YouTube will be going offline in the coming few weeks, allowing users to save videos, said company executive Ceaser Sengupta at the Android One launch event in Gurgaon today.

According to Sengupta, YouTube offline will allow users on data network to watch the same videos over and over again withough having to bother about data charges. “Within the coming few weeks, much of YouTube will be available offline in India. This is huge, and our users will really, really like this. You can download a video once, save it to your phone, and watch it again and again,” said Sengupta.

There was some news in the recent past, about YouTube going the Rdio, Spotify and Beats Music way, offering a music subscription service called YouTube Music Key priced at $9.99/month. Sengupta didn’t mention about the offline YouTube being a subscription model, but the offline service will not be restricted to music videos only.  No details were given out on the advertising model for offline videos.

Google is preparing to kill popular music streaming services such as Spotify, Rdio and Beats Music with yet another subscription service: YouTube Music Key. While rumours about YouTube’s paid subscription service have been doing rounds for almost a year now, Android Police‘s post brings us more concrete information than ever before.

According to the blog post, YouTube Music Key will offer offline audio and video playback and ad-free audio playback. There’s an ‘Audio-only mode’, which allows users to listen to music off-screen or listen in the background while using other apps. It’s uncertain if and how YouTube plans to play offline videos with ads. New users can get a 30-day free trial, thereafter there’s a subscription fee of $9.99 per month. This is the same fee associated with popular music subscription services including Google’s existing Google Play Music All Access service.


Android Police says that the YouTube subscription service will offer a free 30-day trial period and after that it will cost $9.99/month, which is similar to Spotify's $9.99 monthly premium service. No information is given on the international pricing or the launch date of the service.

Other than offline videos, one of the major advantages of YouTube Music Key is that it will offer access not only to full artist catalogues, but concert footage and remixes as well. If that’s not enough, YouTube Music Key’s platform will apparently make it easier to add content and discover users. Luckily for Google Play Music subscribers, Google will allow automatic access to YouTube Music Key while rebranding the existing service to Google Music Key. However, there might be a discounted fee involved for accessing YouTube Music Key features.Availability also remains a key issue in making Music Key more widespread. As of now, Google Play Music is available only in 34 countries, while Spotify reaches out to over 60 countries, though neither are present in India.

Those cute little cat video you just watched could cost you millions. And it’s not just about cat videos – innocent videos on YouTube can be used to infect computers with dangerous malware, as revealed in the latest report by Morgan Marquis-Boire, a hacker-turned-researcher. In the report created for Citizen Lab, he described how a simple network injection tool can be used to infiltrate home computers.Such video attacks that use network injections have their own strengths and weaknesses. Other attacks like watering hole and phishing need the user to do something ‘wrong’, like clicking on an infected file or link. Network injections don’t need that. Any simple browser behavior, such as watching a funny cat video, can trigger such attacks. There is a limit, however – once the user’s computer has been infected, the infection is confined to the browser. And such network injection tools aren’t even difficult to find; they can be easily procured from companies like FinFisher and Hacking Team.

These tools, or rather appliances, are physical devices that can be stored inside ISP servers all over the world. To execute an attack, the malicious code is injected into the everyday browsing traffic. One simple way to do this is by using YouTube streams that are unencrypted. The hacker can target a user and then wait for them to watch a YouTube video. They can then intercept the traffic and replace it with their own code. This would give them complete control over the user’s device.

This method can be used for any unencrypted website that offers targeted traffic, but since YouTube is one of the most commonly visited websites, it can be an easy target for hackers. Another website that can be exploited in this way is login.live.com of Microsoft. Google and Microsoft have taken a note of this vulnerability and have encrypted all targeted traffic. This has made most videos safe; however, there are other vulnerabilities that devices from FinFisher and Hacking Team can exploit.

This can turn into a high-level problem, and companies have to take action to make sure that the Internet experience can become safe for an average user. Meanwhile, users can encrypt their files to make sure that no data can be stolen from their computers. This is not the only hacking tool that is easily available. Tools that could perform man-in-the-middle attacks have been openly available for many years. For example, the Ettercap open source tool allows the hackers to intercept and manipulate traffic on LANs. This tool was developed by Marco Valleri and Alberto Ornaghi in 2001. These two guys are the founders of Hacking Team, the same company that creates network injector devices that can infect YouTube videos.

The only thing that could prevent such attacks is encryption. With the rising number of hacking cases, there is a need for an encrypted Internet that can protect an average user from malware. Web developers need to make sure that their websites are encrypted and safe to use. Until then, users need to be wary of their online activities, including watching cat videos on YouTube.

Google has signed a deal to buy game-livestreaming firm Twitch for $1 billion, confirmed sources familiar with the matter.

