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YouTube demonetised Casey Neistat’s fundraising video for Las Vegas shooting victims

YouTube creators have been complaining for months that the platform’s monetisation policies and practices are dysfunctional — but now it’s targeting those raising money for victims of…

YouTube has made it harder for creators to use Patreon

YouTube has made it more difficult to use crowdsourced-funding platforms like Patreon with a recent out-of-the-blue update. The update forces creators to become part…

Your pocket guide to the 2017 Streamy Award winners

The 2017 Streamy Awards last night honoured YouTube’s best and brightest — but if you’re feeling out of the loop, here’s a quick guide…

MiniMeme Podcast #8: Should we take the likes of Jake Paul and PewDiePie more seriously?

Traditional media (and the general population) have a tendency to dismiss YouTubers as silly and not worth taking seriously — but they are entertainers…

PewDiePie flamed on Twitter for using n-word in livestream

Don’t look now, but the Swedish YouTube star known as PewDiePie has done something stupid on camera yet again. 27-year-old Felix Kjellberg was this…

YouTube Live debuts ‘ultra-low’ latency and inline chat moderation

YouTube has announced a few updates to Live that make it “faster, easier and more accessible”. The biggest change comes in the form of…

YouTube’s new logo and layout annoys creators

YouTube has officially launched its new layout for both mobile and desktop, but creators are less than enthused with the surface-level fixes. The most…

How businesses can effectively utilise YouTube

Many businesses have made YouTube a part of their overall marketing strategy and for a very obvious reason: with over a billion users, it…

Here are the 10 top trending YouTube videos of 2015

Ahead of the launch of its annual Rewind video, YouTube has announced its top trending videos for 2015. Based on views, shares, comments, likes…

YouTube stars pip traditional celebs, prove more influential even among adults

In a day and age in which pop culture is defined by shock, awe, and parsed statements that leave plenty to the imagination, what…

YouTube finally launches offline video feature in South Africa

The world’s largest online video platform boasts over a billion users watching hundreds of millions of hours everyday. Countries with limited data connectivity however…

Adele’s new single hits 1m plays…an hour

Adele’s latest single “Hello” is blowing up. But you probably knew that. It’s everywhere right now, but is showing especially big growth on YouTube….

YouTube launches YouTube Red, an ad free subscription video streaming service

This has been a long time coming. YouTube has unveiled its ad free subscription video streaming service, YouTube Red. The service offers YouTube users…

Billion-view YouTube videos are happening faster than ever

When Psy’s mega-hit “Gangnam Style” hit a billion views on YouTube back in 2012, it was a massive deal. It was, after all, the…

Google is opening a YouTube Space studio in Mumbai

Google has announced that its YouTube Space is coming to Mumbai, India soon, continuing its forceful entry in the country. Ask a video creator…

YouTube refreshes mobile app, makes it easier to find your favourite channels

YouTube has refreshed its mobile app, rolling out a series of features which it claims will make things easier for both users and creators….

Google takes on Twitch with YouTube Gaming

Despite the fact that gaming’s had dedicated TV channels in some Asian countries for years now, it took the advent of Twitch.tv for live-streams…

YouTube’s new ‘Music Insights’ tells artist in which city they are most popular

YouTube has introduced a new tool for artists. Called Music insights, its function is to give artists data about where their music is being…

YouTube turns ten, throws itself an epic birthday party [video]

Any other 10-year-old would have their parents organise a birthday party, invite friends, and hire a jumping castle. Not YouTube. On its tenth birthday…

YouTube’s VP9 codec has enabled users to watch 25bn hours of faster, better, buffer-free videos

YouTube has revealed that video buffering is no longer a thing. Thanks to the VP9 video codec, which is the default codec for YouTube’s…

Design Indaba 2015: Celebrating the continual incubation of ideas

“Whatever the hell this thing is, it’s amazing. I never even heard of it until this guy sent me this weird fake film […]…

YouTube Kids debuts next week to focus on family entertainment, elearning

With a new app in the pipeline, YouTube is gearing up to tap into the online family entertainment sector, which is reportedly showing four…

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