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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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REPORT: YouTube Lands Celebrities For Featured Channels
Since April, we've been hearing rumors that YouTube is set to launch a series of featured content channels. We reported earlier this month that the video-sharing service is paying more than $100 million for original professional content and now the names of several celebrities who are involved in the project appear to have emerged. Around 100 channels will be... Read more » SocialCam Sees Big Increase In Usage After Adding Filters, 350K Downloads In 2 Weeks
Adding filters to photos has become incredibly popular among smartphone owners. Take a look at Instagram for instance: the photo-sharing app snagged 10 million users less than a year after launching despite only being available on one platform -- iOS. Now, SocialCam has shown that video filters are taking off like wildfire after the company revealed that usage of... Read more » Disney Surprise Backfires On Parents In YouTube Video
If you are a parent, you might at one point have decided to surprise your kids by taking them on the trip of a lifetime to Disney World. We recently brought you an adorable reaction video of a little girl whose mom made her dream come true by revealing the family was headed to Disneyland. Often, parents hide the real destination of an upcoming surprise trip from... Read more » Man Quits Job With Some Help From His Friends In Cool YouTube Video
If you've ever thought about quitting a job you don't like while making a statement on your way out, you might like this YouTube video, in which a man named Joey quits his job in a dramatic way. In the video, he says he has been working at a hotel, the Providence Renaissance (which appears to be in Providence, R.I.), for 3 and a half years and that he had not been... Read more » YouTube Expands NextUp Program, Seeks Chefs And Trainers To Participate
YouTube has revealed it is expanding its NextUp program. The video-sharing service is launching 2 new YouTube Next Creator Programs to help content creators boost their careers: YouTube Next Chef and YouTube Next Trainer. Each of the programs will have 16 participants, who will have the chance to take part in a three-month class held using Google+ Hangouts. The... Read more » Google Lets You Link Google+ And YouTube Accounts, Rolls Out New Related Videos View On YouTube
Google has started to roll out the ability to connect your YouTube account with Google+ in order to discover videos that your friends are sharing on the social network on the YouTube home page. The feature was revealed in a Google+ post by Nirav Mehta, a product manager at Google. You can connect your YouTube account to Google+ from your settings page on the... Read more »
Next Media Animation Pays Tribute To Steve Jobs In New YouTube Video
The passing of Steve Jobs has caused a public outpouring of grief on an enormous scale. In the 12 hours after the news of his death became public knowledge, around 2.5 million tweets and 13,284 blog posts related to Jobs had been posted, while there were more than 30,000 mentions of Jobs in news articles. Tributes have poured in from all corners of the globe (this... Read more » SocialCam Updates iPhone App, Adds Video Filters
Video-sharing service SocialCam has rolled out version 3.0 of its iPhone app. The big news here is that SocialCam has added filters, which will help you give your videos some extra visual flourish. There are 8 filters which are available for you to choose from: vintage filters 1970s, Bohemian, Noir, Sepia and Rouge, along with experimental filters Electronica,... Read more » REPORT: YouTube Paying More Than $100M For Original Professional Content
YouTube is said to be finalizing deals with major media companies and well-known personalities, including skateboarder Tony Hawk, to provide dozens of channels with original content on the video-sharing service. YouTube is paying more than $100 million in cash advances to secure the deals for the content, according to The Wall Street Journal. YouTube will recoup... Read more » YouTube Offers Behind-the-scenes Look With New ‘Life at YouTube’ Channel
YouTube is launching a new channel that offers you the chance to take a sneak peek inside life at the video-sharing service. The aim of the Life at YouTube channel is to give you an insight into the people who make YouTube tick -- things like job opportunities, interesting people who work at and visit the YouTube offices and new projects will be also discussed on the... Read more » 
