With the help of extremely ambitious and clever fan clubs, Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend” video is on the brink of hitting 100,000,000 views. It is moving so fast that by the time you’re reading this, it’s probably already in the exclusive 9-digit league.
What do John Edwards, the Chinese Olympic Gymnastics Team, and certain fans of Avril Lavigne have in common? They all may be involved in cheating. The difference is, the Avril Lavigne fans haven’t technically cheated. They used “cheating” to promote a viral marketing campaign. So far, it’s worked. They’re now #1.
Announced in March, it's finally here. TiVo is set to release a software upgrade that will let users access YouTube videos on their broadband-connected TiVo Series 3 and TiVo HD DVRs. The bad news?
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Last week, Senator Joseph Lieberman contacted YouTube about videos produced by several terrorist organizations. On Monday, he sent YouTube a letter and issued a press release about the same matter.
It's bad enough when teenagers beat each other up so they can produce a viral video, but these are physicians, nurses and the like. Shouldn't they know better?
Despite the fact that people are saying that the Victoria Lindsay beating isn't related to YouTube and the Web ... and it probably isn't ... at least as much as it's related to anti-social behavior among teens. Still, it's unsettling to find yet another instance of a teen beating, with the attackers capturing the beating on video once again.
If you haven't heard about 16-year-old honor student Victoria Lindsay, you've probably heard the details around the case. Six teenage girls lured Victoria to a home and merciless beat her for 30 minutes, first slamming her head into a wall and then, after she recovered consciousness, continuing to pummel her.
The tax rebates that are supposed to inject a stimulus into the U.S. economy, as I hope you realize, will only come to those who file taxes this year. And the IRS wants to make sure you know about it. So they've taken an unprecedented step. They have posted a video on YouTube (below) advertising it.
Cash Tomato, a would-be YouTube! competitor, tried to drum up free advertising by handing out tomatoes wrapped with wads of cash in New York's Union Square. The event was scheduled to kick-off yesterday at 2:29 p.m. to honor the leap year with giveaways of up to $29. Predictably, a riot ensued as a mob of over 100 overwhelmed the three workers dressed as tomatoes who were holding the cash
Earlier this week when YouTube announced its new APIs, I asked "where are those higher quality videos?" What I didn't realize was that higher quality videos have been available for a while, but only on select videos. It's not HD, but 480 x 360 is better than 320 x 240.
Rumors flew yesterday about today's YouTube announcement. Some thought it would be high-definition videos (long desired); others thought it would be a deal with Hulu (which would have been cool). The real announcement was an opening up of YouTube, turning it into a service that could power your own application, site, whatever, via new APIs.
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