Business Insider - In a session at this week's Facebook F8 conference, the social network gave the crowd the update on what to expect from Facebook Video in the coming year, including new tools that put more power in the hands of content creators. The takeaway: Yes, Google should be worried, but it's not there yet. Facebook Product Management Director Fidji Simo gave some impressive stats for Facebook Video. The platform gets three billion video views a day, 65% of which are on mobile, and 53% of that traffic is driven by people sharing links on their news feed. By way of comparison, YouTube passed 4 billion views per day back in 2012 and is probably significantly bigger than that now. "We still have a lot to build," Simo admitted. After Simo discussed Facebook's existing successes with video and video ads, Facebook Video Engineering Director Maher Saba took the microphone to explain some of the new tools and features coming to the platform. First off, developers get access to a much-im
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