We don’t know everything about this deal, such as when it will be announced and the exact purchase price. We do know that Twitch investors who participated in past rounds are pleased that they will be getting significant returns that are multiple times the amount they originally invested. The deal underscores the value of live Internet streaming and the rise of competitive gaming as a spectator sport — something that draws millions of viewers, can offer prize pools that surpass pro golf’s marquee events, and provides a multibillion dollar opportunity for advertisers.

Google and Twitch declined comment. Both companies happen to be speaking at our GamesBeat 2014 event in September. This deal was first cited by unnamed sources from Variety said back in May that Google had made an all-cash offer and that the deal could be announced soon.

Twitch has more than 50 million monthly active users and more than 1.1 million members who broadcast videos each month. Back in June 2011, Twitch had just 3.2 million monthly active users. Twitch also distributes shows from partners including CBS Interactive’s GameSpot, Joystiq, and Destructoid, all gaming-news sites. More than 13 billion minutes of video are watched per month on Twitch.

YouTube is the No. 1 platform for Internet video, serving more than 6 billion hours of video per month to 1 billion users worldwide. But most of those videos are uploaded. Twitch began in June 2011 by Justin Kan and Emmett Shear, cofounders of Justin.tv. The site was one of the first to host livestreams, or real-time videos of something that was happening at that moment. Shear is still CEO of Twitch. Twitch has raised about $35 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Alsop Louie Partners, WestSummit Capital, Take-Two Interactive Software, Thrive Capital, and Draper Associates.

Google Updated its Android YouTube App to version 5.7 with some bug fixes on board with a new important long-waited feature that will let YOU determine the quality of the video you're watching.


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Cyberspace giant Google is reportedly antiquity a writing of YouTube honorable for kids low 10 period. According to reports, YouTube has alter gauged the interests of recording producers ready to create child-oriented substance for the online video level.

The Kids comradely version of YouTube give not expect unflagging monitoring by parents over what content their fry sees. The end leave be to proffer a situation to parents that present be disembarrass of both videos and comments that may not be tyke adjusted. Parents could, for model, make a specific app on a device or TV that includes exclusive kid-safe videos.

YouTube already has a "safety" average for filtering out unbefitting accumulation as source as YouTube EDU, for educational videos for schools. Still both the modes contain business that can sometimes be alleged and parents can't secure that the proportionality is specially plain for a particularized age set.

According to reports, YouTube for kids is allay in the exercise point and no details feature been mentioned on how it present manipulate. One choice is that the habitual ads on the video platform may be removed or at least tailored to proceedings individual oriented noesis.

A symbolical from YouTube also said the following about the broadcast: "While we're always employed on new and meliorate slipway for group to like YouTube, we do not mention on scuttlebutt or possibility."

Today, YouTube launched a new daily series, YouTube Nation, which highlights the best and most enticing videos created on the video-sharing website. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and sponsored by Verizon, YouTube Nation will be available every weekday at 9 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. PT.

In a response to the glut of video content uploaded on the website every day, the social video platform created YouTube Nation as a way to identify and showcase the most popular videos, as well as videos that are bound to go viral. The videos are hand-picked by curators who decide which content will resonate with YouTube users, and which content will likely produce the most buzz.
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg says these choices aren’t driven purely by algorithms and analytics. As quoted by the Huffington Post:

The series, hosted by Jacob Soboroff of HuffPost Live and executive produced by Steve Woolf and Zadi Diaz, will condense the best content seen on YouTube in five minutes.  This includes a rich mix of videos, themed playlists, channel creator highlights and fan feedback. Rather than randomly searching videos online or looking to see what’s trending on morning talk shows, YouTube consumers can now watch the new series to receive their daily dose of popular video content.

Google has announced that YouTube comments will start being powered by Google+ from this week onwards. This means that in order to comment on a YouTube video, you will have to own a Google+ account. One of the main reasons for moving to Google+ is YouTube’s long desire to put faces to names when it comes to commenters, in order to reduce the amount of spam and vicious comments that plague YouTube comments and also to provide video creators a recognizable audience to reach out to.

The shift to Google+ comments isn’t just to cull offensive comments but also, to organize the thousands of comments that can be found on popular videos. This is not really helpful to anyone except for perhaps the commenter himself and may be to the person he is addressing. Under the new Google+ system, comments will be arranged as per the people who are in your circles, the video’s creators and what Google calls “popular personalities”. Also, comments will be threaded so that all replies can be collapsed into the main comment itself, which will vastly reduce the clutter in the comments section and will also make it easier to follow conversations. Video creators and commenters can also allow their comments on a YouTube video shared on Google+, to show up in the comments on the main YouTube site.

"YouTube is the determine where grouping come to laughter." It may vocalise a bit far fetched but head a nowadays and reckon nigh the innumerous disappoint compilations or cat videos you've rolfed to in recent store. As it turns out that near 35 percent of all channels worldwide are comedy-centric. It's no assail then that YouTube in move quislingism with preeminent Indian collection producers and production houses announced the get of Comedy Period in Bharat. Flying from 5th September strongbox 12th September, YouTube give diversion home to the point at www.youtube.com/comedyweek.

