YouTube helps catch murderer

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

YouTube recently made the headlines when it was bought for a staggering 1.65 billion dollars by Google. It's a video sharing website where people can upload their videos for others to view and comment on. New and established bands use it for video promotion and you can find videos on almost any subject. People are coming up with new ways to use the site all the time.

More recently, police in Canada posted CCTV footage on YouTube to enlist the help of viewers in identifying possible suspects in a murder case. Almost 16000 people viewed the video and thanks to this, a man turned himself into the police. Seems the YouTube possibilities are endless...

See the full story on ABC Online.

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