One of the gunmen who opened fire at a New Zealand mosque killing at least 40 people and injuring 20, livestreamed the heinous attack on Facebook in which he can be heard asking people to subscribe to YouTube channel Pewdiepie. Reportedly several disturbing videos have surfaced on various social media platforms.[Read More…]
Tag: YouTube
YouTube launches new music streaming app in India
To get access to ad-free YouTube Music Premium, you have to pay Rs 99/month.
How to clear YouTube history on phone and desktop; check steps
Check out the steps of clearing history on Youtube
YouTuber Lilly Singh reveals she is bisexual
Ottawa: YouTube sensation Lilly Singh, who goes by the stage name Superwoman, has revealed on social media that she is bisexual and called it her “superpower”. The Indian-origin Canadian artiste, who is also a comedian, author and an Unicef Goodwill Ambassador, took to Twitter on Sunday and wrote: “Female, coloured,[Read More…]
T-Series pulls down Pakistani Singers’ songs from its YouTube channel
Following the recent terrorist attack in Pulwama of Jammu Kashmir on Thursday in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed, Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series has pulled down all the songs from their YouTube channel that were sung by Pakistani singers after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), on Saturday, asked all the music companies to stop[Read More…]
YouTube expands test ‘Explore’ feature to more devices
San Francisco, Google-owned video sharing platform YouTube has expanded its test “Explore” feature to iPhones, iPads, Android phones, tablets and web that is intended to help users find relevant content recommendations based on their search history for viewing. YouTube confirmed that the test feature now comes with ‘On the Rise’[Read More…]
From Dangal’s Sanya to Melvin Lois, watch top five Lamberghini dance choreography
Punjabi song ‘Lamberghini’ sung by The Doorbeen Feat Ragini is unstoppable among Punjabi music fans. The song produced by Domnic Pereira and directed by Ankush Kathuria, was one of the chart-topping numbers of 2018. The song is not very different from other Punjabi numbers of its kind. It is essentially about how a[Read More…]
Maulvi bad-mouths YouTuber Danish Zehen’s demise, opposes fans sharing his photo
The Maulvi identified as Muhammed Sadiq Razvi has spoken out against the dead YouTube sensation Danish Zehen who passed away last month in a car accident. In a viral video of 3 minute 53 second, Sadiq Razvi allegedly expressed his disappointment over the fact that when an ‘able’ person dies, ‘Muslim[Read More…]
Watching peppy videos online could make you happier
London: Watching high-spirited videos on YouTube after a long day at work could pep you up a bit as researchers have found that people mirror the emotions of those they see online. When a YouTuber posts a video with a generally positive tone, the audience reacts with heightened positive emotions[Read More…]
Where has the trailer of ‘Accidental Prime Minister’ disappeared from YouTube?
Anupam Kher’s much much awaited film, The Accidental Prime Minister has made a return to the limelight, but for an unfavorable reason, yet again. Amid the row of controversies over the film, the leading actor Anupam Kher questioned the video streaming platform YouTube about why is the trailer not visible[Read More…]
YouTube tweets Christmas video without credits, accepts mistake after creator shares disappointment
Ho Ho Ho! What did you do YouTube? On 25th December the world goes crazy and why it shouldn’t it’s Christmas. Many companies share creative videos, posts over social media wishing everyone happy holidays. But when the biggest video sharing platform YouTube attempted the same something went wrong. Lily Hevesh,[Read More…]
YouTube sensation Danish Zehen dies in car accident; Vikas, Divya and fans extend condolence
A 21-year-old YouTube sensation Danish Zehen, polular for his TikTok videos, met with an unfortunate car accident leading to his death earlier in the day. As per sources, MTV Ace of Space contestant Danish Zehen was returning after attending a wedding when his car met with an accident near Vashi, Mumbai. A[Read More…]
Google denies it altered YouTube code to slow down Microsoft Edge
San Francisco, Google has denied it altered YouTube code to break Microsoft Edge, thus slowing down its performance while users streamed YouTube videos — a claim made by a former Microsoft intern. Microsoft Edge is a graphical web browser included in Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile and Xbox One devices,[Read More…]
