YouTube
Redmond gets its hands on a wildly profitable game with a devoted following.
Facebook says its “autoplay” videos are working, and you’re going to be seeing more of them. A lot more.
Highlights from the interviews.
Is there something in the water?
The concerts feature artists scouted from YouTube and Vine for events that, so far, have sold 120,000 total tickets.
Yes, a talking stuffed cat.
It will face lots of competition.
Spotify, Pandora and YouTube are all growing. Music sales aren’t. There’s a connection.
Twitch’s viewers are numerous, addicted and spend millions each month on subscriptions that do very little.
The deal for the videogame streaming site will be one of Amazon’s largest.
Man, these people really hate fruit.
Plus, Yahoo’s search for tech cred, Steve Ballmer’s hardcore retirement and disturbing revelations from a self-driving car survey.
Project Loon, hoverboards, teleportation and more.
Every $10-a-month music service is basically the same. But the world’s biggest video site is planning something different.
Genius or mouth-breather? The mysteries of a mysterious Web text (sort of) revealed.
Having 18 million YouTube subscribers earns Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox the right to be called “stars” -- with no “digital” qualifier.
A six-month report, and a preview of what’s to come.
First Maker, then Fullscreen. What about this video network, with nearly a billion views per month?
“There is nothing magical about audio.” But it has way clearer rules.
Siblings Lisa and Ben Donovan, two of the YouTube network’s three founders, are out.
Also: “We have absolutely no intention of running any audio recognition against live video, period.”
Pay TV is still shrinking, but not as fast as before.
Live videos are still a free-for-all, at least for now.
The story of Yahoo’s first forays into China, told by someone who was there.
Product boss Shiva Rajaraman was one of the guys in charge of a long-delayed subscription service.
Examining the reappearing “YouTube room.”
“YouTube is a bunch of 13-year-olds who are like, ‘Look at me, I am unattended!’”
The music video site loses money, but the music labels that own it make money. Are they willing to change that to find a buyer?
The joint venture will take a majority stake in the YouTube network, valuing it at more than $200 million.
Plus, Surface Mini’s untimely end, Apple’s massive R&D spend and the first volley of Amazon Fire phone reviews.
It might make sense, but it has not happened as yet.
Big guns from the search giant swoop in to help the popular online music service.
At least not via “ReplayLastGoal”: Twitter has shut down the account after copyright complaints.
Twitch co-founders Justin Kan and Emmet Shear explain the hot video site’s road from startup failure to mainstream acceptance.
YouTube Chief of Staff Styajeet Salgar leaves site to work on Google search, as the site realigns its executive staff under Susan Wojcicki.
Aereo offered a distinctive and revolutionary way for broadcast TV to remain relevant to younger viewers.