If you were hanging around the internet yesterday afternoon, you probably noticed some hubbub around Google’s new, unified Terms of Service Agreement. Let’s step back from the emotion (and one writer’s opinion), and take a cool-headed, analytical look at what the new policies might actually mean for you: More »
In a radical privacy policy shift, Google announced today that it will begin tracking users across all services — email, search, YouTube and more — sharing information with no option to opt out. More »
The go-to service for music videos on YouTube could be heading to Facebook of all places. Because we all know how well it works out when social networks become a place for musicians to hang out (*cough* MySpace). More »
The official site of cat videos, YouTube will be introducing thumbnail navigation to its videos. Soon you’ll get to skip right to the guy getting hit square in the crotch with a mallet. More »
YouTube users may now upload the equivalent of 240,000 full-length films every week, but the site once hosted less than a hundred clips. And the very first, precedent-setting video was…about elephants? More »
Just kidding, of course you will, because it’s Rebecca Black, and Rebecca Black is 2011′s most important entity across culture, politics, and the whole of the space-time continuum. But what else mattered in our cosmos, YouTube-wise? Let’s explore! More »
I know it’s a bit of a cliche, but if the kids who came up with the idea of cheating in exams by photoshopping answers onto a Coke label put the same amount of thought into study, they probably wouldn’t need to cheat. More »
If your New Years plans were supposed to include a road trip to Peats Ridge to enjoy the three day festival of music, art and sustainability stuff, you might want to reconsider the drive. The organisers have announced that the festival will be the first Aussie festival to be streamed entirely on YouTube. More »
Even though the Microsoft Metro UI update for Xbox 360 landed last week, it was always going to be a slightly longer wait for the ABC iView and SBS On Demand video streaming services. Well, part of that wait is over, with the SBS On Demand component now available. More »
Google announced on Friday that it has purchased the music licensing company RightsFlow for its detailed information about who should get paid when any of over 30 million songs get played. More »
