YouTube meets eight years

YouTube is the site that everyone prefers to watch videos and listen to music. This website, which is obviously one of the most visited in the world, turned 8 yesterday , so let's review a little history.

YouTube's origins date back to February 2005 when three employees of the company PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, launched the portal. The first video, called "Me at the zoo" (you can see below), was risen by April 23, 2005 and the site went online shortly. Less than two years later, in October 2006, YouTube was acquired by Google for an amount of $ 1,650 million, and is one of its many subsidiaries.

Today, YouTube has contracts with many large firms and other legal problems, especially with companies in the world of music and television. On the page you can find videos of all types and duration, including music videos, documentaries, TV episodes, movies, compilations of other videos and much more.

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Google Inactive Account Manager will take care of your digital assets when you die

Yes, the title sounds a bit macabre, but that's what makes  Inactive Account Manager, a new service from Google that has just been released. What is its function? So what will handle your digital goods would be if it passes the "other neighborhood."  Inactive Account Manager , you can set an expiration period for our account. This time period refers to a number of months without activity on your Google Account. But surely you wonder: what is the real function of this?It simply serves to tell Google what to do with your posts and data in the event that your account becomes inactive.

And what are the options then? Well we can destroy the contents or else send someone to trust . Sure thing will do is set a few Inactive Account Manager to delete all your data and files from the various Google services after three, six, nine or twelve months of inactivity. What sounds a little more sense to share our data with up to 10 other Google accounts. The services involved and that would be affected are: Blogger, Gmail, Drive, Google+, Picasa Albums, YouTube and Google Voice.

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Google will launch a streaming service near year end

When is a streaming music service is not officially recognized as such? When it comes to YouTube obviously. While the service was originally designed for people to upload their own videos, has become a musical paradise. If looking for a song and can not find it on YouTube, you probably will not find anywhere else on the Internet. Music is a very important part of YouTube, and not just climbing record companies, but also to provide users of the popular platform. While there streaming music services like Spotify, Pandora and others, the video portal of Google is still very popular.
Taking all this into account, it should not surprise that the search engine company wants to launch a music streaming service through YouTube. Google is planning to do this for a few months, and it seems that the big launch of the new service will occur in November or December as expected. In addition, Warner Music will be the first record company to join the party.
The potential of this project for Google, for the record and for users, without doubt is huge. YouTube attracts over 800 million visitors a month and a lot of them use the video portal for music they already know and to discover new music.
Do you think this service will be successful?

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Microsoft accuses Google of not wanting to develop a native YouTube app for Windows Phone

Before Windows Phone really into action, the two major market possible choices were iOS or Android, but since his arrival there who preferred to leave these two platforms and start using the Microsoft . And by the way, is Microsoft who accuses executives of Google to force the development team to avoid creating a YouTube application that is native to Windows Phone, which makes the experience of the famous video portal in mobile WP is pretty poor .
Microsoft also says that Google has prevented them from creating their own app for YouTube, which would give WP users an experience similar to that enjoyed by using the apps for Android and iOS. Besides this, the company claims to have evidence of YouTube employees that support these claims.
For now we add a new conflict to the list of problems between Microsoft and Google. What does the future hold?

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Now flying with Virgin America YouTube

Now Virgin America flights will have a companion extra: YouTube. The famous online video site, which is one of the most visited websites in the world, has reached an agreement with the company Virgin America.
Through this agreement, the transfer has been approved YouTube videos through screens that are built into the rear seat of the aircraft of the firm, as we see in the picture above. This is a great new service that currently only available for the U.S. and Mexico.
From Dec. 15, passengers can start enjoying shows like H + The Digital Series, Blue, Written by a Kid, Crash Course and The Key of Awesome, among others.
"Upload to YouTube Virgin America flights is part of an effort together to give people both the videos like heights that have never before," said Kate Berland, YouTube marketing manager.
New series and shows will be available in about two months.

