When YouTube started to partner with users in monetizing videos, its business model really began to gel. Google has always yielded the bulk of its fortunate from advertising, and distributing but a tiny portion of its massive haul to encourage loyalty from its content producers seemed both fair and beneficial for all parties involved. Recently,…
The internet is ablaze (as usual) over Google’s recent changes to Youtube’s commenting system. When previously a user need only sign up with a fake name for a Youtube account to post comments, one is now required to use a fake name when signing up for a Google+ account instead. Now (complaints of) spam messages…
Is it an app? Is it an animation? Is it part of the vegan agenda? Nooo, it’s clever marketing! Up, up and Chipotle! Chipotle’s Scarecrow Isn’t Just Brainless Fun Scarecrow is a new game in the iTunes store courtesy of Chipotle (no love for us Android users because that would be silly!). But it’s more…
Though already hailed as one of the most innovative and theatrical live acts in rock music, Trent Reznor and Co. are raising the stakes for their “Tension 2013” tour. Nine Inch Nails Live Experience You’re standing in a huge room, surrounded on all sides by a crushing mass of music-loving humanity that you can hear…
As you may know (you’re on a website called Geek Insider after all) Electronic Sports not only draw the best players in games such as Starcraft, League of Legends and more, but also bigger crowds than some baseball games (up to 1.7 million) and prize-money of unprecedented size. With an emerging marketplace of talent and…
Microsoft and Google continue to haggle over multiple issues. Microsoft has been upset after Google recently blocked access to YouTube on Microsoft’s Windows Phone app because the app apparently violated Google’s Terms of Use. Google Blocks YouTube It all started 2 years ago, when Microsoft criticized Google for not letting it deliver a fully featured…
I’m going through a phase. Sometimes, I’ll catch myself on YouTube watching a game of Crusader Kings II unfold as a nervous guy talks off-camera in a monotone punctuated by bursts of uncharacteristic enthusiasm. The premise: a person records their gaming session, narrating as they go – highs, lows, awkward pauses, expletives and all –…
Geek culture is everywhere, if it isn’t incredibly obvious yet. I mean, gosh, we’ve got TV shows like “The Big Bang Theory” that celebrates it every other second! Currently, we’re seeing superhero movies rocking the box offices so I think that’s saying something. With Google’s YouTube being one of the most popular websites in the…
Usually an ‘Undistressed Damsel’ is a character from a Geeky universe. They’re usually someone fictional. But this week, I’m making an exception. This week, the ‘Undistressed Damsel’ are a bunch of damsels (and a dudesels, which is the boy version of damsel that I just made up right then, I’M LIKE SHAKESPEARE!) who are taking…
Since the success of YouTube’s Comedy Week, they’ve decided to get a little nerdier with their next idea. Running from August 4-10, YouTube will be hosting its first ever Geek Week. They will be showcasing all sorts of geek related material over the course of the seven days. It will be covering all sorts of…
YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley finally revealed his video sharing site competing with his former company, which is now one of Google’s largest breadwinners. Today Hurley announced, by way of Twitter, that he will soon launch his new site, MixBit. As mentioned in our original article, Google acquired YouTube’s services in 2006 for an astounding $1.65…
YouTube may have not only found, but bred its toughest competition yet. Better yet, the competition is the founder of YouTube; Chad Hurley plans to launch a video sharing site. YouTube has had its share of competitors like Vimeo or more privately owned companies in the likes of Hulu and Netflix. Although as you may…
Pakistani Government Unblocks YouTube, Only to Ban it Again Minutes Later I am a Pakistani Citizen, and here is my take… YouTube is the world’s most popular video streaming site. It offers a great platform for people to share their videos with the whole World. However, the officials in Pakistan don’t seem to understand the benefits…