“You got a heart beat [thump thump thump], that means it’s time to do something!” I don’t know how old “Kid President” is, but I think he is old enough to school us older folks on life. He has some very inspiring words, coming from a young person who has some big dreams. I love this video. If you do to, as Kid President suggests, pass this along and bring a smile to someones face.
Today is the big day, the day that the “new iPhone” or “iPhone 5” as many are saying will be announced to the general public at the Apple event in Yurba Buena, pictured inset. As an iPhone user, it’s exciting to finally put all the rumors to rest. That is all they are as of now anyways, rumors, until we get confirmation that the iPhone 5 will have several new and updated features.
A new Ustream mobile app is going to give YouTube and Google+ a run for their money. Both YouTube and Google+ have live streaming video to social networks. Google+ uses group Hangouts to have group live video streaming, where others can join in. YouTube, owned by Google, has long controlled the video space. But in recent years Ustream has grown in popularity, and their new Broadcast For Friends app may signal additional growth tapping into Facebook’s social dominance.
In a blog post yesterday, YouTube announced a new feature for users who upload videos to the video website which allows you to blur people’s faces in the video.
If you ever struggle with the appropriate way to comment on YouTube videos, don’t worry, Erik Hoffstad has you covered. His YouTube channel goes over a variety of ways to correctly comment on the many different types of YouTube videos out there using Internet comment etiquette. Simple stuff really, which everyone should be able to apply to their day to day commenting techniques.
Well this is some interesting information I just came across in the twittersphere. Maybe this is not news to some, but for me it was new in the sense that it is published official information and figured it was worthwhile sharing. Back about a year ago the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) established the Social Media Monitoring and Situational Awareness Initiative.
YouTube recently just launched a new experimental project called YouTube Slam. The project was taken on by the Google Research team as a way to try to discover the next great artist on YouTube with machine learning.
There were a lot of popular videos this year, many that spawned huge Internet memes. From the horrible Pepper Spraying UC Davis cop to cute babies, 2011 spared no punches. As we did last year when we rounded up the Top 15 Videos of 2010, here are the Top 15 of 2011.
Ugh, not again. Looks like the Government is trying to meddle again with the Internet. The last big intrusion was a new bill requiring your ISP to track all your online activities. Now, equally as bad, the Government is trying to pass another bill called Protect-IP.
If you haven’t been on Google Plus yet today, go and check it out. When your in-stream, look to the far right, you can’t miss it - it’s the new YouTube player integration into Google Plus. The new player if you click the button will let you find videos to play in a stand-alone player.
Last year, YouTube asked users to submit videos of their lives taking place on July 24, 2010. The submissions were to be made into a movie to document a single day on Earth. YouTube received over 4,500 hours of user content and edited it down to a 90 min movie called Life in a Day.
YouTube has put up a challenge to anyone interested for a new contest called YouTube Space Lab. The contest challenge is simple: Create an experiment that can be conducted in outer space aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
If you want to travel back in time, to a place before certain objects were replaced by better and updated technology, you will want to check out the Museum of Obsolete Objects. Created by German digital agency Jung von Matt/next GmbH directly using YouTube, they created a fancy interactive time capsule that you can navigate to see items that are no longer in use.
YouTube is testing out a new look with their latest project called Cosmic Panda. The new “experience” as YouTube describes it will improve the way you view videos and playlists. Right off the bat when you try it the entire website is vastly improved in the look and feel. It’s way more pleasing to the eyes than the standard and maybe now and a bit dated current version.
Google just launched this week a tribute site via YouTube to honor journalists so that we can remember those who have died in the last year while reporting news around the world. As we know in today’s world of social media, getting quality information is important and those that are obtaining that information, risking their lives, are journalists out in the field. It can be easy to forget where this information comes from and those that have paid the ultimate price to get it. So kudos to Newseum, Google and YouTube for putting this together.
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