTube was founded. We live in a world where a K-Pop star has broken all sorts of records and has become a global music sensation. (more…)Google+

Only a couple of days ago Microsoft had announced an official YouTube app for Windows Phone, it seems like this app is going to be short lived. TheVerge is reporting that Google has asked Microsoft to take down the app and halt all installs immediately, because of the lack of ads. Google terms this as a violation of API use. (more…)Google+

As expected, YouTube has launched a pilot program for some of its partners to offer paid channels on its online video channel platform. The subscription fee for these channels starts from approximately Rs 54 ($0.99) per month. (more…)Google+

In addition to the updated Foursquare app unveiled earlier today, Microsoft announced a new version of the official YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 devices. According to the Redmond-based company, YouTube version 3.0 has been completely revamped to take advantage of Windows Phone 8 features. (more…)Google+

Back in January we had told you about YouTube’s plans to introduce paid subscriptions for its individual channels around the second quarter of this year. Almost on cue, the video platform is now believed to be finally launching the paid subscription model as early as this week, Financial Times reports. (more…)Google+

Korean pop star PSY rose to fame owing mainly to his YouTube hit Gangnam Style. Now he is back with a new single called Gentleman, and the folks at TheNextWeb claim to have confirmed from Google that the song has broken a new YouTube record. (more…)Google+

Those on iOS platform who missed the live streaming of videos and events from YouTube can now enjoy watching live events on the YouTube application for iOS. Google has updated its YouTube app for iOS, which now offers some new features including access to live streaming, access to new uploads in My Subscriptions feed and more. The update is available for download from the iTunes App store. (more…)Google+

It has been 57 years of the introduction of commercial videotape recorder Ampex VRX-1000 and YouTube is celebrating this anniversary of VHS by offering an analog view of select digital videos on its sites. These videos bring the VHS viewing experience back for those who can recall the video cassette days, before digital became common. (more…)Google+

There are quite a few gamers out there who like to show the world just how good they are by uploading videos on YouTube of them playing a game. YouTube seems to be making their lives easier and according to a report on TheVerge, YouTube has announced that it’s making its live-streaming tools available for game developers at the ongoing Game Developers Conference at San Francisco. (more…)Google+

Google Play Movies is not the only thing that Google has made live in India, but it has also enabled YouTube Rentals, which essentially offers more or less the same content, but for devices that run YouTube via the browser and there is no dependence on Android hardware. This also means this is in many ways a much bigger deal as massive number of people have easy access to legal content via devices that have YouTube clients or have web browsers. This solution is completely device agnostic. (more…)Google+...

Anyone who uses the Internet will agree that YouTube is the one place you will always go to if you want to watch a video. So when YouTube announced today it had hit a billion unique users in a month, it didn’t come as a surprise. (more…)Google+

After launching the YouTube Capture app for the iPhone and the iPod touch back in December, Google has released the dedicated video recording app on the iPad. YouTube Capture is essentially a video capturing app that allows the user to capture and edit videos on the fly and share them on social media sites after they have been uploaded to YouTube. (more…)Google+