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MGM Movies come to YouTube and Android offering over 600 titles

, Apr 16th 2012 Discuss [0]

Google has been looking to expand the movie and content options of both Android and YouTube for some time now. They've slowly been adding more and more options for their users but today just inked a deal with a big one. Metro Goldwyn Mayer, better known as MGM has now partnered with Google and will be bringing over 600 titles to YouTube and the Google Play Store. Read The Full Story

Google may replace .com in the near future

, Apr 12th 2012 Discuss [11]

Though of course .com and other Top Level Domains will continue to exist for a very long time, Google has noted today that they've applied for several TLDs ahead of ICANN's April 20 deadline for purchasing such rights. Google's domain name choices will likely be revealed once they've got them locked down with ICANN, until then we can only guess at such obvious hits as .GOOGLE, .YOUTUBE, and .GPLUS. Would you like your Google+ domain to be ChrisBurns.GPLUS? Read The Full Story

Pinterest social platform now supports Vimeo video

, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Millions of people have been "pinning" things like crazy on Pinterest, the social media platform that has managed to go from zero to hero - or, more precisely, from obscurity to the third most popular social website - in just a matter of months. Now, there's a whole new slate of stuff that people can post to the massive virtual bulletin board: videos from Vimeo.com, one of the best known YouTube rivals. Read The Full Story

Google YouTube live videos get monetized

, Apr 10th 2012 Discuss [1]

YouTube now offers a way for people to require payments before viewers can access a live video stream. But that doesn't mean Joe Schmo stands to start profiting by posting live video blogs. The streaming site is joining up with professional content partners that plan on treating the new service as another channel for pay-per-view events. Imagine one day being able to pay for a live Wrestlemania game... without needing a cable or satellite box. That kind of stuff. Read The Full Story

D-Link MovieNite 1080p streamer available now for $59.99

, Apr 10th 2012 Discuss [2]

Does the world need yet another 1080p media streamer? D-Link seem to think so, today announcing the MovieNite DSM-310. As you would expect, it streams video and audio from various internet services, and it's relatively cheap to boot. Read The Full Story

Google YouTube converts HD video to 3D

, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Someone over at YouTube managed to convince his boss that the world would be much better if we had to search for our handy pair of 3D glasses before watching the latest viral videos. So the company has been working on a conversion process that could take the highest-quality videos already posted on YouTube and make them available automatically in 3D, with uploaders not needing to do a single thing. Read The Full Story

Google’s Page touts ’800 million monthly users’ on YouTube

, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [2]

Today Google's CEO has delivered what the company essentially keeps yearly as its State of the Union Address: the 2012 Update from the CEO, complete with YouTube information as well as the rest of the many Google tentacles. Noting that when Google acquired YouTube back in 2006, not long after the video site began to first gain steam, they faced a lot of skepticism for doing so. Now that "YouTube has over 800 million monthly users uploading over an hour of video per second", Google sees no such talk. Read The Full Story

Viacom revives landmark lawsuit against YouTube

, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [3]

Viacom has won an appeal to revive the landmark $1 billion copyright lawsuit filed against Google over copyrighted videos being uploaded to YouTube without permission. The case was ruled in Google's favor back in June 2010, setting a guideline governing user uploaded content. But now the tides may be about to change. Read The Full Story

Paramount movies destined for YouTube and Google Play

, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

YouTube has slowly but surely been buildings it collection of movies available to purchase or rent. Google is looking to expand the range to both YouTube and the Play Store, today announcing a new partnership with Paramount that will see the studio's movies hitting both services. All in all, you can expect to find almost 500 titles from the studio, with prices depending on factors such as title age and SD/HD options. Read The Full Story

YouTube launches new one click fix for videos

, Mar 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

I record a lot of video and upload it to my YouTube account. Generally, my videos are recorded on a racetrack from inside my car, which means depending on the lighting conditions outside; the videos can turn out dark or have other issues that keep them from looking the best. If you have similar issues with your own videos, YouTube has launched a new one-click fix that may help us all get better quality when we upload. Read The Full Story

YouTube to power live streaming Olympics coverage for NBC

, Mar 7th 2012 Discuss [1]

More than 3,000 hours of live streaming footage from the Olympics will be broadcast online, making it the most live content, by far, ever to be broadcast from the global competition. In case you were wondering, yes, that equates to every single event during the entire Olympic period will be available to Web surfers in the US. This is the first time that has happened. Read The Full Story

Disney Channel content hits YouTube

, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

YouTube and Disney originally signed a deal back in November that would see the two working together, with Disney creating original short videos for the streaming website. That hasn’t come to pass yet, but part of the agreement looks to have included Disney offering up some of its existing content to watch for free. Read The Full Story
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