Tag: YouTube
YouTube Hit 34.6B monthly visits – more than Facebook and Twitter combined
The world's largest social media platforms continue their impressive growth in 2021, with no signs of stopping in the years to come. Although Facebook still dominates the social media space with over 2.1 billion million active users, YouTube hit far more monthly visits than the world's leading social media app. According to data presented by StockApps.com,…
5 of the Best Ways to Spend Time Online
According to a recent report, the average human being now spends more than a quarter of their life online. That equates to more than six hours of internet time every single day! If that sounds familiar, but you’d like to move away from incessant scrolling through your social media networks to more productive online pursuits,…
Facebook, YouTube and Instagram to hit 6.5bn users by 2023
The last year has seen a surge in the number of social media users, with billions of people spending more time than ever on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube amid the lockdowns. However, the world's largest social media platforms continued their growth in 2021 with no signs of stopping in the years to come. According to…
UK adults spent more time online during lockdown than those of other nations
UK adults spent more time online on computers, smartphones or tablets in 2020 than those in other European countries, according to Ofcom’s annual study into the nation’s online habits. Its Online Nation 2021 report looked at an unprecedented year, when communication, entertainment, culture, retail, work and education moved more online. UK adults spent more than…
VOXI adds TikTok to its Endless Video Plans
VOXI by Vodafone - billed as the mobile network for young people - has today added popular video-sharing and entertainment platform TikTok to its Endless Video plans. The new offering means new and existing customers can now get their hands on unlimited data to stream TikTok, YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, My5, TVPlayer and UKTV…
Tech Digest daily round up: YouTube pays for Covid-19 vaccination ad campaign
YouTube has launched a multi-million-pound advertising campaign to encourage young people in the UK to get vaccinated against Covid-19. It said the partnership with the NHS would involve ads on buses, billboards, bus stops and YouTube, with the video-sharing site paying for them. YouTube has been criticised for being slow to stop the spread of…
One in three video-sharing users find hate speech
A third of people who use online video-sharing platforms (VSPs) have come across hate speech in the past three months, according to new Ofcom research. The communications regulator found that 32% of VSP users had witnessed or experienced hateful content, of which most (59%) was directed at a racial group. Hateful content was also seen…
Tech Digest daily round up: Kings of Leon to release album as cryptocurrency
Kings of Leon (pictured above) are set to become the first-ever band to release an album as a cryptocurrency. The Tennessee rock group are to debut When You See Yourself in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT), a type of digital asset. The band is due to release three separate tokens that hold assets…
Best YouTube Video Downloader You Are Not Using
With an increase in internet users, social media platforms, entertainment sites, and live video streams have equally increased. One of the most visited sites is YouTube which is globally recognized due to its massive storage of videos. A stable internet connection is required to watch videos on YouTube. With the youtube video downloader free download,…
Ofcom to help protect children as Online Harms bill introduced
UK watchdog Ofcom is set to gain the power to block access to online services that fail to protect children and other users with the introduction of the Online Harms Bill. The regulator will also be able to fine Facebook and other tech giants billions of pounds, and require them to publish an audit of…