• YouTube Cracks Down on Dangerous Challenges and Prank Videos

    YouTube Cracks Down on Dangerous Challenges and Prank Videos

    It’s interesting to me how and when people decide to issue a challenge based on something from popular culture. Take the “In My Feelings” challenge, for example. Who decided that it was a good idea? In fact, many law enforcement agencies were warning people that it wasn’t ok and people were getting injured. Watching the…

  • YouTube Rolls Out Stories Feature to More Content Creators

    YouTube Rolls Out Stories Feature to More Content Creators

    Last year, YouTube launched their own version of “Stories”, which gave users the ability to add a new short-form video known as Reels.  The feature, which was rebranded as YouTube Stories, later on, was initially only available to certain YouTube content creators.  But in June, YouTube pledged to expand that feature to all content creators…

  • YouTube Finally Supports HDR Video Playback on the iPhone X

    YouTube Finally Supports HDR Video Playback on the iPhone X

    If you hadn’t noticed, Google updated the YouTube app for iOS in order to add HDR playback support on the iPhone X.  The iPhone X’s 5.8-inch OED panel supports HDR, which provides a richer viewing experience.  However, the content being played back must have also been shot in HDR. YouTube on the web has had HDR…