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Recently Google launched its own URL Shortening Service “goo.le” .Now it gives youtube also another URL Shortening Service. The domain is “youtu.be”.

To use youtu.be manually, simply take a URL like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdeioVndUhs and replace the “http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=” with “http://youtu.be/” to get: http://youtu.be/FdeioVndUhs Plug that shorter URL into a browser, and you’ll see it redirects to that video.

The shortener is exclusive to YouTube links (no surprise, less spam). Its primary function is to share YouTube videos and channels with friends, mostly through YouTube’s AutoShare feature, which syndicates your activity on YouTube to Twitter (Twitter), Facebook (Facebook), and elsewhere.

Weird things are happening again and again. Now one guy at his marriage brought a cellphone for changing the relationship status immediately after his marriage, at the Altar itself.

During his wedding ceremony, Dana Hanna whipped out his mobile device and not only changed his relationship status to married on Facebook, but also sent out a tweet announcing that the couple had become man and wife.

See the Video Here, the whole thing is taped.

According to All Things Digital, Google is currently in negotiations with the networks and studios to make such a service available to users of its video-sharing site in 2010.

Fox News also reports the same, ie., Google is negotiating with the media industry to stream individual TV episodes via YouTube, for a fee.

Youtube allow us to view some TV episode now only but ads are there. So if this rumor comes real, then it means TV episode without ads.

So I dont think its just a rumor, but still its not confirmed. Anyway I don’t know whether to say this is good or this is bad. This is because, Youtube will not allow us to download and keep it legally. But we are paying for it 1.99 USD per TV episode. There are people who want to keep it to watch it over and over not everyone, but believe me there are people.

Well this is not a good news for iTunes. The thing about iTunes is they allow us to download what we are paying for. Will Youtube add an option like this. MAn then this is going to be huge. I mean REAL huge.

The sources say negotiations are still in preliminary stages but that both sides “seem optimistic”.

Last October, when youtube did this, it became on of the biggest live stream event. It wat a U2 concert and it generated  more than 10 million streams across 7 continents.

Now this time youtube streams Alicia Keys Concert Worldwide. Alicia Keys concert being live streamed on December 1st at 8pm ET.

The concert will be held at the Nokia Theatre in New York City. This concert is for drawing attention to World AIDS Day. You’ll be able to tune in at the Alicia Keys YouTube channel.

Youtube comes up with a new service which will display the captions for their videos. The timings will be automatically synchronized. Google says they are using the same voice recognition algorithms used in Google Voice.

This makes YouTube a lot more accessible to deaf and hearing-impaired people. Google is offering users the choice to use its automatic translation system to read the captions in 51 languages.

Read more details here.

YouTube’s video platform has enabled a new generation of content creators to connect with billions of viewers every day.

iReports are the videos submitted by users around the world about news events. iReport.com is a website whioch offers this. Youtube is launching their own iReport-type site through a program they’re calling YouTube Direct, which they describe as “a new tool that allows media organizations to request, review and rebroadcast YouTube clips directly from YouTube users.”

Youtube says,

YouTube Direct allows you to embed the upload functionality of YouTube directly into your own site, enabling your organization to request, review, and re-broadcast user-submitted videos with ease. News organizations can ask for citizen reporting; nonprofits can call-out for support videos around social campaigns; businesses can ask users to submit promotional videos about your brand. With YouTube Direct, the opportunities to connect directly with the YouTube community are endless.

Key features of YouTube Direct include:

• Built on the YouTube API, this 100% open-source solution provides you with an easily-integrated audience engagement platform for your website
• The customizable interface allows you to tailor the look and feel of the tool precisely to your audience
• Visitors can answer your call for content by uploading their videos to YouTube via your site without leaving the page
• A moderation panel enables your editors to review and approve/reject all submitted videos, deciding which ones meet your organization’s editorial criteria
• All videos approved by your editors include a link back to your site when viewed on YouTub.

See this video from youtube to know more,