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YouTube

Google takes YouTube off Amazon’s Echo Show device; Amazon calls it ‘disappointing’

Google and Amazon are having a tiff. The Verge reported Tuesday that Google dropped support for YouTube on the Echo… Read More

Amazon is launching a home improvement show using YouTube stars to sell stuff

Would you buy a couch because your favorite YouTube star recommended it? Amazon is betting your answer is yes. The… Read More

We’ve come a long way since ‘Gangnam Style’: Wiz Khalifa video is now YouTube’s most watched ever

YouTube users love Wiz Khalifa. Or the late actor Paul Walker. Or both, it seems. The video for “See You… Read More

Techstars grad Innervate raises more cash for platform that helps developers reach gamers

Innervate, a Seattle startup offering a suite of tools to help gaming companies market their products, has raised an undisclosed… Read More

Tech earnings extravaganza: Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Expedia set to report today

Thursday is the mother lode of tech earnings. Three of the top five most valuable tech companies by market cap —… Read More

Video: Mark Hamill is a perfect Han Solo in new Bad Lip Reading of ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

We’ve gotten used to Han Solo being a bit of a crank in the Star Wars films over the years.… Read More

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‘I love you, robot’ — watch this little girl make friends with a broken hot water heater

See? The robots are our friends! Watching this viral video of a little girl hugging a discarded hot water heater… Read More

UW cherry blossoms

Want a window seat overlooking UW’s famed cherry blossoms? Just tune into this YouTube live stream

There are plenty of pretty sights to take in around Seattle, but for about a week near the end of March,… Read More

YouTube unveils live TV bundle for $35 a month with more than 40 channels

YouTube unveiled a new live TV service on Tuesday, setting up another major threat to cable and satellite companies. This service,… Read More

Comcast to bring YouTube app and content to Xfinity X1 box, expanding streaming push

Comcast says it will bring YouTube to its Xfinity X1 platform, continuing to embrace streaming options that otherwise compete with its core cable service.… Read More

YouTube to launch new children-centric original TV shows this spring, bring Kids app to smart TVs

Last February, YouTube launched its first original content with more than two dozen movies and TV shows. The plan was… Read More

What did Trump say now? Oh, it’s just a great new Bad Lip Reading video from Inauguration Day

In a week that could use a dose of comedy relief, the folks at Bad Lip Reading nailed the timing on… Read More

Obamas

What’s next for Obamas? New website and YouTube video spell out foundation’s plans

President Obama and Michelle Obama may have disappeared into the horizon on the Marine One helicopter after Friday morning’s inauguration… Read More

Life Accordion to Trump

Is today the most depressing day of the year? Not if you watch ‘Life Accordion to Trump’

I clicked on a link today that said the third Monday in January — sometimes referred to as “Blue Monday” —… Read More

Shoveling on hoverboard

Watch: Kid shoveling snow on a hoverboard makes quick work of winter’s worst chore

I spent roughly 30,000 hours shoveling snow out my driveway as a kid growing up in extra-snowy Western New York,… Read More

KEXP on YouTube

More music fans looking and listening as Seattle’s KEXP hits 500M views on its YouTube channel

Seattle’s KEXP entertains plenty of listeners through its terrestrial and internet radio broadcast, but it hit a major milestone this… Read More

Conan O'Brien VR

Conan O’Brien tries VR: ‘This is going to put the marijuana industry out of business’

Conan O’Brien visited YouTube’s VR Lab in New York City and reacted pretty much the way everyone does when they… Read More

Princess Cumulus

This kid is on cloud nine: Dad creates ‘Princess Cumulus’ with thunderstorm costume for Halloween

“Oh, the weather outside is frightful …” Wait. Wrong holiday. Or, wait, maybe it does work. A dad who admits… Read More

YouTube Luke Skywalker costume

Little Luke Skywalker riding a tauntaun is a true force for Halloween — ‘Too cute!’ says Mark Hamill

Let’s hope the temperatures on Halloween don’t reach sub-zero wherever this little Jedi is trick-or-treating. The guts of his costume could… Read More

Netflix not too concerned about Amazon as it chases Facebook and YouTube for online video supremacy

Netflix doesn’t appear to be too worried about Amazon. In the company’s quarterly letter to shareholders posted today, it acknowledged that Amazon is becoming… Read More

Shark video

Viral video captures a great white busting into a shark cage — with diver inside

You know that horror movie (no, not “Jaws”) where some panicked person is on the phone calling for help and they’re told, “The… Read More

Pongfinity

Just watch these amazing ping-pong trick shots before you play another game in your tech office

However heated the ping pong matches get in whichever tech office where you happen to work, we’re pretty sure no… Read More

YouTube beware: More Twitter video creators now eligible for cut of ad revenue

We're expanding our revenue programs to empower creators to earn money in multiple ways! ? https://t.co/ebnJxNaZqA pic.twitter.com/OGlI9tbeMa — Twitter Video… Read More

Apple Campus 2

Apple ‘Spaceship Campus’ taking shape in latest drone video of massive new headquarters

A new drone flyover video shows the progress being made on the massive Apple Campus 2 under construction in Cupertino,… Read More

Shorter ads coming to YouTube as pressure from Facebook mounts

The 30 seconds it takes to get through a video ad can seem like a lifetime in a world where… Read More

Ben Affleck

Even sad Ben Affleck can’t stand to listen to the ‘Batman v Superman’ reviews

Hello Dark Knight, my old friend. With “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” opening to a rash of negative reviews,… Read More

T-Mobile adds YouTube as ‘Binge On’ partner, overcoming objections with changes to controversial program

Post updated at 7:30 a.m. with comment from YouTube. T-Mobile says it has added YouTube as an official partner for the… Read More

Amazon’s Twitch launches 24/7 food channel with Julia Child marathon

“Life itself is the proper binge,” Julia Child famously said. Little did she know that 50 years later, viewers would… Read More

Nicolas Vuignier

Skier who made viral video with iPhone shows he’s an inventor, entrepreneur, video editor

One of the more viral videos of the new year now has a making-of video that showcases the technical expertise… Read More

The first YouTube Red movies are coming this week

First there was ‘House of Cards’ on Netflix and before our very eyes the entertainment world was drastically changing. Pardon… Read More

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