Xiaomi TV Stick 4K with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos to Launch in India on February 14

Xiaomi TV Stick 4K with Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos to Launch in India on February 14

Xiaomi TV Stick 4K, the Chinese electronics company’s smart home product, will in India on February 14. The tech giant first released the product in December 2021. It helps transform a regular television into a smart one. The device runs Android TV 11 and supports Dolby Vision technology for improved…

YouTube Music Updated With Redesigned Library Interface on Android, iOS: Report

YouTube Music Updated With Redesigned Library Interface on Android, iOS: Report

YouTube Music has been updated with a redesigned library interface on Android and iOS devices, giving users immediate access to playlists, songs, albums, and other parts of the app. The new UI has also removed the Recent activity tab and category list. In what is certainly one of the most…

YouTube Shorts Revenue Sharing Starts February 1, New Partner Program Agreement Rolled Out

YouTube Shorts Revenue Sharing Starts February 1, New Partner Program Agreement Rolled Out

YouTube has announced that revenue sharing for YouTube Shorts will start on February 1. A new agreement for the YouTube Partner Program is being rolled out this week, as announced in a video on the YouTube Creators channel. Accepting a new agreement is a must for all creators who earn…

Google, YouTube Said to Face Lawsuit in US for Violating Privacy of Children Under Age 13

Google, YouTube Said to Face Lawsuit in US for Violating Privacy of Children Under Age 13

A US appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental consent, in order to send them targeted advertising. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Seattle said…

YouTube Shorts Revenue Sharing Starts February 1, New Partner Program Agreement Rolled Out

Government Blocked 104 YouTube Channels, 4 Facebook Accounts for Spreading Misinformation: Anurag Thakur

Union minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday said 104 YouTube channels, 45 videos, four Facebook accounts, three Instagram accounts, five Twitter handles and six websites have been blocked for spreading misinformation and threatening national security. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, Thakur said section 69A of the Information Technology Act…

YouTube is Testing ‘Add To Queue’ Feature for Android, iOS Premium Subscribers: Report

YouTube is Testing ‘Add To Queue’ Feature for Android, iOS Premium Subscribers: Report

YouTube has started testing out an ‘Add to Queue’ feature on its Android and iOS apps. Currently, the feature has been made available for testing to YouTube Premium subscribers only. So far, the mobile app versions of YouTube, on both iOS and Android, have only been known to feature ‘Save…

YouTube Shorts to Gain Shopping Features Amid Digital Ad Slowdown: Report

YouTube Shorts to Gain Shopping Features Amid Digital Ad Slowdown: Report

YouTube is bringing shopping features to its TikTok-like short-form video service, as it looks to diversify its revenue stream squeezed by falling ad spending, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. Ad sales on Alphabet-owned YouTube slipped to $7.07 billion (roughly Rs. 57,300 crore) in the third quarter from $7.2 billion…

Facebook Use Among US Teens Plunging; Use of TikTok, YouTube Rising, Survey Says

Facebook Use Among US Teens Plunging; Use of TikTok, YouTube Rising, Survey Says

US teens have left Facebook in droves over the past seven years, preferring to spend time at video-sharing venues YouTube and TikTok, according to a Pew Research Center survey data out Wednesday. TikTok has “emerged as a top social media platform for US teens” while Google-run YouTube “stands out as the…