YouTube star is face of Chesterfield online retailer
Meet the face of online retailer Pulse Fashion, YouTube star Katie Legate. She has more than 100,000 subscribers and was hired by pulsefashion.com to be a digital marketing specialist. "I just so happened to be scrolling through job postings one day and I thought this is perfect for me. I've …
YouTube Live gains automatic captions, chat replay and more
YouTube today announced several new features designed to improve the live streaming experience for both creators and viewers. The most notable additions include the ability to play back a live chat after the live stream ends, and the launch of live automatic captions on videos. YouTube began offering … Read More
YouTube’s algorithms can drag you down a rabbit hole of conspiracies, researcher finds
It starts with a single video. A YouTube search for keywords like “crisis actor,” a term used last week to discredit the outspoken survivors of a school shooting in Parkland, Florida, can drag viewers down a rabbit hole of conspiracy-related content, a researcher found. Professor and data journalist … Read More
The “crisis actor” theory is just the tip of YouTube’s conspiracy iceberg
The theories spread like wildfire online, and one video that claimed Hogg was an actor was the top trending video on YouTube, gathering 200,000 views before it was taken down. Meanwhile fellow student Cameron Kasky was forced to leave Facebook after receiving “graphic death threats”. Read More
New Yorker Tracy Campoli uses YouTube to launch business and make a difference
It was 2010 and YouTube was still fairly new. She created a YouTube channel. Her lucky break came with her second video post, a workout for arms. That video garnered more than 250 thousand views. She realized it was a way for her to expand the number of people she …
Dad gets adorably interrupted by daughter mid-way through YouTube engineering video
An engineering video about a trochoid pump might not be something you'd ordinarily watch (unless of course you had a trochoid pump-related issue that needed resolving). But when the YouTuber narrating it suddenly gets interrupted by his daughter halfway through, it becomes a must-see. SEE ALSO: … Read More
10 Premier League flops with incredible YouTube highlight reels
10 Premier League flops with incredible YouTube highlight reels. These dazzling, overly-flattering compilations made us believe that new stars were arriving to light up the Premier League. Jack Beresford explains how it didn't quite work out that way. Share0Tweet0Email0Share0. by. Jack Beresford … Read More
Far-right ‘news’ channel InfoWars nears YouTube ban
YouTube has indicated that Alex Jones' controversial 'news' network InfoWars is two strikes away from being banned. CNN reports that the channel is flying close to the wind following the recent criticism YouTube faced about the promotion of fake news in the wake of the Florida school shootings. Read More
Facebook ‘closing the gap’ on YouTube in mobile video
Facebook is “rapidly closing the gap” on YouTube in terms of mobile video traffic, according to a new report by Openwave Mobility. The Mobile Video Index study, which is based on data from more than 30 mobile operators, said that while YouTube remains the most popular service for mobile video, … …
Plant-Based Documentary Plant Pure Nation Released on YouTube
The 2015 film – inspired by the work of famed plant-based physician T. Colin Campbell – covers not only the health benefits of plant-based eating, but corruption in medicine, Government, and advertising which keeps said benefits under wraps. Read More