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New on the YouTube app for Android

The team at Google has relaunched a new update to its app for Android and YouTube as big news we have a new feature that allows us to send videos to other devices.
The videos we ship can be transferred to other devices such as smartphones and tablets Android or a Google TV, provided they share the same WiFi connection. Note that this is a real-time transfer, that is similar to a stream, and while the play YouTube video on a TV or on a tablet can use our smartphone to surf for another video to play. In short, pretend that the Android device that makes sending a remote control and a television receiver. Remember also that the video can be sent to multiple devices at once.
In addition, the update also brings the ever-present bug fixes and bugs.

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Google Android to organize an event on October 29

Google has sent out invitations for a new event that will take place on October 29. This event will take place in New York and apparently the same central theme will be the Androido perating system, and we assume that is where it will be presented the new Android 4.2 Key Lime Pie. The invitation does not refer to what we see in the event, but we bet you will be the newest version of the popular mobile operating system.

The event can be seen live via YouTube, so you can see it even if you are across the world.

What are your expectations? What do you expect is what Google will announce?

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Brazilian judge orders the arrest of a Google executive

YouTube is the most popular video site on the web and one of the most visited pages on a daily basis worldwide. Since Google acquired YouTube for many years it is believed that most of the big decisions are made ​​by Google portal, which is not always the case. What is certain is that when a YouTube video causes great controversy, the first defendant is always the Internet giant.
While the world is still reeling from the controversy that caused a video about Islam (and later led Iran to make a decision ), a Brazilian court has ordered the arrest of a Google executive after the request is not accdiera removing a video portal. The video in question is about a Brazilian candidate.
In the clip, the candidate is under fire Alcides Bernal. There are other videos that also speak badly about Brazilian politician. Last week, Judge Flavio Peren asked to be removed two videos which gave a Bernal. Besides this, he was asked for a 24 hour block for both video portal to the search engine.
Now, as Google did not accede to the request to delete the content, chose Peren Judge order the arrest of a top executive, F abio Jose Silva, the president of the company in Brazil. Google is already preparing for a court battle and the first thing he said is that it is not responsible for the content that is posted on YouTube.

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Google launches YouTube app for iPhone

About a month ago I told you that Apple had decided to make the app for iOS YouTube 6 does not come to that operating system preinstalled. This was due to expired agreement between Apple and Google . Why was not renewed the agreement? Nobody has the faintest idea.
At least we will have yet a YouTube application and Google has designed one that can now be downloaded free from the App Store , but for now it is not universal: it works only on iPhone. Anyway, do not worry, because insurance will soon be coming to the iPad and probably also the iPod touch, and most likely be before the release of iOS 6, for which it does not really take much.

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New Samsung 55-inch

 

Samsung launches with all the emerging market for smart TVs with the new UE55ES7000, a 55-inch TV that is part of the 7000 series and will include all kinds of gadgets and novelties to have a next-generation phone. 
Its slim design includes a chrome pedestal shaped blade that rotates from left to right. At the top is a built-in webcam that will use the popular service Skype video calls to be connected with our friends from the comfort of a large TV.

The new Samsung monitor is 55 inches and offers Ultra Clear High Definition Full HD 1080p. The refresh rate is 800 Hz and has a specific local backlight control and microzones.
The TV comes with two pairs of Active 3D glasses and has a drive device 2D to 3D, so you never miss the opportunity to enjoy three-dimensional effects in movies and popular series.
Internet videos for the new Samsung TV UE55ES7000 also has unique characteristics. In this case a 3D image engine HyperReal improving performance via streaming video. The TV is always connected to the Internet through a web browser itself, as well as the latest version of the control center known as Smart Hub and controls the main actions of an intelligent TV.
This will download applications from Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, among other places. Thanks to the integrated dual-core processor, the TV can open multiple applications simultaneously and Samsung also promised to get updated content until 2016, so it will be a long service life.

