They’re All P2P Employment Agencies

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 Instagram is big. But Upwork and YouTube are bigger. Twitter is big. But Uber and Airbnb are bigger. Your startup idea is big. But your startup idea that pays people is bigger. What do YouTube, Airbnb, Uber and Upwork have in common? You can get paid using them. And thousands of people are getting an income from them right now. Read More

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They’re All P2P Employment Agencies

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 Instagram is big. But Upwork and YouTube are bigger. Twitter is big. But Uber and Airbnb are bigger. Your startup idea is big. But your startup idea that pays people is bigger. What do YouTube, Airbnb, Uber and Upwork have in common? You can get paid using them. And thousands of people are getting an income from them right now. Read More

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Kid Video And Entertainment Service Playkids Nabs $15M From Parent Firm Movile

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 You might think that YouTube has the kid video demographic locked down, particularly since it launched a dedicated video app for kids, but a company out of Brazil would challenge that. And it’s putting $ 15 million where it’s mouth is, too. Read More

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HBO and Facebook are teaming up to stream Ballers and The Brink

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HBO has announced that the premiere episodes of new comedies Ballers and The Brink will be available to stream on Facebook for a limited time starting Wednesday. The series both premiered last Sunday night, and the network’s partnership with Facebook is exclusive: the episodes won’t be available on YouTube or through any other streaming platforms, only through HBO’s official services (HBO Now and HBO Go). The Ballers premiere is being hosted on star / executive producer Dwayne Johnson’s personal Facebook page, which weighs in at just under 50 million followers; The Brink is sitting on its series page, which is decidedly smaller.

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Publishing Turns to YouTube for Salvation

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As YouTube stars start to publish books they are bringing their millions of fans into bookstores, giving the book business an unlikely windfall.

By Dennis Abrams

At the Los Angeles Times Jacket Copy, Carolyn Kellogg asked the question: “Will a book of witticisms for PewDiePie’s ‘bros’ lift publishing’s bottom line?

Who or what, you might ask, is a PewDiePie?

His real name is Felix Kjellberg, he’s a video gamer with a “legion of fans he calls ‘bros.’”

And “legion” might be a bit of an understatement. He’s got 37 million subscribers to his YouTube channel. That’s right. 37 million.

And now, he’s written a book. This Book Loves You is a “collection of aphorisms, bits of wisdom-slash-jokes, paired with photos and others visuals.” It’s set to be released in October in the UK, Germany, Norway, Sweden and France, and in the U.S. from Razorbill; part of PenguinRandomHouse.

Ben Schrank, president and publisher of Razorbill said in a statement, “Razorbill and Penguin US are excited to bring the words of PewDiePie to the American people in book form. And with more subscribers than Taylor Swift and One Direction combined, Felix is without question one of the most influential stars of this generation.”

If PewDiePie makes it big, he won’t be the first YouTuber to hit the bestselling lists. Grace Helbig, with 2.4 million subscribers, saw her book Grace’s Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-Up on the lists. And the UK’s Zoella’s (Zoe Sugg) Girl Online sold 78,000 copies in its first week, making it England’s fastest-selling novel of 2014. (That it was later revealed to have been ghostwritten might or might not be beside the point.)

And there’s I Hate Myselfie, Shawn Dawson’s collections of essays that hit U.S. bestseller lists in March, which publisher Atria claimed was the “fastest-selling book of any YouTube Star.” And there’s also Mamrie Hart’s You Deserve a Drink, another YouTube star, whose “boozy memoir” hit the bestseller lists in May.

As Kellogg wrote:

“What these YouTube stars share is an ability to connect with fans, usually teens but also older readers, who often can prove elusive to traditional publishers. The robust YA market has shown that young readers can be extraordinarily devoted, once they connect to an author. Or, publishing hopes, to a YouTube star.

“The bigger question for publishing, though, is if these projects are helping to create lifelong readers — people who’ll want to buy more books — or if they’re just looking for a physical manifestation of that one YouTube favorite they can have on a shelf for a while.”

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Microsoft made a better YouTube search engine than Google

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YouTube might never be dethroned as the king of online video, but Microsoft has just made a compelling case for visiting Bing before you watch anything on YouTube.

Microsoft gave a much-needed makeover to its Bing video search feature this week, and the final product is pretty good. It features larger, easier-to-identify video thumbnails, and you can even preview videos straight from the results to get an idea of what you’re looking at. Just hover your cursor over a result to watch a small bit of the video.

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Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel Explains Snapchat In A Dimly Lit Room

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 Inexplicably, Snapchat has posted a video to its official YouTube page in which CEO and cofounder Evan Spiegel describes how the app works – four years after it was founded. In it, he uses a sketchpad, a sharpie and some secret knowledge to explain why younger demographics of users love Snapchat and to explain why the app has one of the more confusing design schemes in existence. He… Read More

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Hawaii has claim to Obama's legacy

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Hawaii has claim to Obama"s legacy

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Feds may seize control of Hawaii Health Connector

The federal government is threatening to take over Hawaii"s health insurance exchange within months and has restricted grant money to support operations of the Hawaii Health Connector. Jeff Kissel, the Connector"s executive director, told lawmakers at …
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Ello Obtains Million with VC Funding for Enhanced Business Growth

Ello, which asserted that users were not to be considered products, became a burgeoning success since late last year when Facebook"s real name policy started resulting in user accounts being closed down. The booming startup, in keeping with its …
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Bits Blog: YouTube Takes On Amazon With New Gaming App

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Amazon beat Google to the acquisition of a popular gaming video service. Now Google is responding with a new YouTube Gaming application.








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