YouTube Talks Up Social Side

YouTube wants you to know that it's not just a place for individuals to watch videos.  This afternoon, the site released some stats (and used the word "social" about six times) to show that users are interacting with each other and with different sites in all sorts of ways.

Fox Launches iPhone DVD Trivia App

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment has launched an iPhone and computer application called FoxPop, aimed at offering users a more interactive experience while they watch DVDs or Blu-ray Disc.

Google Integrates World Bank Data

Students and statistics hounds now have even more reason to love Google.  Today, the search giant announced that it's made information related to 17 World Development Indicators available through standard search results pages.

Research Scientist Heads From Yahoo To Twitter

Today, as is often the case, one tech company's loss became another's gain.  Utkarsh Srivastava has left Yahoo after spending more than three years as a senior research scientist there, and Srivastava confirmed (in well under 140 characters) that he'll land at Twitter. Srivastava's background is quite impressive.  On the educational front, he earned degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology and Stanford, and happened…