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YouTube fuels deadly 'Knock Out' game

Matthew Quain still struggles to piece together what happened after a trip to the grocery store nearly turned deadly. He remembers a group of loitering young people, a dimly lit street then nothing. The 51-year-old became another victim o [...]

Posted On : Dec, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Summons to Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Youtube for hosting o...

NEW DELHI: In yet another blow to 21 social networking sites including Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Youtube, a Delhi court today issued summons to them for facing trial for allegedly webcasting objectionable contents. Metropo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube Lets It Snow with Special Holiday Snowflake Button

Have you ever seen a cat play the piano? Ah, but have you ever seen a cat play the piano covered with snow? Yes, YouTube is jumping on the holiday functionality bandwagon with its new snow button, which makes snowflakes fall from the top [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube: Hundreds of videos are removed everyday

Earlier this month, Google declined taking off 'controversial but legal' online content even as the Centre planned guidelines to regulate online content on websites like YouTube. In a candid chat with ET, YouTube's Asia-Pacifi [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube most-watched videos of 2011 revealed - view them her...

Ultimate Dog Tease was the most-watched YouTube community video in the UK in 2011. The “talking dog” clip, showing a dog apparently reacting to talk of food, had 74,140,161 hits by yesterday. In second place was the T-Mo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube, Facebook and Hafiz are fastest-rising queries in KS...

This was followed by Facebook and “Hafiz,” a national program for job seekers in the Kingdom. When searching for people, Saudis were most interested in a diverse range of personalities including Muammar Qaddafi, chef Manal Ala [...]

Posted On : Dec, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube 'rail fare dodger' claims assault and says he had a ...

Sam Main, of Falkirk, said that he bought two single tickets because it was cheaper, but was given the wrong return ticket by a ScotRail worker at Polmont station. The 19-year-old, who claims he was assaulted, was filmed being removed fro [...]

Posted On : Dec, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

A New YouTube, Herding the Funny Cats

If you’re looking for evidence that the world just keeps moving faster, try this: Time between the creation of Coca-Cola and hatred of New Coke: a century. Time between the creation of YouTube and hatred of the new YouTube: six year [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube Creates Separate Site for Schools

With many schools blocking access to YouTube as a way to protect students from content that is inappropriate — or worse — the online video site on Monday opened a new network that only allows access to content that can be used [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube buys licensing firm RightsFlow

"By combining RightsFlow's expertise and technology with YouTube's platform, we hope to more rapidly and efficiently license music on YouTube, meaning more music for you all to enjoy, and more money for the talented people pr [...]

Posted On : Dec, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube star to boost Thai tourism

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and Visa (Thailand) invited Matthew Harding, aka Dancing Matt, to lure foreign travellers under the "Go Thailand: All that is missing is you" campaign. Harding has become famous for t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube phenom Jon Lajoie diversifies

He'll reprise his classic songs, such as Show Me Your Genitals, Everyday Normal Guy and High as F--k. And when he plays Victoria tonight, comedian Jon Lajoie will also dispense valuable acting advice. "I'll give my actin [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

YouTube star Natalie Tran launches government's travel app

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has joined forces with YouTube sensation Natalie Tran to unveil a mobile application for the government's travel advisory website. The nerdy duo demonstrated how to use the Smartraveller web app, which is d [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Disney and YouTube strike reel deal

YouTube is to make Disney's library of films available on its new movie rental site for the first time as part of the Google-owned website's ongoing bid to present itself as the No 1 destination for video on demand in a rapidly de [...]