You can go live on YouTube if you have 1,000 subscribers

YouTube launched mobile live-streaming in February to users who had more than 10,000 subscribers. Now, the company is lowering its subscriber requirement to 1,000. As Google notes in its guide to live-streaming, channel owners just have to verify their channel — once approved, they can either start a live stream from Creator Studio or the YouTube mobile app.

Google begins showing Pinterest-like shoppable photos in image search

Google is starting to turn its handy image search tool into a way to shop.
In some instances, tapping on an image result will now pull up a shoppable list of products featured inside the photo. So if, for example, you’re looking at a picture of a model wearing sunglasses and holding a handbag, Google may be able to display links to buy the bag and glasses, or at least a pair that’s similar to them.