YouTube's been trying to break into the streaming space by broadcasting popular events like the World Cup and the royal wedding. So far, most people still don't think of YouTube as the place to go for live viewing. But if they keep getting high profile events like this, they may eventually be able to provide a real alternative to television.

And in a purely coincidental move, the Google+ team also updated its Hangouts API. For those of you not in the know, an API is something that allows developers who don't work for Google to still use Hangouts within their own apps. This API version 1.2 gives developers new features like:
- Add sound effects like a laugh track or applause
- Control which guests in On Air hangouts appear in the video broadcast. (We actually used this feature to build the Cameraman app: http://goo.gl/w6TQF)
- Get more information about hangouts, including topic, preferred locale, and the YouTube ID of On Air hangouts
- Manage memory, audio and video resources more efficiently
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