YouTube tests mobile ads
YouTube has started testing display ads for its mobile version, m.youtube.com, reports Washington Post. The company has been developing a mobile interface over the last year, and says that “people...
View ArticleYouTube expands mobile access
User-generated content website YouTube is expanding its mobile offering, claiming that users with 3G handsets can now access its mobile video content and features that were previously only available on...
View ArticleYouTube hits 2B daily downloads
YouTube said it now gets over two billion hits daily – nearly double the number of people who tune into the US’s three prime time TV stations combined, reports the BBC. The news comes as the site...
View ArticleYouTube bids for screen dominance
YouTube – the world’s largest video-sharing site – yesterday upgraded its mobile offering amid claims its mobile site (m.youtube.com) is now receiving more than 100 million video playbacks a day, and...
View ArticleYouTube strengthens mobile focus
LIVE FROM HUAWEI’S GLOBAL MOBILE BROADBAND FORUM 2010: Francisco Varela, head of platform partnerships at YouTube, yesterday told delegates that the company’s new high-end mobile website (codenamed...
View ArticleGoogle launches YouTube app
Google has launched a YouTube application for the Android OS. The app is available for download from the Android Market. YouTube is currently on Android-based smartphones as part of the OS but as a...
View ArticleGoogle touts mobile YouTube growth
Mobile Entertainment reports that Google has published some data from a survey of more than 16,000 users of the YouTube mobile website. It claims that 75 percent of respondents say mobile is their...
View ArticleSmartphone users spending more ‘face time’ on apps than voice calls or web...
Wireless Intelligence recently commissioned a study to help understand how smartphone users are interacting with mobile apps. The aim was to discover how mobile apps usage varied across smartphone...
View ArticleYouTube in talks with operators over video congestion fix
Google’s YouTube has revealed it is in talks with mobile operators and handset vendors over plans to ease network congestion caused by the world’s most popular video-streaming site. “We’re in the...
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View ArticleApp developers outline HTML5 challenges
LIVE FROM OPEN MOBILE SUMMIT LONDON 2012: Browser fragmentation, discovery and development costs are all potential challenges when developing HTML5-based web apps, industry experts have said. Speaking...
View ArticleApple distances Google further with YouTube split
Apple is set to drop the embedded YouTube app from the next version of its iOS device platform, in a move which was seen as reflecting the growing distance between the company and Google, owner of...
View ArticleYouTube hits back at Apple with new iPhone app
Google has announced a new version of its YouTube app for the iPhone and iPod touch, as the company reacts to Apple's decision last month to drop an embedded YouTube app from the iOS6 platform.The new...
View ArticleAndroid devices to hit 1B within year; YouTube sees mobile surge
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt expects more than one billion mobile devices to be running the Android OS within the next year. In an interview with AllThingsDigital, Schmidt added that there...
View ArticleMicrosoft critical of YouTube app block
Microsoft issued a statement which said that Google “still refuses to allow Windows Phone users to have the same access to YouTube that Android and Apple customers enjoy”, by refusing to allow the...
View ArticleFacebook pips Google Maps to become top US app
Facebook overtook Google Maps to become the “number one US mobile app” at the end of 2012, according to research firm comScore.Although Google lost out on top spot, more positively it does occupy the...
View ArticleGoogle & WhatsApp: Opposites attract
Almost a year to the day since Facebook announced its big-ticket acquisition of Instagram, rumours abounded about another megadeal: an acquisition of WhatsApp by Google. Although subsequently denied,...
View ArticleGoogle takes action against Microsoft in YouTube app spat
Google has taken action to stop Microsoft from distributing its YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, arguing that some of its functionality goes against the terms and conditions of the service.According to...
View ArticleMicrosoft and Google agree YouTube app deal
Microsoft and Google have found common ground in their long-running dispute over the YouTube app for Windows Phone 8, agreeing to work together on the creation of a new version intended to address the...
View ArticleYahoo inks another app acquisition
Yahoo is acquiring media app Qwiki, in a deal which some sources have said is valued at around $50 million.Yahoo subsequently inked a deal to acquire email management app company Xobni, which is...
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