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It’s official: Youtube is part of Google!

You may think this is old news, but until now I always had the feeling that, aside from the occasional AJAX improvements of the interface and references to the mother company here and there on the site, Youtube was not bought by Google.

So how do I know? Well, one thing Google is known for is their theming of the logo to mark special days. For example, here’s the one they have today, to mark Earth day:

But this time, for the first time, to my knowledge, Youtube has adopted this approach too. Here is their logo:

So this is an interesting development. Have they done something like this before? Because this is the first time I notice it. Next, we are waiting for an April Fool’s hoax next year and some Easter Eggs and the picture will be complete.