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amazon is going after google in a new way now it's taking on YouTube I'm Bridget Carey this is your cnet update amazon is launching its own version of YouTube letting anyone upload video clips to its video service it's called Amazon video direct the name is a bit of a mouthful but it gives people the power to upload a free video with advertising or charge money for it that means a Video Creator can charge a subscription for it or charge to rent or own the video video creators also have incentives to put their videos behind the prime subscription pay wall if the video is popular on Prime they could earn bonus prize money amazon has been making several deals to beef up its prime video offerings to challenge Netflix although anyone can upload video Amazon did say may block videos with inappropriate content such as videos with hateful speech it does seem very business focused right now Amazon is courting online media outlets to be among the first publishers some of which include Conde Nast how stuff works the Guardian stylehaul and Business Insider but if you're looking for a new visual entertainment you can now play classic nintendo games in virtual reality with google cardboard a person on reddit posted a virtual boy emulator that anyone with an android phone can play while wearing a Google cardboard or a Samsung gear VR headset the original virtual boy was released in 1995 it was a failed attempt at playing games in 3d with a headset it caused I strain it was pricey and it was pulled after a year also in the world of video changes are coming to Twitter's periscope videos broadcasted from the app will be alive forever by default unless you choose to delete it right now videos only are viewable for 24 hours by having video stay up longer periscope is able to better compete with Facebook's live videos and you can expect more news outlets to use these types of apps to quickly broadcast footage with their phone from a live event and not worry about a disappearing periscope will also soon add the ability to broadcast live video shot with a DJ I drone that's it for this update but these updates are getting an update of their own changes are coming soon find out more tomorrow from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey