Tag: YouTube
Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody hits 1 Billion YouTube views
Queen’s music video for Bohemian Rhapsody has notched up a YouTube milestone. It has become the first pre-1990s video to reach one billion views on the platform. 1 billion views of Bohemian Rhapsody! That our music is still creating such a large impact to this day is simply incredible, and we thank you. To celebrate,…
YouTube won’t ban drill music videos, says UK boss
YouTube won't remove drill music videos from the platform because they “provide a place for those too often without a voice”, the UK head of the site has said. Ben McOwen Wilson said the Google-owned platform supports openness and a range of opinions being allowed online but that it must work with government and regulators…
YouTube returns to Amazon Fire TV devices following dispute
The YouTube app has returned to Amazon’s Fire TV streaming devices following the end of a dispute between the technology firms. Starting today, it has been confirmed that the YouTube app will be once again available on Amazon’s streaming devices, with Amazon’s own Prime Video app now also being made accessible on YouTube owner Google’s…
YouTube gives more control over content recommendations
YouTube has announced changes to how it recommends content to its users in a bid to give people more control on the video sharing platform. The Google-owned service is also offering viewers greater insight into why some videos are suggested to them, as well as adding an option to remove a channel suggestion, amid concerns…
YouTube to look at harassment policy again after dispute
YouTube has said it will take a harder look at its harassment policy following a dispute between two video makers over slurs that one made about another’s sexual orientation and ethnicity. American writer and video host Carlos Maza accused YouTuber Steven Crowder of homophobic attacks and inciting harassment, after posting videos mocking his accent, hand…
YouTube will not remove ‘clearly hurtful’ videos by ‘homophobic’ film-maker
YouTube has decided not to take action against a prominent video-maker accused of being homophobic, despite admitting that the content was “clearly hurtful”. Steven Crowder, who has almost four million subscribers on the Google-owned video-sharing platform, claims to host the “number one conservative late night comedy show”. In some of his films, he has been…
YouTube to return to Amazon Fire TV devices
YouTube is set to return to Amazon’s Fire TV streaming devices in an apparent end to a near two-year spat between the pair of tech giants. The video sharing site’s owner Google and online retail behemoth Amazon first clashed in September 2017, after Google claimed that the way Amazon used the YouTube app on its…
SodaStream develops SodaStreamME to carbonate your own drink with burps!
SodaStream is working with United States Astronaut Scott Kelly, who has spent the longest time ever in space, to develop a new product to help people stop burping and enjoy drinking sparkling water at the same time! Users can self-sparkle their water directly by utilizing the build up of gas in the human body by…
YouTuber PewDiePie ‘sickened’ by mention in New Zealand shootings video
YouTuber PewDiePie has said he is “sickened” that the alleged shooter in the New Zealand mosque attacks said his name during a live-streaming of the shootings. In the video which suspect Brenton Tarrant shared live on Facebook, a voice is heard saying: “Remember lads… subscribe to PewDiePie.” The attack on two mosques in Christchurch has…
Instagram has replaced YouTube as top influencer platform, according to survey
YouTube influencers at the National Portrait Gallery in 2016 YouTube’s reign as the principal platform for influencer content is over with Instagram taking top spot. At least according to new research released today by Rakuten Marketing. Instagram has dethroned the video streaming site as the most popular platform for influencer content, it claims,…