YouTube eyeing streaming rights for TV shows and movies

YouTube is getting into the streaming business to compete with the likes of Netflix, Amazon.com and Hulu. A new report from the Wall Street Jounal states that YouTube is looking to gain streaming rights to TV.

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YouTube Red, a $9.99 per month ad free subscription video streaming service unveiled

YouTube has officially unveiled its much awaited ad free subscription video streaming service. Dubbed as YouTube Red, the service will offer users a $9.99 per month membership for accessing ad-free videos.

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YouTube for iOS gets material design UI, new editing tools in latest update

YouTube has updated its iOS app with a major UI overhaul along with other features. The latest update that bumps the app to version 10.8 brings material design UI and some editing tools.

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YouTube’s ad-free subscription service tipped to launch on October 22nd

In April this year it was said that YouTube is working on an ad free video subscription service for the first time that will allows users to watch videos without any advertisement. Now, a new report claims that the video sharing platform will launch this service as early as next month.

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YouTube Gaming for Web, Android and iOS launched

YouTube has officially launched YouTube Gaming, its answer to Twitch, the popular game streaming competitor. The new service that is launched for web, Android and iOS automatically pulls in all gaming-related videos and live streams from YouTube.

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Opera Max update brings data compression for YouTube and Netflix

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Opera Max is quite a useful tool for consumers who find themselves constantly running out of data on their phones. The application makes use of Opera’s servers to compress web content and send it to users thus helping them save bandwidth in the process.

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Google takes down Google+ account requirement across all products

Google has announced that it is dropping the requirement to have a Google+ account in order to share content, communicate with others, and create a channel on YouTube. Users will now only need their general Google accounts to access all the products.

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YouTube updates Offline videos with 144p video option, UI tweaks and more

YouTube has updated Offline videos with a couple of important features. The latest update bumps the version to 10.28 and brings few UI tweaks, video resolution options and more.

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Google announces new VR platform called Jump – GoPro ‘Jumps’ on board with their 360 degree camera array

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Google has just announced its new open source VR platform. They are teaming up with GoPro to bring a 16 camera array that is capable of shooting 360 degree 3D videos.

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YouTube said to offer ad free video subscription service

YouTube is set to offer an ad free video subscription service for the first time that will allows users to watch videos without any advertisement, as per a report from the Bloomberg.

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YouTube update adds ability to search for 4K videos on Android

YouTube has updated Android app with a couple of features and minor tweaks. The latest update bumps the app to version 10.10 and brings an important update related to 4K videos.

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