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YouTube vs. Words With Friends

It’s day 6 of Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time and things are heating up. Thus far in the competition, we’ve had some huge apps taking on smaller or even defunct players and the tech giants swept every round. But yesterday, Vine came from behind and crushed Snapchat with 67 percent of the vote. Can Words With Friends pull off a similar upset against YouTube in this round? If you’re just tuning in, you can read all about our selection criteria for this historic contest right…

YouTube services resume after outage

YouTube, a popular video streaming site, resumed its services after a short outage on 5 March. Earlier, numerous users reported encountering errors while attempting to load the YouTube homepage.  Milestone Alert! Livemint tops charts as the fastest growing news website in the world 🌏 Click here to know more. Unlock a world of Benefits! From insightful newsletters to real-time stock tracking, breaking news and a…

YouTubers want to neg you into taking their lifestyle advice

A video titled “congrats, you’ve ruined your face” from creator Stephanie Lange has been viewed on YouTube more than 1.1 million times. Meanwhile, influencers like TheWizardLiz and simonesquared have built their brands by taking digs at viewers, teaching them “How to stop being lazy and pathetic” and bluntly declaring “You are a clown.” All across the social media platform, lifestyle creators have adopted a new strategy to attract viewers: title negging.The frames of these videos are simple yet effective, targeting…

YouTube Music ‘Now Playing’ Android design hits the web

The web player for YouTube Music is getting a redesign to make it look exactly as it does on Android. This is the sort of design parity that’s come to be expected of Google. Even if not right away, at some point Google usually brings things together so the designs match as much as they can. For YouTube Music, the redesign should be rolling out to the web player to match the looks of what you see on Android. The most notable change users will see is the larger play button that sits smack dab in the middle of the user…

Unionized YouTube Workers Laid Off During Live City Council Stream

For the past year, contractors associated with Google’s YouTube Music Content Operations Team have been attempting to collectively bargain with the tech giant. Those workers won the right to unionize last April in a historic victory and, since that time, have been trying to get Google to come to the bargaining table. On Friday, amidst yet another effort to spur negotiations, Google simply laid off many of the workers associated with those efforts.No Google AI Search, I Don’t Need to Learn About the “Benefits of Slavery”…

YouTube picture-in-picture coming to free users in more countries

In the United States, Google has been offering picture-in-picture (PIP) on YouTube for free since 2022. However, in other regions, the company still offers this feature as a part of the Premium subscription. Well, that seems to be finally changing. According to Android Police and reports on Reddit, Google has been offering picture-in-picture on YouTube to some of the free users in Europe for the last couple of weeks. Reportedly, the latest change is available on Android as well as iOS devices. Google hasn’t made an…

YouTube expands PiP feature availability beyond Premium subscribers

Image Source : REUTERS Representational Image In 2021, YouTube rolled out its Picture-in-Picture (PiP) feature, allowing users to watch videos while using other apps on their devices. Initially, this feature was exclusive to Premium subscribers outside the US. Recent reports suggest that non-premium users in Europe are now getting access to YouTube's PiP feature.…

S. Ramaswamy, Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella, here are top 10 Indian-origin CEOs heading global companies

Over the years, multinational companies have been appointing top talented execs from India in the highest roles and positions. In sectors, from tech to healthcare, we have seen Indian-origin leaders handling crucial operations in global companies. Today, American cloud computing company Snowflake has appointed Sridhar Ramaswamy as the new CEO. Check out the list of the top 10 Indian-origin CEOs of global companies that aspiring entrepreneurs can emulate. Top 10 Indian-origin CEOsSridhar Ramaswamy: S. Ramaswamy has been…

YouTube expands free editing app to 13 new markets

YouTube Create, a mobile app designed to make editing videos easier, is expanding to 13 more markets in beta. Content creators can now download the app for free in the PlayStore on Android in the following additional countries: Argentina Australia. Brazil. Canada. Finland. Hong Kong. Ireland. Netherlands. New Zealand. Spain. Taiwan. Thailand. Turkey. What is YouTube Create? YouTube Create is a free mobile app that allows you to edit Shorts or longer videos for YouTube. You…