Youtube and Google+ had teamed up to improve the system of moderating comments in Youtube, and recently did a soft launch with a limited number of Youtube users.
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Microsoft and Samsung to acquire stakes in French startups -report
Tech giants Microsoft and Samsung are in talks to acquire stakes in a France-based online music startup and a video-sharing website, according to a report by French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche.
NBC Universal picks up minority stake in New York startup NowThis News
New York, US-based news giant NBCUniversal News Group announced a minority investment in mobile video news startup NowThisNews to co-produce original short news videos for social sites.
France’s Dailymotion acquires Jilion for an undisclosed sum to build its business
Dailymotion's acquisition of Jilion was said to be because of the opportunities SublimeVideo's cutting-edge HTML5 video technology platform could provide to the French video-sharing site.
"Music Pass" in Android YouTube app hints at Google's music subscription service
In its APK Teardown of the Android YouTube app, the website Android Police found "Music Pass" that hints of a possible launch of a YouTube music subscription service.
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AllThingsD reported Google Inc is currently having talks with the National Footbal League to acquire the rights to NFL's Sunday Ticket service presently owned by DirecTV.
Google blocked videos from playing on the Windows Phone YouTube app made by Microsoft. The videos from the YouTube app installed in every Windows Phone were blocked by Google for infringing the terms of use.
Video Semantics will provide rich tags for YouTube users through its tagging engine. Video Semantics, through its mediaTag tagging engine, will allow content producers to automatically insert rich metadata into their YouTube hosted videos.
YouTube's performance against rival Netflix will impact how investors see Google in the future, analysts said.
YouTube generates around US$4 billion to US$5.6 billion of Google's total earnings. Google's YouTube was put into the background after the tech titan's new Nexus 7, Chromecast and Google Glass innovation.
It seemed that Chromecast will play a big role in placing YouTube videos in front of consumers via the TV.
Google continued to make a splash in the digital TV world with its US$35-worth Chromecast device. On Wednesday, Google Inc. 's event did not fail the technology observers with its refreshed Nexus 7 line up and a small dongle worth US$35, Chromecast.
The British-Irish boy band that was formed in X Factor Britain released the lead track for its new album and already racked up around 9.3 million views on YouTube.
Fullscreen announced its successful Series A funding. Fullscreen, a next-gen media company, said on Monday that The Chernin Group, Comcast Ventures, and WPP all contributed to its Series A-funding.