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More details of iPhone iOS 5 and 6

 

In recent weeks several pieces of information have been leaked on the iPhone 5 and the software will incorporate the same, and in fact, the YouTube application is no longer available by default as we have seen. What is already practically confirmed is that the new iPhone 5 has a larger screen (4 inches) than previous models and the resolution of it will, as expected, of 1136 × 640 pixels, making room for a total of 5 rows of icons.
Among the latest developments on the device also includes a new connector, instead of 30-pin, 9 pin will, although previously there was talk of a different amount, but seems to finally be 9. This of course makes the iPhone 5 is incompatible with old accessories of other iPhone, unless you create a special connection with other components, which is quite expected since in this way many users of earlier models of the iPhone will save buying new accessories.
The strongest rumor running on time and coming back for several days is that the device will be presented in mid September (some speak of the 12th and another on 20/21), but this event still lacks some weeks.

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Apple drops the YouTube application for IOS 6

iOS 6, the new mobile operating system version of Apple not only will Google Maps on your side, but another application related to the company, YouTube will also be removed.
Since the launch of iPhone in 2007, YouTube has been in all versions of the smartphone , but it seems that 5 years after the relationship between Apple and Google are not going very well.
The latest beta of iPhone OS 6 no longer has the aforementioned app , and this is because the license that allowed Apple to put the YouTube application on iPhone OS is no longer valid, though of course users can access the portal via video a web browser and Google is already well on their own trabajanado YouTube app, which will be available in the App Store, meaning that IOS 6 does not have the application by default, but then we can download it.

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The 50 most frequently used sources of information on Wikipedia

 

A visual applications company took all the data on information sources of the English edition of Wikipedia, and built an infographic that shows what the fifties sites mentioned in the articles of collaborative encyclopedia.

The three most accessed sites are books.google.com and web.archive.org, which would provide access to books and websites out of the air, and informative news.bbc.co.uk. Sites like YouTube, NY Times, IMDB, Google, MySpace and Facebook are also in the ranking, which measures the amount of citations in credentials editions.

To learn more, read the full list of sites used , or click here to see details in the infographic produced by the company :

 

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ProxTube : Remove Country

here are many people wondering why there are others who are looking for a YouTube proxy to view the YouTube site. The reason is because they have been blocked from the YouTube site. Finding a YouTube proxy is the best way to get around a YouTube block that has been placed to prevent them from getting on the YouTube site. Sometimes a YouTube proxy is the only way that many people know of. Most people do not even know about a YouTube proxy.

"A Firefox/Google Chrome add-on to unblock YouTube region locked videos"

ProxTube is a Firefox and Google Chrome add-on that allows you to unblock region locked videos on YouTube.


ProxTube is very easy to use - in just a click on the toolbar icon, you can activate and deactivate the add-on.


When you encounter YouTube video that are blocked, the ProxTube add-on will use an American proxy server to unlock the video.


When you leave the site, the proxy will be deactivated.


ProxTube is cross-platform and it works on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.

How to Use

With a click on the toolbar icon, you can activate and deactivate the addon.
If a YouTube video is blocked, it uses a proxy server to view the video.
On Leaving the site it deactivates the proxy.

FAQ

What are the system requirements for ProxTube?

Firefox version 4 or higher, Chrome version 10 or higher.

How to enable/disable ProxTube

The installation adds a little button to the navigation toolbar! If the button is greyed out ProxTube is disabled and you can enable it with a click on it. The position of the button can be customised by right-click an empty section of the Tab Strip and selecting "Customize".

How does it work?

The add-on uses an american proxy server to unblock the YouTube videos. Just the website will be loaded by the Proxy server, the video is loaded without the proxy to obtain speed.

ProxTube does not work. What should I do?

ProxTube is a standalone Add-On. It can be that you tried a lot before ProxTube to unlock YouTube-Videos and forgot to deinstall other plugins like ProxyTube. Deinstall those and restart your Browser.

Is there a version for other browsers?

No, not at the moment.

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Speed Painting : Amazing Image

Speed painting is the act of recording of an artist’s screen while they paint a scene. The recording is then sped up so that you can see the piece come together much more quickly. In this round up we have gathered some of the most impressive speed painting videos that we have seen that include paintings of well-known subjects including Scarlett Johansson, Megan Fox, and Iron Man. Take a look at them below and be amazed at how these talented artists produce these fantastic pieces of art.

Here is

SPIDER-MAN Speed Painting by Nico Di Mattia

And More in Youtube

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