YouTube videos gets over 200 Million Views Per Day

YouTube applications in Mobile has seen a huge growth in the past couple of years, it is all because of the growth in the number of smartphones and devices that come with the YouTube app pre-installed, and also the popularity of the YouTube mobile site. YouTube has now released the official numbers, which turn out  to be over 200 million video views per day, which is up by 3x from January 2010.

Apart from this YouTube is also adding music videos to their library of videos, but only for the Android YouTube app. YouTube has partnership with VEVO, so users can now access music videos from labels such as EMI, Sony and UMG and also get other stuff such as artist bio and other tracks by that artist.

These videos will come at a small cost to the users. They will now have to sit through 15 second pre-roll ads before they can start watching these videos. While this may sound annoying it will ensure you will continue to get premium content on your Android phone in future. The feature is currently limited to Android app users but will soon be available to those on other platforms as well as those who use the mobile website. 

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Acer Android 7-inch and 10.1-inch Tablets Preview Videos Spotted

Acer announced its new 7-inch and 10.1-inch Tablets in an New York based event last month on Nov 23. Out of both, videos of the 10.1-inch Acer Tablet running Android was spotted on YouTube. Two different videos showed preview of the same thing - usage of gyroscope to flip through pages of magazine or a book. The tablet seems to have Acer UI 4.5 layered over the Android interface and also showed some innovative zooming gestures.

At the Acer's Conference, the 10.1-inch Android running tablet was shown with aluminum casing and one of the slides mentioned that the tablet would house a dual-core 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets. The capacitive touchscreen supports 1280x800 pixel resolution display. In the videos, a female previews Acer's Android tablet running an eBook application that flips pages based on the gyroscope. The interface is bit buggy. Watch the videos below:

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Google is giving $1000 to 500 YouTube Partners

You must have heard of Google's YouTube Partner program, where you can become a partner and can earn revenue for your videos (provided they are good). Apparently it is doing very well as they have over 15,000 partners worldwide. Since these people generate a lot of revenue for Google by driving people to YouTube, Google is now giving back to them by giving 500 of these partners $1000 each. 

It will be in the form of store credit at B&H Photo, where these partners can get better photographic equipment for themselves so they can create better videos in future. Along with acknowledging those who are already on board, this should also encourage more people to become a partner and earn money for their videos. 

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Zen Pad based on Android is Now Available for Rs.13,999

Now Finally, you would be able to get your hands on a 7-inch Android tablet without having to break into a bank. H.T. IMPEX has launched one such tablet under their brand name ZEN The Master, also known as Zen Pad. The Zen Pad is a tablet running Android OS 2.1, with a high resolution 7-inch touch screen and comes in a very slim form factor.

Zen Pad can be used to access wireless Internet to stay abreast with the latest happenings around the world, watch photos, videos and movies, listen to music, read eBooks and play games. Being an Android tablet has its advantages as you can get almost unlimited amount of free apps from the Android Market. It can be used for Social Networking and chat applications to stay in touch with your friends. There is also a built-in YouTube app, which lets you enjoy streaming videos at your comfort. Of course, after some play, you can also put it to work because it is a convenient way to manage office documents, presentation and emails no matter where you go as long as you take it with you.

Images, videos and presentations can be output to any big screen LCD TV or a compatible display device using the HDMI out and the included HDMI cable. The Zen Pad comes with a 1.0 GHz and 256 MB DDR2 memory. The 7-inch resistive single touch screen (which is probably the only and major gripe about this product) has LED backlight with a resolution of 800x480. It also features a back camera with a resolution of 0.3MP. Wireless 802.11 b/g is supported for internet access.

Available in a single color with silver front and black back, the Zen Pad can be all yours for just Rs.13,999 and can be bought soon in most retail IT chain stores. It comes with an 8GB memory card and a pouch with keyboard. This makes for a good New Year gift and now you have one less reason not to buy an Android tablet. Expect a review soon as we will get a review piece in the next few days.

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