Connecting a Google Account to your older YouTube account

Connecting a Google Account to your older YouTube account: "Following YouTube’s acquisition by Google in 2006, new YouTube signups were given the choice between two different account systems to power their YouTube experience: the original YouTube account system (built in 2005) or the Google Account system.

In May 2009, we started requiring all new YouTube usernames to be powered by Google Accounts.

Now, we’re gradually asking all remaining pre-May 2009 users still using the older YouTube account system to connect a Google Account to their YouTube username. For now, it’s an optional step, but eventually it’ll be required in order to continue using your YouTube username.

Before we go any further, we should clarify three important facts:

• YouTube usernames themselves aren’t going anywhere. No matter when you signed up for YouTube, or if you’re currently associated with a Google Account, you’ll still be “LifeOfTheParty29” (aka “your username”) on YouTube.
• A Google Account is not necessarily a Gmail account. You can create a Google Account with any email address through many different Google products, just like you can create a Twitter or Facebook account with any email address. Of course, you can choose to use Gmail as the email address for your Google Account.
• Connecting your existing YouTube username to an existing Google Account doesn’t start sharing your YouTube activity to your Buzz followers; it’s only an account connection behind the scenes, and it’s still up to you to decide whether or not to bring YouTube into the rest of your Google life.

So what’s the point of asking people to connect a Google Account to their older YouTube account? Here are the main reasons:

• Improved account security. The Google Account system is robust and will help reduce spam across the site; users will get a slew of security and safety features that Google has spent the past decade developing.
• A single account system. This may not mean much to anyone outside of the YouTube engineering team, but behind the scenes it’s extremely complicated to support two different account systems. Having all users on the same account system not only simplifies matters, but more important, it makes it much easier to use Google technologies to keep the site running smoothly (over two billion views a day and counting), as well as introduce new functionality.

If you have an older YouTube account and you’d like to link to a new or existing Google Account today, just visit this page and choose to link to an existing Google Account or a brand new one. You can also visit our 'Linked YouTube/Google Accounts' topic in the Help Center for more information on common questions and problems.

And, as a reminder, if you’d like to review all of the services and data associated with your Google Account at a glance, visit the Google Privacy Dashboard.

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You Report: What’s happening now in the Bay Area?

You Report: What’s happening now in the Bay Area?: "

Though YouTube is a global site, it’s often local videos that are most relevant to your life. When people use camcorders and mobile phones to capture newsworthy events in their neighborhoods and upload them to YouTube, they’re broadening the window into our own communities. For example, in the San Francisco Bay Area (where YouTube is based), we’ve seen several YouTube videos inform local news coverage, from the snapping of support cables on the Bay Bridge, to the shooting of Oscar Grant by an Oakland police officer, to fights breaking out on Muni, the local bus system.

Earlier this summer, we announced our CitizenTube News Feed, the first of two projects we're doing with the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. Now, we’re participating in an experiment in citizen reporting right here in our own backyard. We’re joining forces with our local ABC station, ABC7 (KGO-TV), to launch the ABC7 uReport powered by YouTube. ABC7 will use YouTube Direct to collect news footage from people in the San Francisco Bay Area. Residents of the Bay Area are invited to document the news and events happening where they live, work and play, and to submit those videos via YouTube Direct to the producers at ABC7. The team at ABC7 will feature newsworthy videos on television (Channel 7 in the Bay Area), on their website (ureport.abc7news.com), and on their YouTube channel (youtube.com/abc7news).

Do you have a video camera and live in the Bay Area? You can participate in the project by submitting your news videos to ureport.abc7news.com, and be sure to follow along on Twitter (@abc7newsbayarea) and on Facebook (facebook.com/abc7news) for the latest news and updates.



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Surf video all day long on TV and the Web, then tell your friends about it

Surf video all day long on TV and the Web, then tell your friends about it: "As you could probably guess, we're really excited about the imminent launch of Google TV. You can learn more about this initiative here, but it’s basically a new way to watch TV by seamlessly integrating the Web and TV into one incredible viewing experience. Soon, you’ll be able to watch a lot more of those beautiful hi-def YouTube videos on your beautiful, hi-def TV.

Google TV will initially be available on devices manufactured by Sony and Logitech in the fall, with more partners to be announced later. Logitech has just come up with a nifty idea to publicize their device, the Logitech Revue with Google TV™ -- a contest to find the 'Host with the Most' in one of three fabulous cities within the U.S.



Check out this site for more details of ‘Host with the Most,’ but the gist is simple: if you can prove that you are a true social influencer with a passion for the new universe of TV and video that Google TV will offer, Logitech may select you to become a Logitech host and pay you to spend time in one of their lofts in New York, Los Angeles or San Francisco. Your mission will be to host a bunch of parties, show off the technology, and spread the word through your social circles. (See Logitech's OFFICIAL RULES for eligibility requirements and complete details.) Since nothing goes together better than YouTube and Google TV – and no group is more socially connected than the YouTube community – we thought we’d encourage you all to nominate yourselves for the role. We look forward to seeing what cool things the winning hosts will do with the Logitech loft experience – and maybe one of them will be you!

