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It’s curious what people get attached to. Despite the huge number of changes to the photography apps in Apple’s iOS 8, a controversy has erupted over a single, universally loved feature — the Camera Roll, and Apple’s decision to remove it from the Photos app where it has resided these many years. The Camera Roll was not only a way for the app to organize photos, it became a part of the lexicon, with its own identity. I believe people related to the Camera Roll because it had a clear and unambiguous meaning: The Camera Roll means all your pictures. And now it’s gone. The camera…
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YouTube has revealed a new plan to invest in original content from popular creators on its platform. In a blog post, the company outlined its existing investments in creators, such as channel partnerships, YouTube Space studios, and marketing campaigns. “Now, we feel the time is right to make another important investment in our creators,” Alex Carloss, Head of YouTube Originals, wrote. “That’s why we’ve decided to fund new content from some of our top creators, helping them not only fulfill their creative ambitions but also deliver new material to their millions of fans on YouTube.” Carloss acknowledged that experimenting with…
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YouTube has added new real-time reporting to its analytics dashboard that provides view counts down to the minute for your videos. By default, the new dashboard section shows your last five published videos, but you can search for older videos. The interface has two graphs: hour-by-hour data for the last 48 hours and minute-by-minute figures for the past hour. The page auto-refreshes while you have it open. Google says you’ll still have a bit of latency for the reports, but that’s darn close to real-time. YouTube creators have been asking for more immediate data, and Google has plans to release additional real-time features in…
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