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Question from Kathleen: I recently bought a Roku device and I’m enjoying it immensely.
A co-worker told me she watches YouTube videos on her TV via the Roku but I looked through all the channels and I can’t find it.
Can you tell me how to watch YouTube with my Roku? [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
If you have small children you’re likely familiar with YouTube Kids.
If not, it’s simply a special “kids only” version of the ultra-popular YouTube video streaming service.
Overall, Google (the owner of YouTube) does a good job at making sure the videos available on YouTube Kids are truly kid-friendly, but occasionally a not-so-kid-friendly video will slip through the cracks. [Read more…]
Do you feature videos that you’ve created yourself on a personal or company blog?
If so, you might think it’s best to host those videos right on your blog server instead of elsewhere on the Internet.
Well, there are several important reasons why you would probably be better off hosting your videos on YouTube instead: [Read more…]
Question from Robin G.: Hi Rick. I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.
I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels, and when I’m watching any of the videos posted on one of them a big ugly message always pops up telling me to visit the channel’s website.
I already visit that website pretty often and I don’t need these reminders popping up all the time.
Is there any way to prevent them from popping up on the YouTube videos that I’m watching? They are really annoying!
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
For years people have been making dangerous “prank” videos and sharing them on YouTube hoping to see the videos go viral.
A lot of those dangerous videos did end up going viral, inspiring thousands of copycats to attempt to recreate the prank.
As one might expect, many of those copycat pranksters ended up getting seriously hurt while filming their own versions of the stunts.
Things became even worse when the prank video makers started actually challenging viewers to make similar videos of their own.