How Microsoft Is Completely Cheating YouTube

How Microsoft Is Completely Cheating YouTube
FILE -In this Nov. 8, 2006, file photo, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, left, reacts as he talks to co-founder of Technologies NR Narayana Murthy, right, in New Delhi, India. Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. If the dramatic overhaul of the Windows operating system flops, it will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind other technology giants as the world moves on to smartphones, tablets and other sleek devices from Apple, Google and Amazon. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan File)
FILE -In this Nov. 8, 2006, file photo, Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, left, reacts as he talks to co-founder of Technologies NR Narayana Murthy, right, in New Delhi, India. Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8. If the dramatic overhaul of the Windows operating system flops, it will reinforce perceptions that Microsoft is falling behind other technology giants as the world moves on to smartphones, tablets and other sleek devices from Apple, Google and Amazon. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan File)

Microsoft appears to be sticking a finger in Google's eye with the launch of its new YouTube app for Windows Phone. The app, ReadWrite has confirmed, strips out YouTube ads when it plays back videos and allows users to easily download video by way of a prominent "download" button.

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