YouTube comes to Windows Phone 7 (no thanks to Google, Microsoft)

Want to watch YouTube on your shiny new Windows Phone 7 handset? You can… but since Google hasn’t released an official app and because Microsoft didn’t bake support into the operating system, you’re going to have to rely on a third party app. A few days ago HTC released a free app for anyone with a Windows Phone 7 device built by the handset maker…. Read more »

YouTube 2.1 for Android supports in-page playback, comment posting

Google has rolled out  a new version of its YouTube app for Android, with a retooled user interface that lets you view video descriptions, rate videos, or browse for related videos without stopping playback of the video you’re watching. YouTube 2.1 also lets you post comments while ea video continues to play. The update also makes it easier to seek in a video in full-screen… Read more »

Google launches YouTube Remote app for Android

Google has released a new app for Google Android called YouTube Remote. As you might have guessed from the name, it’s a remote control for YouTube… or to be more specific, it’s a remote control for YouTube Leanback, the full-screen version of YouTube Google launched recently for media center computers and Google TV devices. Here’s how it works. You fire up the mobile app on… Read more »

Google launches new YouTube app for Android

Google has pushed out a new version of its YouTube app for Android, and while most Android phones come with YouTube preloaded, the new version is available as a separate download from the Android Market. This is part of Google’s move to make it easier for users to update key apps without waiting for their phone company to upgrade to the latest version of the… Read more »

Rumor: Google Android Gingerbread to bring video chat, UI overhaul

The folks at Phandroid have snagged an incredibly blurry photo of a phone that’s purportedly running an early build of Gingerbread. That’s the codename for the next version of the Google Android operating system, which may or may not be labeled Android 3.0 when it’s released. While the photo doesn’t really show us much of anything, Phandroid reports that the updated operating system features a… Read more »

iOS 4.2 beta 2 now available for download

Apple has posted an updated beta version of iOS 4.2 for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. If you happen to have an Apple developer account, you can download it now. There’s no official change log, but some users are reporting that the OS seems more stable, the YouTube app works better, there’s a new animation effect for multitasking, there’s an indicator in the App Store… Read more »

Muziic grabs songs from YouTube, internet radio, brings them to Android

Muziic is a music-on-demand app, but unlike services from Grooveshark, Mog, and most other mainstream music apps, Muziic doesn’t maintain its own music servers. Instead Muziic grabs audio from YouTube. Here’s how it works. You enter an artist name or song title and Muziic searches YouTube. You can then either add the track to your playlist or tap the title to start playing the song…. Read more »

Early Windows Phone 7 apps to include YouTube, Yelp, Checkers

Windows Phone 7 may not have support for Flash or HTML5 at launch, but it looks like you will be able to watch YouTube videos using some sort of YouTube app. A former Microsoft employee posted a picture this week which showed icons for apps in the Windows Phone 7 Market testing zone. And one of the apps is clearly labeled YouTube. The picture was… Read more »

YouTube launches new mobile web site

Google has launched a new and vastly improved mobile web site for YouTube. The new version uses HTML5 to offer high quality video streams as well as an improved user interface that’s easier to navigate on a device with a touchscreen display and HTML5 capable web browser (which includes most Apple and Android mobile phones). You can find the new page at m.youtube.com. While there… Read more »

Muziic brings music on demand to the iPhone – with YouTube’s help

Muziic is a media player that lets you listen to pretty much any song from any artist — as long as it’s available on YouTube. Instead of reaching deals with record labels and jumping through all of their hoops, the developer just searches YouTube for songs that have already been uploaded either officially or unofficially. What makes Muziic easier to to use than simply surfing… Read more »


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