Everything You Need to Know About YouTube Buying Twitch

What would YouTube and Google want with a website known for streaming video games?

That's the question on many minds after multiple reports say that the tech giant is in talks to purchase Twitch for a whopping $1 billion. (Both Twitch and YouTube have declined to comment "on rumors and speculation").

What exactly is Twitch?

Twitch is a video platform that allows gamers to share what they are playing live to millions of viewers. The company was spun off of Justin.tv in 2011 by Emmett Shear and Justin Kan. Despite the technical obstacles of streaming live video games at the time — anyone who wanted to stream their games had to have top-notch hardware and a great Internet connection — Twitch grew rapidly, even in its first year Read more...