The week will feature a wide range of content including best comedy scenes from Bollywood, all-time favorite TV comedy shows (Comedy nights with Kapil), Great Indian laughter challenge, MTV Bakra, Kahani Comedy Circus ki), best of Indian mimicry, and Indian regional language comedy content in Telugu, Tamil, Marathi, Punjabi, Malayalam, Gujarati and Kannada. The Comedy week is going to roll out commercials that will be broadcast on TV (a first for YouTube) because Google reasons TV is still the best medium to reach masses in the the country. You can watch the commercials here and here.

YouTube, in partnership with production houses, has also launched over 35 new YouTube exclusive shows featuring stand up comedy acts from the biggest names in comedy in India. O4 Digital Media, will launch YouTube channels featuring content from leading comedy stars in India such as Cyrus Broacha, Vir Das, Bharti, Krushna, VIP, Saurabh Pant and Sugandha Raja Sagoo and many more.

Microsoft has done a recent global study covering around 10,000 respondents across 32 different countries to assess the role of social media and research tools at the workplace. The study found that 46% of the people participating in the survey believed that the access to social media tools increased their productivity. The research also found that Indians use social media tools much more than their peers across the globe and about 71% of the Indian surveyed felt that social media and research tools increase productivity.

Google is today celebrating the eighth anniversary of its massively popularly video-sharing pair, YouTube. The see engine star has shared any stimulating facts about the tract - YouTube now sees more than 100 hours of video uploads every time.

"That's many than tetrad days of video uploaded each careful! Every month, statesman than 1 1000000000 grouping proceed to YouTube to way intelligence, state questions and change a younger fun. That's near one out of every two grouping on the Internet," says the YouTube aggroup.

YouTube's grown massively since its start in 2005. On its ordinal birthday, YouTube revealed it was sight leash life of videos (72 hours) per small - which is near 37,840,000 hours of recording per year!

Boasting of much than 800 meg users worldwide, YouTube has continuously updated with new and engrossing features specified as recording playlists and deciding to exchange all snub pattern videos uploaded in 1080p into 3D.

Google, nevertheless, now plans to legalise the bringing, which has remained disentangled for the end mortal for quite several instance. It fresh launched paid-video subscription bringing, low which users gift individual to pay a predestinate total to purchase to channels.

Microsoft on Weekday trilled out an updated variation of its YouTube app for Windows Phone 8 document. Microsoft says the "completely redesigned" app makes most of Windows Sound 8 features.

Now users can operation, videos, channels, playlists and regularise pin them to Windows Phone 8's Commencement cover. The app also supports YouTube accounts facultative users to admittance their uploads, video lists and playlists.

The WP8 YouTube app update brings a new list system that provides users gentle reach to videos using a touch-friendly filmstrip. Also, users can movableness the video in the interference still when the protect is locked. Moreover, there's alternative to deal videos via common interpersonal networks, e-mail as source as book.

YouTube on Weekday launched a channelise package of professional channels for its online recording serving, business it share of an toil "that enables proportion creators to earn income for their ability."

The Google-owned video-sharing upkeep said the commence with "a flyspeck assemble of partners" starts on Thursday with subscription fees turn at 99 cents per period.

"Every channel has a 14-day disembarrass experimentation, and galore provide discounted period rates," a YouTube diary displace said.

"This is rightful the first. We'll be trilled compensated channels out author loosely in the upcoming weeks as a self-service article for qualifying partners. And as new channels seem, we'll be making trustworthy you can conceive them, meet as we've been portion you feat and purchase to all the channels you pair crossways YouTube."

Google bought YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 cardinal. The help is believed to generate a undersize quantity of income from publicizing, but the thing has been release.

YouTube has gradually more authority acceptance, such as full-length video shows and movies to its vast treasure of unskilled video offerings in a bid to draw advertisers.

The new profitable channels countenance Acorn TV, which offers British TV programs at $4.99 per month; Somebody Geographic Kids, at $2.99 a period or $30 a assemblage; and PrimeZone Sports, at $2.99 per period.

Google has trilled out a great update to its YouTube app for iOS. The updated v1.3 YouTube for iOS now allows users to smouldering move videos from their devices.

Patch the active running is the primary particular, the YouTube for iOS update does channel a few changes as asymptomatic, including unchangeability and action improvements. Google has other a new My Subscriptions have, which enables users to have hurried gain to the latest uploads.

The update brings video queuing backing for TV playback. There's also one point branding for recording creator channels. To download the update, cognition on over to Apple's iTunes app store.

Google has been improving its YouTube for iOS app for quite many period. The parting partsong of updates for the app included proof to set devices with a compatible TV or set-box for watching videos on a big sort.

On its official blog, YouTube has announced that a whopping one billion people visit the video streaming service each month. That’s roughly one in every seven people on the planet.