YouTube uses machine learning to create real-time green screen feature
Software Engineers Valentin Bazarevsky and Andrei Tkachenka from the Google Research team have just posted on the blog that they launched a feature to the YouTube app that allows for real-time, on-device mobile video segmentation into YouTube stories (which YouTube calls “reels”). Commonly known as the “green screen” effect, video segmentation allows you to separate the foreground…
Apple asks holdouts to switch to iPhone because, well, because…
The cell phone business seems so ancient these days that it’s easy to believe the sides are entrenched. You’re either an iPhone person who mocks anyone who has an Android phone. Or you’re one of those Android or other non-iPhone people who derides everyone who has an iPhone. Is…
YouTube creators will need at least 10,000 views to monetize their videos
All you aspiring YouTube content creators might want to take note of the updates that YouTube has recently made to its Partner Program. For starters, from today onwards, YouTubers will need to have 10,000 views on their channel before ads will be displayed on their videos. Essentially, this means content…
Google lets you do some last minute shopping with great deals on its Play Store
If you haven’t done any Christmas shopping or would like to do more, Google is here to help. Most amazingly (and unfortunately for us), if you live in the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, Brazil, or Mexico and have not subscribed to YouTube Red or Google Play Music,…
Happy new year 2014
Happy new year 2014 to all friend and reader here, wish all the best in the year 2014. At the same time, Google release the latest Google Zeitgeist which show all the search trend around the wold. You may also discover what the world searched for with Google’s year in…
YouTube Paid Channel
YouTube launched a new kind of channels for premium content: paid channels. The list includes 53 channels and the price is $1-7/month, depending on the channel. tech.david-cheong.com There’s an offer that lets you subscribe to 7 channels for $10/month. The channels are from the Entertainment Studios Networks: Cars.TV, Comedy.TV, Pets.TV,…
Should one build a Site Using Subdomains or Subdirectories? Google Answers!
The head of Google’s webspam team talks about Google view on subdomains- is there any difference for Google between sites set up as group of subdomains or as a group of subdirectories. Here is the video:
To park a domain before launching your site, yes or now? Google Answers!
Google Webmaster Help has released a video with head of webspam team- Matt Cutts answering a query about parked domains without content. Here is the video:
Google launch first standalone YouTube app for iPhone
Today is a special day for YouTube where Google launch their first standalone apps for iPhone to replace the build in YouTube apps that has been removed from iOS 6 which going to release very soon. Starting from today, you can download the official YouTube app for iPhone and iPod…