Category: Youtube

Google is testing shopping links under YouTube videos

[ad_1] It seems some test ads have popped up under Nike videos. Clicking on them would take you to the Google Express marketplace to complete the purchase. More and more retailers are joining Express, according to the report, while earlier this year Google started testing shoppable ads in image searches. The company is said to […]

Google manually reviewed a million suspected terrorist videos on YouTube

[ad_1] Google shared these numbers with a US House panel today. The company also said it has more than 10,000 people working on content review, and it spends hundreds of millions of dollars on those efforts annually. Google, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft have been asked to reveal their counter terrorism budgets, but putting a number […]

YouTube wants more YouTubers in its ‘Trending’ feed

[ad_1] The executive also promised to tackle more serious issues, although she didn’t go into many details. YouTube would “do more” to discourage “growing” harassment from fellow creators, Wojcicki said. The site was likewise looking into improvements to prevent abuse of manual copyright claims for short bursts of music, such as a radio that happens […]

Russia worked hard to recruit social media users to campaign for Trump

[ad_1] According to the report, the IRA had dozens of employees who were responsible for “operating accounts and personas” on all these social media sites. The IRA referred to these employees as “specialists,” and they were in charge of creating pages that pretended to be personal accounts of people in the US and, later, fake […]

YouTube’s fact checking linked the Notre Dame fire to 9/11

[ad_1] A YouTube spokesperson didn’t directly explain the cause to CNBC, but said that the company sometimes “make[s] the wrong call” with its algorithms. The incident underscores YouTube’s ongoing issues with automation. While the site needs algorithms to moderate the massive volumes of content uploaded every day, it’s not prepared to handle every possible situation […]

BTS smashes YouTube record one week after it was set

[ad_1] The BTS video also racked up 2 million comments over that initial period. It’s also on track to surpass Blackpink’s three-day viewing record (100 million) with 95 million views as we write this. You could see this achievement coming. It’s a hot new single from a band that’s wildly popular around the world, complete […]

Stream Coachella performances live on YouTube this weekend

[ad_1] Like before, the festivities are divided across three channels on the Coachella YouTube page. To ensure you don’t miss your favorites, there’s a schedule tool that will automatically change the stream when one of your selected acts hits the stage. The big names set to preform tonight include Kacey Musgraves, Janelle Monae, Blackpink, Childish […]

YouTube TV costs $50 per month after another price hike

[ad_1] You now have access to eight Discovery channels that include the original as well as Animal Planet, Food Network, HGTV, Investigation Discovery, MotorTrend, TLC and Travel Channel. Oprah Winfrey’s OWN channel is coming later in 2019, and Epix’s movie-oriented channel is available today if you’re willing to spend extra. The shake-up still represents a […]