YouTube: News

17 Jan 2023

Social Media

Creators United 2023: India's first consortium of creators; winners-list inside

Creators United, India's biggest and first experiential festival for creators, took place in Goa from January 15-16, and the two-day event saw a consortium of Indian creators who have broken ground in the last few years.

14 Jan 2023

Lionsgate

YouTube pushing efforts to introduce hub of ad-supported TV channels

It appears that YouTube is looking for ways to saturate its platform with content from certain media companies.

10 Jan 2023

TikTok

YouTube will start sharing Shorts ad revenue from February 1

Last September, YouTube promised that the monetization option for Shorts is on the way. The company has kept its word.

06 Jan 2023

OTT releases

Everything to know about Bhuvan Bam-starrer 'Taaza Khabar'

YouTuber Bhuvan Bam, who gained popularity for his channel BB Ki Vines, has stepped into the shoes of an actor.

03 Jan 2023

BLACKPINK

On her birthday, BLACKPINK Jisoo launches YouTube channel; details inside

Good news for all the Jisoo fans! The K-pop star and a member of South Korea's girl band BLACKPINK, Jisoo launched her YouTube channel on the occasion of her birthday on Tuesday (January 3).

23 Dec 2022

Indian Government

Centre blocks several YouTube, social media accounts for spreading misinformation

The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Anurag Thakur, said that the Indian government blocked 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles, and six websites.

19 Dec 2022

Google

YouTube bans Pornhub's official channel due to 'multiple' rule violations

YouTube has taken down Pornhub's channel over community guideline infringements.

03 Dec 2022

YouTuber

Who is Liver King? Famous TikToker admits using steroids

Social media influencer Liver King, popular for eating raw meat including liver and bone marrow, is in the headlines again. King, whose real name is Brian Johnson, admitted to using steroids. Early this week, he put up a video talking about steroids, denying their use. However, he has now come clean, admitting its use.

16 Nov 2022

PewDiePie

Tracing MrBeast's success story: From subscriber count to net worth

All hail the new king of YouTube. MrBeast aka Jimmy Donaldson has become the YouTube creator with the most subscribers.

15 Nov 2022

Business

YouTube Shorts will now let you shop while watching videos

YouTube has decided to venture into social commerce. The world's largest video streaming platform is introducing shopping features to its site in an attempt to diversify its revenue stream.

25 Oct 2022

Latest Tech News

YouTube gets revamped design, pinch-to-zoom, ambient mode, and more features

YouTube has introduced a revamped look and a range of new features, which should be live for users worldwide over the next few weeks.

19 Oct 2022

YouTube Premium

YouTube ends test that required subscription for watching 4K videos

YouTube created an uproar among its users when it locked the ability to watch videos in 4K resolution behind its Premium wall.

16 Oct 2022

Bollywood Films

#NewsBytesRecommends: Manu Rishi Chaddha's short 'Aap Ke Aa Jaane Se'

In 2018, videos of Professor Sanjeev Shrivastava dancing on Aap Ke Aa Jane Se took India by storm.

15 Oct 2022

Google

Unique YouTube handles for everyone: How to get yours?

Now you can effortlessly track your favorite creator and find your friends on YouTube.

11 Oct 2022

YouTube Channels

Now, you can have TikTok-like YouTube 'handle' for your account

YouTube has implemented a new method of account identification, known as 'Unique Handles.' It can now be seen on the channel's pages and Shorts.

08 Oct 2022

BTS

BTS's Jin to appear on Lee Young-ji's show 'No Prepare'

In an exciting piece of news for the BTS ARMY, the K-pop band's member Jin is reportedly set to make an appearance on rapper Lee Young-ji's variety show, No Prepare.

29 Sep 2022

International Space Station (ISS)

Exercising taken to new heights: Astronaut performs yoga in ISS

How does it feel to do yoga in microgravity? Well, we have no idea, but we do know someone who knows a thing or two about it.

23 Sep 2022

iPhone 14

YouTuber crashes a car to test iPhone 14's 'Crash Detection'

When Apple announced its new iPhone 14 range with 'Crash Detection,' the company may not have thought of the lengths people would go to test whether the feature works or not.

05 Sep 2022

Google

Google Pixel 7 Pro revealed in new unboxing video

The Google Pixel 7 Pro has been revealed in a new unboxing video, several weeks ahead of its official debut expected in October this year.

22 Aug 2022

Amazon Prime Video

Chiranjeevi's birthday special: Films that established him as a megastar

Megastar Chiranjeevi is one awesome star who carved a path in Tollywood paving way for several others to follow.

13 Aug 2022

BTS overtakes Justin Bieber to become YouTube's most viewed artist

K-pop band BTS is making history!

09 Aug 2022

Punjab

Indian man reunites with Pakistan-based nephew after 75 years

Recently, the Indo-Pak border witnessed a historic reunion when 92-year-old Sarwan Singh from Punjab met his 81-year-old nephew Mohan Singh from Pakistan for the first time in 75 years.

09 Aug 2022

Google Maps

Google outage affects over 41,000 users; services now back

Alphabet Inc's Google suite of services faced a brief outage on Tuesday, i.e., August 9, at around 6:37 am (IST).

08 Aug 2022

Home Decor

5 ways to master the minimalist look for your home

Have you spent hours watching YouTube videos to decide how to decorate your home, and eventually settled for a minimalist design because everything else seems too overwhelming? Been there, done that!

06 Aug 2022

YouTube Premium

YouTube tests 'pinch to zoom' feature with Premium users

YouTube often lets its Premium subscribers test brand new features that are not ready for a wider release. The new experimental feature from the streaming platform is the "pinch to zoom" gesture for videos.

23 Jul 2022

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday, Suriya! Looking at National Award winner's breakthrough roles

National Award-winning actor Suriya Sivakumar, better known as Suriya, turned 47 on Saturday (July 23).

14 Jul 2022

IIT-Kanpur

Physics Wallah: Alakh Pandey's journey to be a web series

A celebrated name in the expansive landscape of Indian edtech, Physics Wallah's story is set to be translated into a web series soon.

13 Jul 2022

Why are 'BoycottNothing' and 'DearNothing' hashtags trending on Twitter?

Just hours after launching its debut handset, the Phone (1), London-based Nothing is facing criticism in India.

10 Jul 2022

Instagram

Who's YouTuber Gaurav Taneja arrested for metro station birthday party?

Gaurav Taneja, more popularly known as YouTuber Flying Beast, was arrested in Noida on Saturday (July 9).

05 Jul 2022

Mumbai

Job seeker 'delivers' resume dressed as Zomato executive. Peak Bengaluru?

It can be a difficult task to find a job, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

01 Jul 2022

YouTube Channels

YouTube's new tools will make life hard for spammers, scammers

As cases of comment spam and account hijacking rise, YouTube has stepped in to reign in the miscreants. The Google-owned video-sharing platform has rolled out a couple of new tools and settings to help its creators.

01 Jul 2022

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