It’s a serious ‘Tube

Published 10:16 pm Saturday, April 3, 2010

Google, which owns YouTube, has announced it’s making the video-sharing Web site more user-friendly by getting rid of clutter and simplifying it.

And once that’s ready, YouTube will ask people who submit videos of their pets, toddlers and drunken roommates to pay a little attention to basic lighting and sound quality and limit video titles to one “LOL, this is so stoopid.”

If there’s a Justin Bieber filter, we’re so buying one: Apple enthusiasts stood in long lines Saturday to be among the first to take home an Apple iPad, a tablet computer that’s essentially a larger version of the iPhone but without the usefulness of an actual phone.

We’re hoping someone quickly develops an iPad app that automatically filters out any YouTube video with poor lighting, lousy sound and “stoopid” titles.

Can it double as a tanker? The Air Force soon plans to launch a robotic spacecraft, built by Boeing, that resembles a small version of the space shuttle. But so far no one knows just what the Boeing X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle will be used for.

But, then, not having a clear idea of its potential uses didn’t stop Apple from making the iPad.