News & Reviews:   Google YouTube

Google recently announced that submission for the YouTube Works Awards Southeast Asia (SEA) is now open until 30 April 2026. Entries are eligible if they cover campaigns from 1 March 2025 to 30 April 2026. Check here for more details

All YouTube users will soon be getting a new way of identifying themselves, which may be new to the platform, but not something entirely foreign in the social media landscape. Announced via a blog post today, YouTube is introducing @name handles across the platform.

Google’s online video sharing and social media platform YouTube is now offering TV streaming service too, but with a twist. Get this, you can stream up to 4000 episodes of TV for free, but you’ll be interrupted with ads the whole time.

Seems like a fair compromise, don’t you think? Also, isn’t this just exactly what a conventional TV channel is anyway, only with an extra step and the convenience of picking what show to watch?