{"id":8881,"date":"2010-01-21T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T22:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/?p=8881"},"modified":"2010-05-10T00:16:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T08:16:24","slug":"youtube-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/198.46.88.49\/electrotech\/youtube-2-0","title":{"rendered":"YouTube 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"the$ <\/a>The next time you’re avoiding work to go to YouTube<\/a> and watch cute kitties or Single Ladies Gone Wrong<\/a>, you may notice a few changes.<\/p>\n

The Site has introduced a bunch of new features (on top of their forays into live cricket streaming<\/a> and HTML5 support<\/a>) AND a new redesign.<\/p>\n

First up? Yesterday, the YouTube Music Discovery Project<\/a>, or “Disco.” Think of it as\u00c2\u00a0 Pandora<\/a> Radio with Video – you enter an artist\/song, and presto! Or, rather, disco! Up comes your very own playlist that you can save for later.<\/p>\n

Today, YouTube made available a new, cleaner version of the Site<\/a> that viewers can opt into. With less clutter (although the same number of advertisements) and a Like\/Thumbs Down icon (instead of those stars), the new YouTube is supposed to make for a more focused viewing experience. What do you think?<\/a><\/p>\n

Then, starting tomorrow, January 22nd, YouTube will begin renting movies for $3.99 each. Now don’t get too excited – so far, YouTube only has the rights to 5 independent films from the 2009 and 2010 Sundance Film Festivals. The Indies – “The Cove,” “Bass Ackwards,” “One Too Many Mornings,” “Homewrecker” and “Children of Invention” – may not exactly be well-known, but we think it’s pretty cool that they’ll soon have such a wide-reaching platform. Plus, it’s only a matter of time before the major studios follow suit.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a> {TechCrunch}<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a> {Gizmodo}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"