Peter Sherman, Product Marketing Manager, recently watched “What is Google TV?”


*NEITHER GOOGLE NOR YOUTUBE IS A SPONSOR OF OR AFFILIATED WITH THE LOGITECH 'HOST WITH THE MOST' CONTEST IN ANY WAY. EMPLOYEES OF GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE NOT ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.

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Release Notes: Playlist Bar, music listings, annotations upgrades...

Release Notes: Playlist Bar, music listings, annotations upgrades...: "What's new on YouTube since we last met? Let us count the things...



'Playlist Bar' launch: Last week, we introduced the 'Playlist Bar': when you view a playlist, recommended videos (from the homepage), your subscriptions or your favorites, you'll see a control bar at the bottom of the page, displaying the videos from those categories. The goal is to keep you from having to jumping back and forth to different pages to select which videos you'd like to watch next. Autoplay (which is no longer on by default) and the ability to select specific videos from your playlists without ever leaving the page are intended to make your viewing experience more seamless. We're continuing to monitor your feedback here as we plan improvements to this feature.



Local music listings: A new addition to our revamped music page is the 'Events Near You' section, provided by Songkick. Discover an artist you like on the page? 'Events Near You' will let you know if he or she is headed your way.

Annotations upgrades: We now offer fully transparent annotations with black or white text, a new default color (half-transparent black, replacing red), a new default position for new annotations (off-center), and a cleaner look for tooltips.



Redesigned video manager: The My_Videos page has been reworked to offer streamlined ways of managing and reviewing videos you've uploaded, including options to sort your videos alphabetically, by length, by recency and by views. You can also browse the content you've viewed, purchased and liked, and there's access right here to Insight and Promoted Videos information (to the right of 'Edit' button). For feedback on these changes, please chime in here.



Promotional badges: Take a look at the badges created to help you better promote your YouTube channel on site and off. Find the asset you like and click on it to generate handy embed code for your blog or website (you'll have to sign in at the prompt).

New way to embed videos: A new embed code style enables you to view embedded videos in one of our Flash or HTML5 players, depending on your viewing environment and preferences. For more information, see this blog post from our API blog.



Buzz videos on your homepage: As with the Facebook feed import, the YouTube videos your friends are sharing on Google Buzz are now be pulled into your YouTube homepage if you're connected to Buzz (e.g. to AutoShare your activity).



HQ Webcam uploads: That's right: You can now upload high quality video from your Webcam! All webcam recordings will be done at 360p.



Free previews on rentals: All rental videos in the U.S. will show a free preview or movie trailer automatically so you can decide if you want to watch it before buying it. If you're over 18 and live in the U.S., you can check this out right here on the movie Kick-Ass.



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Instantly zap YouTube videos to your Android phone with Chrome to Phone

Instantly zap YouTube videos to your Android phone with Chrome to Phone: "Ever wanted a way to quickly and easily send YouTube videos and other information from your desktop or laptop to your phone to view on the go? The new Chrome to Phone extension adds a button to your Google Chrome browser that instantly sends the current YouTube video, web page, map, or selected phone number or text to your Android device running Froyo (or Android 2.2).

Suppose you're mid-way through a scintillating 15-minute video and you have to run to an appointment. Simply click the extension icon in your browser to send the video’s link to your phone and the device's browser will automatically open the link, ready for you to view on the go.


























The Chrome to Phone extension is available in English for now, but we hope to expand to other languages soon. Check out the help center if you have further questions.

To get Chrome to Phone, install the Chrome to Phone extension in your Google Chrome browser and the Android application on your phone, and you’re ready to go.

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Google CEO Eric Schmidt Advises You Change Your Name To Escape Online Shame

I thought that Social Media has the emphasis on Social and how we project our Social side of our image by changing our name will this not take away the whole reason for social media sites ? Try for the moment and envisage the fact that we share our thoughts on-line and with our friends how will that work one minute Joe Bloggs then it is say John Bloggs the same person but we are not aware of who he/she is really. What a crazy way to enjoy social media sites and reason for sharing take it further and we will have an android instead of person tweeting, buzzing and sharing one day.



Is this the future or something worse - hope not anyway this is Ian Draper - really not someone else - l promise.
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Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world

Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world: "Did you read the 'Yahoo! updates' bit ? Users have 'two weeks to opt out' before anyone on your address book can see 'see any of 'your' activities across Yahoo! sites' ! and.. this is better than the Buzz rollout ?
Mark Rabe is living in cloud Yahoo cuckoo land. If your product / service / upgrade is any good then the option is opt-in ! not 2 weeks to opt-out. THAT protects users privacy and 'will avoid incurring users’ wrath '. Users hate not having the option to opt-in, no matter how good Yahoo! Pulse’s functionality actually is.
I can't believe Yahoo would repeat Googles error so soon after the event and announce it during an announcement about a facebook tie-in given the current Facebook privacy problems.

