Tumblr Launches Real-Time Notifications For Users
Tumblr will launch its new real-time notifications later today that feeds updates from the blogs you follow on your profile, the staff blog announced today. This ticker-like update will make it easier to check out what’s new, who’s liked your posts, who’s commented and who’s reblogged them. See how Tumblr’s real-time notifications will look like [...]
Foreign Language Might Be Key To Increasing YouTube Views [VIDEO]
For all of you YouTubers constantly attending seminars or watching tutorials on how to expand your subscriber/viewer base, the answer might be right under your serape. If you are not wearing a serape, well then, my friend, it might be time you did. As simple as it might seem, most YouTubers overlook the immense value [...]
Big Frame and DeStorm Launch Multi-Platform Urban Network Forefront.tv
Los Angeles-based media company Big Frame has taken the whole New Year’s resolution thing deadly serious. While most folks are content with resolutions like “this year, I’ll lose a few pounds” or my personal goal, “bring back graverobbing,” Big Frame is shooting for something larger than weight loss and minor felonies. Big Frame’s resolution for [...]
2013 Spring Class YouTube Nextup Contest Winners Revealed [VIDEO]
Good news, culturally elite bon vivants! Your 2nd round of YouTube Nextup Collaborators have been announced! The first class, which included NMR friends Taryn Southern and Olga Kay (also Magneto and Professor Charles Xavier) was selected back in December and have been busy pushing out content like I push out stools … from beneath people [...]
Kim Jong-Un Looking Literally Unbelievable: 5 Awesomely Useless Tumblrs You Should Follow
There are a few Tumblrs out there that are so fascinating and fun that we forget how impractical they are in real life. Here’s five of the most useless, yet cool Tumblrs that you must check out. Kim Jong-Un Looking At Things Like father, like son. While the insanely popular “Kim Jong-Il Looking at Things” [...]
Twitter Streamlines Search, URL Features In Latest App Update
One of the main problems with the Twitter iOS app is that when you try to click on a link, it leads you to a separate page that expands the tweet where you can actually go to the link by tapping the URL. A new app update released today changes that along with other improvements [...]
Over 4,000 YouTube Creators Sign Petition Asking Google To Stop New Channel Design
There is an interesting debate raging among various YouTube message boards and forums right now. The basis of the dispute rests on this question: Does YouTube actually listen to its creators? The debate started on the YouTube forum YTtalk.com when a member posted links that directed users to a petition, which asked YouTube to “stop [...]
Kid Shoots Hoops Like A Damned Basketball Sniper [VIDEO]
This baby is the Tiger Woods of shooting baskets. Hell, he might even be the Lebron James of shooting baskets. Quite simply, this little motherfucker is amazing. More than amazing, perhaps. Stupefying. And yet, you’ve got to be careful. Let me tell you the story of another superstar phenom child athlete: Todd Marinovich. Todd was [...]
YouTube’s Bulk Actions Feature Lets Creators Multitask On Editing Videos
For online video creators working on multiple projects at a time, YouTube is making editing much easier. They announced on the Creator Blog today that their Bulk Actions feature is going live. The feature, which is located in the Video Manager, allows creators to make updates to several videos at once. You can add tags, [...]
10 SXSW 2013 Panels Every YouTube Creator Should Attend
YouTube is making a huge splash at this year’s SXSW. The nine-day music, film and digital festival will host over 15 panels dedicated solely to YouTube and digital video. Among the schedule are panels hosted by Maker Studios, Freddie Wong and “Randall” of Honey Badger fame. In addition to entertainment-themed YouTube panels, there will be [...]
