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Study: Viewers turning to YouTube as news source
Jul 16th, 2012
A new study has found that YouTube is emerging as a major platform for news, one to which viewers increasingly turn for eyewitness videos in times of major events and natural disasters. (Source: Associated Press) -
By Tom Bill LONDON (Reuters) - Almost a quarter of commercial property loans in Britain are higher in value than the underlying real estate, a study showed on Friday, highlighting the toxic legacy of reckless lending before the financial crash. The figure grew to 23 percent at the end of 2012 from 20 percent a year earlier, according to De Montfort... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Samsung's newest Galaxy S4 smartphone is just a revamped version of its top-selling S3 phone with a bigger screen and a few software gimmicks, reviewers said. "The Galaxy is still a beautiful, high-horsepower Android phone," New York Times' columnist David Pogue wrote. "But basically, it's an updated Galaxy... [Full Article]
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) - The father of the two Boston bombing suspects says he is leaving Russia soon for the United States. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - YouTube has a new paid channel for horror junkies, adding Screampix as the first subscription channel dedicated to frightful fare. It launched on Wednesday in the US and Canada for $2.99 a month, and will rollout to the U.K., France and Brazil later this year. The channel features more than 200 hours of horror... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - The British government says it will pledge 128 million pounds ($195 million) to help make Mali and the West African Sahel more secure. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from the Internet search giant. The European Commission last month told interested parties they had until May 26 to ... [Full Article]