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  • YouTube increases prices for its premium plans in the US.

    YouTube increases prices for its premium plans in the US.

    On July 20, YouTube, the video streaming platform owned by Google, implemented price increases for its monthly and annual premium plans in the United States.

    According to information on the company’s website, the YouTube Premium plan now costs $13.99 per month, which is a $2 increase from the previous price. Additionally, the annual plan saw a price hike of $20, bringing it to $139.99.

    As of now, it remains uncertain whether these price adjustments will also affect other markets. Google has not yet responded to Reuters’ request for a comment on the matter.

    In April, YouTube introduced additional features for its premium users, allowing them to host Google Meet sessions and watch videos together with other users on the platform.

    Furthermore, YouTube Music’s subscription price in the U.S. saw an increase of $1, now priced at $10.99. This change comes in line with similar price adjustments made by other music streaming services such as Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Tidal.

  • BREAKING: YouTube, Google, Gmail crashes leaving thousands of users frustrated

    BREAKING: YouTube, Google, Gmail crashes leaving thousands of users frustrated

    The Google-owned family of apps has crashed for thousands of users worldwide.

    This includes Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets and YouTube as well as the main search engine.

    Outage tracker site DownDetecter clocked tens of thousands of users reporting issues with the sites around 11:40am.

    Problems were reported mainly in Europe but also in Australia, the east coast of the USA and parts of Africa, South America and Asia.

    Google’s websites are some of the most popular in the world, with its video-streaming site YouTube frequented by more than two billion people every month.

    Unlike other tech firms like Facebook, outages are rare at Google, .

    By 11:54am, there was more than 50,000 complaints for YouTube alone. with half (49 per cent) regarding issues with the website and 43 per cent pertaining to problems watching videos.

    Gmail had 23,000 complaints before midday and Google’s main site had a reported 19,000 complaints.

    Eighty-one and 91 per cent of the issues with these sites, respectively, was to do with logging in, according to DownDetector.

    MailOnline has approached Google for comment.

    Other affected sites includes Google Meet, Hangouts and the Play Store as well as the Pokemon Go game, which is made by Niantic, another Google-owned company.

    It appears the outage is not uniform, with some users reporting a ‘400 error message’ while it is working fine for others.

    However, a quick test at the London office of MailOnline reveals, Sheets, Gmail and YouTube are offline.

  • ‘Baby Shark Dance’ becomes YouTube’s most viewed video

    ‘Baby Shark Dance’ becomes YouTube’s most viewed video

    Infectious children’s song “Baby Shark Dance” has officially become the most viewed video in YouTube history, Guinness World Records announced.

    Guinness said “Baby Shark Dance,” by Pinkfong, took records for the most viewed music video on YouTube and the most viewed video on YouTube overall.

    The video, which amassed 7,042,967,886 views between its original posting on June 17, 2016, and Nov. 2, 2020, took the record from Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” which was the first video to receive 5 billion views on YouTube.

    Guinness said “Baby Shark Dance” also has more than 22 million likes and 10 million dislikes, making it both the most liked and disliked video on the platform.

  • YouTube updates harassment policy to ban implicit threats, insults

    YouTube updates harassment policy to ban implicit threats, insults

    YouTube responded to criticism of user harassment on the internet platform on Wednesday by updating its policies with a ban on implicit threats and malicious insults.
    YouTube said it has always banned content that explicitly threatens someone or that encourages people to harass someone else, but will now add implicit threats and demeaning language to the criteria.
    The Google-owned platform said this includes content simulating violence toward an individual or language suggesting violence may occur.
    “No individual should be subject to harassment that suggests violence,” said Matt Halprin,
    “YouTube vice president, said in a blog post. “Beyond threatening someone, there is also demeaning language that goes too far.”
    The new policy bars content that maliciously insults someone based on such things as race, gender expression or sexual orientation, Halprin said.
    The change follows months of debate spurred by videos posted by conservative comedian and host Steven Crowder citing Latino journalist Carlos Maza’s sexual orientation and ethnic background.
    Maza, who identifies as gay, spoke out in May about repeated harassment he said he experienced from Crowder.
    YouTube initially said Crowder’s comments did not violate its policies, but the platform deemed them “hurtful.”
    It later decided to suspend Crowder’s ability to earn ad revenue. The backlash continued however and the company was sued in August by a group of creators, according to Vox, where Maza works.
    Under the new rules, some of the videos on Crowder’s YouTube channel are likely to be deleted. (dpa/NAN)