By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back with an all new show where he rants and raves on various topics in and out of the tech world. On this week’s episode, Jon rants about people who don’t understand new media. The way we consume media has changed, there…
By Adriana Lee |
Will Microsoft’s new YouTube app update for Windows Phone appease Google and end the bickering between the two tech companies? Well, let’s just say it’s a start. Google issued a cease and desist letter earlier this month, calling for Microsoft to pull its YouTube Windows…
By Adriana Lee |
In honor of YouTube turning 8, the Gregory Brothers put together one heck of an ambitious tribute — the “AutoTune the News” fellas stuffed eight years’ worth of YouTube history into one song for the site’s Comedy Week, which kicked off Sunday. So what have we…
By Adriana Lee |
Google versus Apple is so over. It’s all about Google versus Microsoft now. Yes, I know that Google CEO Larry Page told I/O attendees that companies shouldn’t be pitted against each together in the press, but it’s sort of tough not to when those companies…
By Todd Haselton |
YouTube on Thursday officially introduced its new subscription channel option and subscriptions start at 99 cents per month, though some cost $2.99 per month. “Today, there are more than 1 million channels generating revenue on YouTube, and one of the most frequent requests we hear…
By Brandon Russell |
YouTube on Tuesday rolled out a significant update for its app on Windows Phone 8, completely redesigning the experience to take advantage of the platform’s minimalist appearance. Microsoft said the app just went live, so you should get a notification soon; if not, you can…
By Todd Haselton |
Google issued an update for its iOS Gmail client on Monday that adds several useful features that will help users stay within Google’s products. You can now automatically launch YouTube, Google Maps or Chrome if a link is embedded in an email. That means you…
By Sean P. Aune |
Google’s plan to add subscription channels to YouTube may launch as soon as this week according to a new report. According to the Financial Times, the paid YouTube channels that have been rumored since Jan. of this year will be launching this week. According to the…
By Brandon Russell |
Video will play a major role in the functionality of Google Glass, and one company has already made sharing recordings very simple. With a new app called Beam, Glass users can easily post videos straight to YouTube, and even share them through services such as…
By Brandon Russell |
Google this week was victorious in a huge legal battle with Viacom over unauthorized content, including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, being posted to YouTube by users. A federal judge in New York said YouTube had not violated any copyrights, citing a safe-harbor provision…
By Brandon Russell |
You know someone is out of touch with technology when all they have beside their tube TV is a VHS player. What if the entire Internet streamed VHS quality content? To celebrate the 57th birthday of the first video cassette recorder, Google has implemented a…
By Brandon Russell |
Google on Monday updated its Youtube app for iOS to version 1.3, which allows users to watch live streams right from their mobile device. Many users might be asking themselves where this was over the weekend, when YouTube was streaming Coachella, but better late than…
By Brandon Russell |
One of the year’s biggest music festivals is going on right now and you’re missing it. But that’s ok, because the whole darn thing is being streamed over YouTube thanks to a partnership with T-Mobile. What’s more hip than hoofing it out to the desert…
By Sean P. Aune |
Were you aware that YouTube has actually been a contest since its inception to find the best video of all time? Were you aware the winner will be announced in 2023 and will receive not only an MP3 player, but $500? Yep, all true. Google…
By Brandon Russell |
YouTube is synonymous with Internet culture. In the eight years since the very first video was uploaded, the platform has hosted countless cat videos, Rick Rolls and the occasional tech video or two. The site has become so popular, in fact, that Google announced on…
By Brandon Russell |
YouTube for iOS received a small upgrade this week that essentially turns a user’s device into a controller. Basically, users can now pick which video to watch from within the YouTube app and it’ll start playing through either a Smart TV, Xbox or PS3. It’s…
By Brandon Russell |
Jon R. is back to tackle more questions and queries from Buffalo readers, viewers and fans! In this episode of Ask the Buffalo, Jon talks about the next Xbox and what it might be called; the new features and specs the Galaxy S IV might…
By Sean P. Aune |
Jon R is back to tackle the biggest tech rumors of this week! In this episode of Rumor Roundup, Jon talks about the next generation Google Nexus 7 and how we might see it sooner than we think, the recent iPad 5 back panel leaks…
By Todd Haselton |
It’s the model we wish cable providers would adopt: we want to watch TV, but we don’t see the need to pay for every single channel if we only watch a handful. YouTube clearly knows there’s interest in this form of content delivery and is…
By Todd Haselton |
Psy’s hit pop song Gangnam Style has reportedly made more than $8 million from YouTube alone. The clip is already the most watched video on the service; it earned that title back in November when the song topped a hit from Justin Bieber. The news was made…
By Todd Haselton |
YouTube took the stage during Pansonic’s CES 2013 press conference on Tuesday and announced that, later this year, it will provide a new application for Panasonic’s Viera Smart TVs. The application will allow iOS and Android users to queue, create playlists and quickly send/control YouTube…
By Brandon Russell |
We already know that Google isn’t particularly interested in Microsoft’s Windows platform—both on mobile and on the desktop. And, even though users can still access Google’s emporium of goods on the Web, it might have a bigger impact than one might think. Even if the…
By Brandon Russell |
Obviously Psy’s Gangnam Style, which became the first video ever on YouTube to surpass 1 billion video views, is 2012’s undisputed viral video. For context, the second most viral, Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call Me Maybe, is up to only 364 million views for the year.…
By Adriana Lee |
Maybe you want to capture baby’s first Christmas. Or share your brother’s hilariously epic Wile E. Coyote–style slip on the ice outside. (That’ll teach him for spoiling your girlfriend’s gift.) Well, whatever’s on the menu, one thing is for sure — a tremendous load of…
