YouTube

WEB
Google launches UAE version of YouTube

Apr 02, 2012 YouTube.co.ae joins growing number of local versions of video site for the MENA region
WEB
YouTube adds Merch Store

Oct 17, 2011 New application allows artists to sell merchandise, concert tickets and organise meet-ups
WEB
YouTube adds video editing features

Sep 18, 2011 The video editing tools allows a user to rotate, stabilise, colour correct and add other effects to videos they have uploaded
WEB
Social petworking booms

Jul 13, 2011 It is no longer just humans who are enjoying YouTube, Facebook and Twitter
TELECOMS
Gulf states rank among top YouTube users, says du CEO

May 24, 2011 Saudi, Kuwait and the UAE among biggest users of YouTube
GOVERNMENT
Facebook, YouTube unblocked in Syria

Feb 09, 2011 First time these sites are accessible without using proxy servers in three years
WEB
The five that clicked

Oct 21, 2010 We count down five of the best (and worst) acquisitions in tech history, from AOL-Time Warner to Google-YouTube.
WEB
YouTube most popular Google site in MEA

Sep 17, 2009 Study by comScore finds that Google sites had more than 70 million unique visitors in just one month from Middle East and Africa
WEB
Saudi launches its own YouTube

Aug 27, 2009 NaqaTube is marketed as a ‘clean’ alternative to YouTube, which has been a subject of controversy in the Kingdom
WEB
Saudi campaign to clean up YouTube

Aug 13, 2009 Campaign has so far attracted 200 members who surf the site in search of inappropriate content

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