Facebook sees huge potential for it to grow in video. But YouTube, the reigning king of video, is keen to stay at the top of the heap. Against that backdrop, YouTube on Tuesday said it will soon let users start live-streaming from their phones, offering new competition to Facebook Live and Twitter’s Periscope. The new …
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Casting a YouTube video from your phone to your TV is a great way to share videos with friends or just watch by yourself on a larger screen and Chromecast ($80 at Walmart) makes it easy to do. Thanks to a recent update to the YouTube app for iOS, casting YouTube videos from your phone is easier than ever. The …
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When Japanese singer and comedian Piko Taro enchanted the internet late last year with “PPAP,” Justin Bieber was among his biggest fans. In what could be the beginning of 2017’s wildest bromance, the two are now joining forces in Japan to work on a commercial for local carrier SoftBank. The actual advertisement has yet to be shown, but SoftBank released …
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Every now and then I like to head over to YouTube to see what’s trending. Recently, there’s been a lot of political content, which is obviously a sign of the times but not really the tone I’m going for with these posts. This week I’ve been able to find some gems that will hopefully offer a brief escape from the …
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YouTube got odd looks when it began showing up at the Sundance Film Festival five years ago. This year, nobody bats an eye. “YouTube, Netflix and others investing in digital creations [means] the output is on par with what is coming out of Hollywood,” said Jamie Byrne, director of creators for YouTube, which screened its first original movie at Sundance …
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I’ve written about cooking shows here before when I posted a collection of videos from You Suck At Cooking, but there’s another great channel on YouTube you should know about for great recipes. Binging with Babish stars Oliver Babish, and what he does that’s unique is he tries to recreate recipes previously seen in TV shows and movies. Also, you …
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Now playing: Watch this: Donald Trump takes the oath of office 1:47 On Friday, Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. If you’re a student of history (or just a fan of 3 Doors Down and Toby Keith), there are plenty of ways to watch the inauguration ceremony, parade and other related events …
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Witnessing the president of the United States being sworn into office is an electric, historic and memorable experience. Most of us, however, won’t be there. If you can’t attend Donald Trump’s inauguration or are just curious what all the fuss is about, strap a VR headset on Friday and you’ll get the next best thing. USA Today’s “VRtually There” program, …
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It’s fun to mock image-processing impossibilities where “Blade Runner” or CSI investigators zoom into photos to see far more detail than a photo could possibly have recorded. But guess what? Not only does Google have technology that can do something like that kind of photo enhancement, it’s also using it to keep you from gobbling through your mobile phone data …
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Attention cable cord cutters: Hulu is about to get live. Sometime later this year the subscription TV service, which currently offers a big catalog of on-demand TV shows from major networks, will roll out live TV, too. The live version of Hulu will cost less than $40 per month for live channels from ABC/Disney, CBS and Fox as well as …
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