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YouTube and Universal Remastering Old Music Videos

Tim June 19, 2019

YouTube and Universal Music Group announced this week that starting today, you'll find over 100 remastered music videos on YouTube, with tons more to come. Most of the videos have been available in their original, outdated formats intended for tube televisions...

Google’s Sunday Service Outage Caused by an “Incorrectly Applied” Server Configuration

Kellen June 4, 2019

Yesterday's Google Fi outage wasn't the only major outage Google services suffered this week. On Sunday, a somewhat major outage took out Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, and other services for a number of hours for millions of users. Google blamed "network...

YouTube and YouTube TV Book 13 Exclusive MLB Games Later This Year

Kellen April 30, 2019

During the second half of the 2019 MLB season, YouTube and YouTube TV will exclusively broadcast 13 games for free in the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The games and schedule haven't been announced yet, but YouTube is going all out here. The deal was announced...

Amazon and Google are Friends for Now: YouTube and Prime Video Everywhere

Kellen April 18, 2019

When it comes to sharing services, Amazon and Google haven't always wanted to help a brother out. Instead, as they've released their own competing services over the years, they've limited the other's offerings on various platforms. For example, Amazon's Prime...

What is Google Doing With In-App Account Management Design?

Kellen February 1, 2019

My Google Voice app just updated and I have been blessed with the newest "Material" update. That means almost nothing in terms of functionality, of course. The thing is hella white now with a different font or something, but I've got other beef here. What the...

YouTube Stories Now Available to All Eligible Channels With 10K+ Subscribers

Tim November 29, 2018

Be prepared to see a lot more YouTube Stories in your YouTube application. This week, YouTube is rolling YouTube Stories out to all eligible channels with subscriber counts of over 10,000. These days, that's a lot of channels. As explained by YouTube, Stories...

YouTube Intros $5.99/Month Student Pricing for YouTube Premium, Music Premium

Tim November 27, 2018

YouTube introduced student pricing for YouTube Premium and YouTube Music Premium this week, offering students an opportunity to lock in a $5.99/month price for the service, down from the usual $11.99/month price. We covered this after YouTube renamed YouTube...

Here’s How to Get a Free Week of Service to YouTube TV After Last Week’s Outage

Kellen October 22, 2018

YouTube and YouTube TV had a rough October 16, where services were down for hours before being fully restored. The timing was extra awful for sports fans, as the 16th marked the beginning of the NBA season and also featured MLB league championship games....