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YouTuber Jake Paul ires neighbours, uses two-year-old memes

YouTuber Jake Paul has fallen under the scrutiny of his local community, who say he has made their street in West Hollywood a living…

WhatsApp may soon let you watch YouTube videos in its app

You might soon be able to view YouTube videos within WhatsApp. According to WhatsApp feature watcher WaBetaInfo, the new feature is currently being tested…

See You Again Gangnam Style: YouTube’s most watched video now belongs to Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” is no longer YouTube’s most watched video after Charlie Puth and Wiz Khalifa’s “See You Again” on Tuesday took the honour….

Aiden the Zoologist is the best 8-year-old on YouTube

Do you know that ants with big heads are soldiers and that smaller ants are voyagers? Eight-year-old Aiden the Zoologist does, and he’s ready…

8 YouTube channels that’ll make you a much smarter human

Not every YouTube channel will rot your mind away with videos of wipe-outs and dancing cats. There is actually a part of YouTube that…

Young man killed by pregnant girlfriend in failed YouTube stunt

Pedro Ruiz, 22, was shot and killed by his girlfriend Monalisa Perez, 19, during a YouTube stunt gone wrong. The duo, who had a…

Here’s what to read instead of YouTube’s #ProudToBe comment section

Every year YouTube produces a video as part of its #ProudToBe campaign that celebrates the LGBT+ community, and every year hateful homophobes and racists flood the…

Whoops! YouTube discovers hidden porn in Irish language videos

In the last few years, YouTube has taken a serious stand against pornography. As its community guidelines clearly state: YouTube is not for pornography…

Give your audience choice, don’t use non-skippable YouTube ads

Imagine walking in a mall, browsing through the shops and suddenly an invisible barrier appears in front of you, forcing you to now spend…

10 ads that rocked YouTube in 2014

Back in the day, if you wanted to see that ad everyone was talking about, you had to spend a decent amount of time…

These are South Africa’s 10 most watched YouTube videos for 2014

As we head toward the end of the year, it’s inevitable that tech companies start releasing their years in review. We’ve already shown you…

YouTube’s 2014 Rewind puts a fresh spin on the year’s best video moments

What’s your favourite YouTube memory from 2014? Does flashing back to all those ALS Ice Bucket Challenge videos leave you feeling nostalgic? What about…

Google plans to revamp its products for kids

Beginning next year, though the exact time has not been specified, Google plans to create specific versions of its most popular products for Googlers…

Yup, Gangnam Style’s been viewed so many times it broke YouTube

Everyone and their grandmother knows that “Gangnam Style” is the most viewed video in YouTube history. What no one’s really known, until now, is…

YouTube finally introduces its ad-free subscription service for music

Used by over a billion people each month, YouTube has finally introduced Music Key — an ad-free music subscription service for your computer, tablet…

50% of YouTube’s traffic is now from mobile

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has revealed that 50% of views on YouTube now come from mobile phones and tablets. This is impressive growth considering…

YouTube can kill your brand: here’s how

While digital advertising offers brands a unique platform for reaching potential customers, there are instances when using digital advertising insensitively or in a way…

YouTube is opening a school and it has an easy curriculum: listen, laugh and give

YouTube is opening a school and wants you to listen, laugh and give. The School of YouTube will open from 8 to 12 September….

YouTube debuts Fan Funding so we can tip our favourite video channels

There are people making a living via their YouTube channels. Well, a lot more than a living actually. Twenty-four-year-old Felix Kjellberg, for instance, is…

7 awesomely geeky YouTube channels you can learn something from

You’ll often hear people bemoaning the fact that great inventors like Vint Cerf and Sir Tim Berners Lee have given us amazing tools in…

Is your favourite cat video buffering? YouTube’s shifting blame to your ISP

You know the feeling: you curl up to watch a nice video on YouTube, and you’re met with that annoying swirling circle. Chances are,…

YouTube gives its creators a whole bunch of extra video swag

If you spend a lot of time posting video content to YouTube, the latest changes made by the video-sharing service might just bring a…

Suck at YouTube? Here are 4 steps to remedying that

This is an intervention. There are too many brands on YouTube posting bland marketing content in the hope of getting a ‘viral hit’. It’s…

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