• YouTube Changes Rules Around Videos with External Links – Again

    YouTube Changes Rules Around Videos with External Links – Again

    According to several YouTube creators, the site will no longer let them add external links in the cards at the end of their videos. They will allow it, but only if the creator enables their channel for monetization through YouTube’s Partner Program.  Channels don’t actually have to enable monetization on the video, but the channel…

  • Google Blocks YouTube App in Amazon Echo Show

    Google Blocks YouTube App in Amazon Echo Show

    Amazon and Google are battling it out right now.  And this is a really interesting one.  Google has apparently decided that it’s going to stop allowing the Amazon Echo Show to access YouTube.  If you ask the smart speaker to show you a YouTube video, it fails and Alexa says “currently, Google is not supporting…

  • YouTube Now Allows You to Stream Your iPhone’s Screen

    YouTube Now Allows You to Stream Your iPhone’s Screen

    YouTube has officially announced a new update to its iOS app, that will allow users to live stream more content and add better moderation tools for its chat system.  The YouTube app for iOS now supports allowing users to live stream their iPhone’s display directly, without having to use the standalone YouTube Gaming app.  Which…