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Question from Kyle: I have a high-end MacBook Pro that I currently use for both work and pleasure.
The “pleasure” part consists almost exclusively of watching YouTube videos, and I watch a LOT of them.
I’d like to purchase a good, but cheap 2nd laptop just for watching YouTube, and I need some advice.
A friend recommended that I skip Windows this time and get a Chromebook instead. I’d love to have your opinion on that. [Read more…]
Imagine you stumble across an insightful YouTube video, brimming with information you want to revisit later. You’d wish you could have it all in writing, wouldn’t you?
Here’s where the magic of transcription gleams through the digital noise.
Did you know YouTube has a handy ‘Picture-In-Picture’ feature that allows you to watch a video in the corner of the screen while you’re doing other things with your machine?
For example, let’s say you’re busy catching up on your email but you also want to keep up with what’s happening at an event that’s being livestreamed via YouTube.
Or maybe you simply want to watch a regular pre-recorded YouTube video while you’re working.
Either way, you can easily watch the video in the corner of your screen with YouTube’s handy ‘Picture-In-Picture’ feature. [Read more…]
The YouTube app is one of the most-used smartphone apps out there. In fact, chances are you’re using it right now.
I spend at least a couple of hours each day using my YouTube app for a combination of work and pleasure (but mostly work) and I know how power-hungry the YouTube mobile app can be.
If you also make extensive use of your phone’s YouTube app, there’s a simple settings change you can make that will force it to sip less juice from your phone’s battery… [Read more…]
YouTube’s “Shorts” feature has brought a massive win to both the platform and its creators, as it has helped create a valuable content resource for many of the company’s channel’s creators.
However, it has also raised some questions and problems about how to make a proper orientation of videos and how to profit from these. [Read more…]