YouTube Stories January 20
GOOG: 805.02
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YouTube Stories January 18
GOOG: 806.07
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YouTube has been testing a new conversation feature which allows users to share videos and have conversations with their friends and family directly within the video network’s application. Today, Google has officially launched the new feature, but only in Canada…
YouTube Stories January 16
GOOG: 807.88
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YouTube Stories January 13
GOOG: 807.88
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YouTube Stories January 12
GOOG: 806.36
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With live streams being a popular way for internet stars to communicate with fans, YouTube has announced a new way to monetize them. Super Chat allows any viewer to purchase messages that will be more visible during a live chat. However, this new feature coincides with YouTube discontinuing Fan Funding.
YouTube Stories December 29, 2016
GOOG: 782.79
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YouTube experimenting w/ new notification system, makes it easier to keep tabs on your subscriptions
Over the past year or so YouTube has slowly been separating itself from Google+ following the merger the two went through a few years ago. A while back, YouTube comments were completely separated from Google+, and other components have also been swapped over time. Now, YouTube is testing a new notifications system which is completely independent of Google+…