10 Indian media outlets among 87 selected for YouTube funding
New Delhi: Ten media outlets from India have been selected for receiving YouTube innovation funding as part of the Google News Initiative (GNI) to help newsrooms and publishers strengthen their online video capabilities and experiment with new formats for video journalism. These 10 news organisations – Asianet News Media and[Read More…]
50,000 printers hacked worldwide to tell people to subscribe Pewdiepie YouTube page
The ongoing saga of YouTuber PewDiePie and the Indian music channel T-Series has taken yet another weird turn. A Twitter user using the pseudonym of TheHackerGiraffe hacked 50,000 printers to print out flyers telling people to subscribe to PewDiePie’s YouTube channel. The hacker claims that the primary motive behind this hijacking spree is to spread[Read More…]
‘Superwoman’ Lilly Singh announces break from YouTube, know why
‘Superwoman’ star Lilly Singh said she’s taking a break from the platform to focus on her mental health. The Toronto native, known by her nickname ‘Superwoman’ said with eight years under her belt as a YouTube creator she’s found it difficult to keep producing quality videos twice a week and[Read More…]
T-Series to replace PewDiePie as the most subscribed YouTube channel in the World
According to analysis from Tubular, with T-Series crossing 67 million subscribers on YouTube on Wednesday, 24 October, PewDiePie is set to lose the title for the world’s most popular YouTube channel since 2013. “It’s incredible to see how media companies like T-Series are flourishing in this space,” said a spokesperson for[Read More…]
Indians prefer free digital content over paid services: Study
Indians prefer to stream free content offered by the likes of YouTube over paid services like Netlfix and Amazon, according to a study. Boston-based Jana, which claims to be the largest provider of free internet in emerging markets through its mCent browser, conducted the study titled ‘Video Streaming Services Report’[Read More…]
YouTube Down! Website shows ‘503 Network Error’
Google’s video streaming platform YouTube went down on Wednesday morning, with thousands of users across the world unable to upload, download or watch online videos. ‘500 Internal Server Error’ messages and ‘503 Network Error’ messages were popping up on the screen. However, within an hour, the company restored the service and[Read More…]
CarDekho Acquires PowerDrift, number one Indian Automotive channel on Youtube
Jaipur Headquartered Girnar Software Pvt Ltd, which owns and operates India’s largest auto portals CarDekho.com, Gaadi.com, ZigWheels.com and BikeDekho.com has announced the acquisition of PowerDrift Studios Private Limited, popularly known as PowerDrift. PowerDrift is India’s largest YouTube channel for automotive content and is on the verge of being the only[Read More…]
Google to increase political ad transparency and security
Google took a new move Wednesday to increase transparency on political ads on its platform by releasing an online library of US political ads and a report on details of ad-expenditure ahead of the mid-term US elections in November this year. Google said the addition of the political advertising report[Read More…]
YouTube to replace Facebook as No. 2 website in US
San Francisco: Owing to severe decline in monthly page visits, from 8.5 billion to 4.7 billion in the last two years, Facebook is set to cede its long-held second position among the top websites in the US to YouTube, according to a new study. Although Facebook’s app traffic has grown,[Read More…]
In conversation with YouTube sensation, Mithila Palkar
Actress Mithila Palkar says she wants to challenge herself by trying different things and experimenting with her craft. Asked how she would like to challenge herself, Mithila told, “By trying to do as many things as I can. I don’t like to stick to one thing. I like to keep[Read More…]
YouTube to hire 10,000 people to root out bad content
YouTube will hire 10,000 people to monitor and control violent extremism on the popular video streaming platform, along with curbing content that endangers children. In an interview to The Daily Telegraph, Susan Wojcicki, Chief Executive of the Google-owned video-sharing site, said on Monday that “bad actors are exploiting” YouTube to[Read More…]
No “WhatsApp” on Reliance Jio Phone
The zero-rupee Jio phone which was recently launched offering lifelong free voice calls bundled with 4G data streaming will not have popular chatting application Whatsapp on it. The company is preparing to launch it in the second half of August. However, there is sad news as the Jio phone will[Read More…]