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Article: YouTube tries out downloads, live streaming.(SHOW TIME)
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- The Online Reporter
- Article date:
- January 23, 2009
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President Obama promised to bring change to the US, but it seems Google is bringing change to President Obama, as his YouTube channel has been chosen by Google as the testing ground for a new download option.
The number of views for every site that broadcast live or showed clips of the presidential inauguration has been through the roof, as was expected, and this gave Google a chance to test out its download feature with demand that won't be matched anytime soon.
How well it worked should come out soon from YouTube. The lingering question, however, is really whether or not Google will extend this to other YouTube videos regardless of the Presidential ...