Or maybe Mark Rabe believes that any publicity is good publicity ? Have all the colomn inches really hurt Google, Microsoft, Facebook etc ? Maybe she just wants to get in on their free bad privacy advertising ploy?

Give it 2 weeks and everyone will be commenting on this..."

Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world

Re: Yahoo! strikes deal with Facebook in bid to be the 'largest social network' in the world: "As the new CEO tightens her grip on the Social Media market will Carol Bartz be the first or last to witness the Privacy problems encountered by Facebook and will this finally make social media sites tighten up their privacy rules in favour of the user and not the site owners."

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New Facebook Privacy Settings Announced: What's Changed

New privacy rules have been required for a long-time on Facebook as so many young and impressionable youngsters are using Facebook daily just to tell their friends about what they are doing. Very few realise that someone out there is getting all this information and using it for reasons for good or evil. It is the duty of all such Social Media Sites to be aware of the need to provide their clients with as much protection as it takes to make sure they have a secure and enjoyable experience. It should not be about how many million users you have or how much advertising revenue you can generate but put people that join your site first and last. As without them you have nothing and with them you will grow and less problems will be evident on-line with privacy issues, or one day we will have a policed internet just like many states of the world and freedom of choice and speech will be gone for ever.



So clean up your site` s now before it is too late and put people before profit.
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Google Is the New "CorporNation" - Half Company, Half Virtual Government

One of the most difficult areas of any stand for justice is that you have to know what you really stand for and how you will provide help and guidance to achieve that goal. In the case of Google it is good that they stand-up and now do the right thing - even and as with all corporate entities their aim maybe profit. Let us look at at history and we see that many nations were ruled by a tyrant but even though that tyrant wreaked chaos in there wake history still changed some for the betterment of society and others for the worsening of the way we live our lives. So l applaud Google being large enough to make a stand but do not agree with Goldman Sachs for wrecking Greece`s economy. The final overriding factor must be that it is the people any nation, leader or CorporNation that really matter and l realise that the end does not justify the means but if the means to an end is worthwhile as l believe this one is, then maybe Google like any corporate entity is not as bad as they are painted.
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Star Google News Stories

Star Google News Stories: "Google News added a new feature that lets you star news stories. If you click on a star next to a Google News cluster, you'll add it to the Starred section and Google will notify you when it finds related articles.

'When you star a story in Google News, it's one way to let us know that you're interested in that subject. When there are significant updates, we will alert you by putting the headline in bold so you can get more information,' mentions Google News blog.

For some reason, Google doesn't add the starred news stories to Google Bookmarks and there's no option to star a news cluster after you open it. Another issue is that the Starred section only includes the most recent 20 starred stories.

I don't know if this is best way to use this feature, but you could star news stories to read them later. If you don't already use Instapaper or Read It Later, starring Google News clusters is a great way to save them for later.

"A brand new way to research your news articles using "Google News" as they will help and guide your preferences on articles that you are interested in following, thought this was an excellent addition to the Google stable. Visit the link and read more on the Google Operating System Blog.

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Google Economist Explains Why You Won't Pay For Online News

Google Economist Explains Why You Won't Pay For Online News: "Overall newspaper circulation has been in decline since 1990, 'well before the Internet,' Hal Varian noted, while newspaper circulation crossed against the nation's population has been declining since 1960; and circulation per household has been dropping since -- wait for it -- 1945. You can't blame the Web for that."

This does not seem unusual in the world of the internet the article states but people have become less interested in the newspapers as they reported very little that was of interest to the general public, way back in the early 1990`s and it is only over the last few years people have become more aware of the world.

But my view of the period before this date and 1945 you can only look at the war years and the affect it had on the paper industry and l do understand that people see the internet and news on-line as more interactive with people in other parts of the world,but l do agree people will not pay for news on-line as people like me are building their own news networks.

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Kaspersky Update Slaps Trojan Warning on Google Adsense

Kaspersky Update Slaps Trojan Warning on Google Adsense: "An update to Kaspersky's popular anti-virus software on Monday falsely identified Google Adsense as a malicious script."

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aceone29 commented on The Lock That Says ‘Pick Me’

aceone29 commented on The Lock That Says ‘Pick Me’: "As we become more and more vulnerable to attacks from malware that has been re-adjusted to integrate even the most security concious system, most administrators admit it is an uphill battle. Some say that it is the the white hats versus the black hats or as l would call it good versus evil. Though it is up to us to be more vigilant when we are on-line, but one suggestion goes as far as to say to protect your data by being off-line. As some of you are aware many companies including Google offer off-line facilities in either Gmail or Reader l use both and find them very useful but also have it connected to Google Gears to enable better synchronisation of my data.

But the best way and l have found is a full spyware and virus checks at logging on and off plus regular 2 hourly checks being initiated on privacy, spyware and virus and l still find small items but them are found early rather than late.

My philosophy is " Prevention Is Better Than Cure " thanks for reading.

My regular updates on security can be found on http://googlelightnews.blogspot.com/"

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