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Googlicious - YouTube's looking to take on Netflix and Hulu

2015-03-17
what's up Brian song here and we're back with the Google issues for everything google that we can pack inside of a show there's always plenty of action and a lot around YouTube lately now according to Variety Google's video behemoth is exploring a subscription video service that would compete directly with Netflix Hulu and others YouTube has already started negotiating deals for its own service and in the report an unnamed YouTube partner says the company not only wanted to discuss a licensing deal but it's very aggressive in moving forward quickly now we know viewing behaviors are slowly but surely changing in TVs not dead yet but online video continues to grow as a more and more legitimate piece of the revenue pie now the youtubes is also adding a couple new features including their new cards feature that allows creators to add interactive pop up like cards on top of your videos that can be displayed on both desktop and mobile google hopes this will be a slicker way to eventually replace annotations and inform viewers about other videos merchandise or playlists and have a sleek look as well and 360-degree videos are now also live on YouTube Google promised they'd be coming in January and they're exactly what they sound like you can use her Android device and move your phone around to look around the scene on your desktop browser you can drag your mouse around to see the different parts of the video it's really cool stuff and with VR headsets getting more momentum more content like this is going to help push the platform forward all right the president of HTC America says HTC has a big announcement for us customers on Wednesday which could possibly point at the u.s. availability of the new HTC One m9 it's another advancement in the line with a new metal finish 20 megapixel camera with a sapphire lens and their new flavor boom sound with Dolby Digital support plus the ability to instantly connect to different speakers for play music but something also be aware of according to Dutch website tweakers who are running the gfx bench benchmark test well the HTC One m9 recorded a surface temperature around 55 degrees Celsius or 131 degrees Fahrenheit yeah that's hot now it's a benchmark and phones do run hotter during these tests but it could support some of the reported issues with a Snapdragon 810 processor overheating now we're not saying this will happen to you and it was run on unfun alized software but this is the one case where you don't want to be the hottest phone on the market and if you like phone renders here's some for you Twitter account on leaks recently showed off a few press renders of the LG g4 which if true has a design that is more of a hybrid between the LG g3 and the latest G flex 2 now with this design a full metal body seems unlikely and early reports from Korean media claimed the design would be radically different than the g3 with the metal mixture body and Sony Xperia fans can take a look at this latest leak from on leaks as well at the z4 which really aligns with some of the design elements that we've seen from the Xperia z4 tablet that was launched earlier this month alright that's going to do for this week's show you can always email us at Google licious at cnet com or tweet me at Bryan Tom thanks for watching we'll see you guys next time for some more of that Google Isha's Google issues
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