Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Has Expanded Its Lineup of Free to Watch Movies (With Ads)
Back in November 2018, YouTube quietly added about 100 hours of movies to its platform. These movies are 100% free with ads and include a mix of well-known movies like The Terminator, Lord of War, Meatballs, and more. Now YouTube has tripled the number of movies it is offering for free and started to promote the free…
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You Can Now Stream Netflix, Hulu, & YouTube Straight From Your Tesla
Today Tesla announced their biggest Software update ever – Software Version 10.0. With it comes the Tesla Theater update allowing you to stream movies and shows straight to your Model S, Model X, and Model 3 center displays while your car is parked. Netflix, YouTube, Hulu and Hulu + Live TV accounts will all be…
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YouTube Is Shutting Down its Web-Based TV Interface
If you had a Fire TV for the last year or so you have likely used the YouTube Web interface. This special version of YouTube’s website lets Web browsers on your TV easily use YouTube.com and have it look and act a lot like the YouTube app for TVs. Now YouTube has started to warn…
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YouTube Launches a Dedicated Fashion Destination
Today YouTube announced the launch of YouTube Fashion – a one stop source for all their style content. “Exciting day for fashion fans: Today, we’re launching YouTube.com/Fashion, a single destination for style content on YouTube. My team likes to call this new hub “slash fashion” and it’ll feature original content from the biggest names in the…
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YouTube Agrees to Pay $170 Million For Violations of The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule
Today the FTC and the State of New York formally announced a $170 million settlement over YouTube’s violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule. The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act was created in 2000, the law was amended in 2013 as mobile devices and social media became more prevalent and changed the way…
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Did You Know Cord Cutters News Has a YouTube Channel? Please Help Us Hit 100K Subscribers!
Cord Cutters News has a ton of new readers this month so we wanted to make sure you knew about our YouTube channel. Every week we post daily cord cutting updates, a weekly podcast, reviews, guides, and even live cord cutting Q&A’s on our YouTube channel. Right now we are trying to hit 90K subscribers…
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YouTube Will Pay Up to $200 Million for Violating Privacy Rules
Earlier, we shared news that YouTube had launched a separate website for YouTube Kids. In that post, we mentioned the FTC investigation looking into complaints that YouTube had collected children’s information without parental consent and used the information for targeted advertising. Politico has now reported that Google has agreed to pay between $150 and $200…
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YouTube Kids is Now on More Devices Through Its Own Website
YouTube Kids now has a separate website, as reported by TechCrunch. YouTube quietly made the announcement on August 29 with the following message: We built YouTube Kids to create a safer environment for kids to explore their interests and curiosity, while giving parents the tools to customize the experience for their kids. We continue to improve the…
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YouTube’s ‘Cobra Kai’ is Now Free For All to Watch
A few weeks ago Google announced that it is updating YouTube Premium its paid premium version of YouTube. As part of this change, YouTube Originals will now be free for all but Premium Members will get early access to YouTube Originals before they are posted for free online. Now today YouTube took the first step…
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Google is Updating YouTube Kids to Make it Safer & Launching a YouTube Kids Website
Over the last year, Google has been under attack for content on YouTube that targets kids but is not kid-friendly. Now Google has announced that it will be releasing a YouTube Kids website as a walled garden of kid-friendly content. In the past, you could also access YouTube kids by an app on a very…