November 9th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Howcast is changing it up this week, and Heather Menicucci’s weekly series on filmmaking in the digital age will resume next Friday.Help Howcast find our first video blogger! We’re looking for someone to produce, edit and host our new video blog tak…
November 9th, 2010 | by A Googler | published in Youtube
If you’re like me, you love watching YouTube on your smartphone. My phone is always with me, which means my favorite YouTube videos are never more than a few taps away. Sometimes though, mid-watch, I wish I could get a big-screen experience of that v…
November 6th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Well, we know Will.i.am does after he called out the Korean girl group 2NE1 on YouTube earlier this year. If you are not familiar with K-POP, check out some of the top Korean music labels like YG Entertainment, SM Entertainment and JYP Entertainment, t…
November 5th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Meet Emilynoel83, a morning news anchor who’s also a “makeup addict” who loves to make videos about beauty products. Today she’s on our homepage. And you put her there. Last week, we announced a new initiative to give rising channels greater visibi…
November 5th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Heather Menicucci, Director, Howcast Filmmakers Program, is writing weekly guest posts for the YouTube blog on filmmaking in the digital age. You can catch up on previous posts here.Last week, we made some arguments for why quality matters in web video…
November 4th, 2010 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
November 20 will mark the 100th anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution and we’re looking forward to observing that anniversary on YouTube by celebrating a new revolution that’s taking place in Mexico today: a cultural revolution that h…
November 3rd, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Next Wednesday, November 10, at 8 p.m. ET, Bon Jovi will give an exclusive performance at New York’s Best Buy Theater, streamed live to the world on the band’s YouTube channel: www.YouTube.com/BonJovi. With the help of YouTube’s Moderator tool, f…
November 3rd, 2010 | by Kate Rose | published in Youtube
Today’s guest blogger is Scott Imbrie, CEO and Co-Founder of Original Skateboards. His passion is longboarding, a popular new form of skateboarding that also blends elements of surfing and snowboarding. Scott started Original with his brother, Brad, …
November 2nd, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Freddie Wong and his production partner, Brandon Laatsch, describe themselves as “just some cool dudes making sweet vids with rad FX!” And if you’ve ever seen their action-packed, colorfully explosive videos, you know this to be true. Wong is sta…
November 2nd, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
It’s been a memorable campaign season on YouTube, but the time for persuasion and debate is over — now it’s time to vote. As polling results come in from across the country, we’re partnering with CBS News to live stream election results and high…
November 1st, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Footage of natural wonders can be awe-inspiring, but many of our planet’s most striking environments are at risk. Our new Planet Inspired program, presented by The North Face, gives you the opportunity to celebrate the natural world and highlight envir…
November 1st, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
In these 2010 midterm elections, campaigns, voters and interest groups have continued to innovate new ways to share their political opinions on YouTube. Because YouTube allows anyone to post and share videos globally, you’ve made this platform the va…
October 30th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
With it being Halloween season and all, we’ve got an especially spoooooky edition of Release Notes for you. First-ever user-designed Doodle: You may have noticed that once in a while, we change our homepage logo to match a special occasion — for examp…
October 29th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Tech demos. They’ve been around as long as… well, technology. They’re helpful. They’re useful. They’re also a little boring. That’s why tech demos often go overlooked by so many people. Unfortunately, it’s generally the people who could b…
October 29th, 2010 | by Inside AdWords crew | published in Google Adwords, Youtube
YouTube served its 500,000,000th Promoted Video view this week. Using Promoted Videos (available in your AdWords account), businesses can promote a video against search results on YouTube. But Promoted Videos offers a discovery component as well, all…