Netflix, YouTube Take Up Nearly Half of Home Internet Traffic
Video streaming sites take up more than half of peak downstream home internet traffic in North America, according to the latest report from Sandvine. Netflix is still the dominant leader in traffic, taking over nearly a third (32.3 percent) of traffic during peak times, though it has dropped a fraction of a percent from last [...]
Arnold Schwarzenegger Drops By To Remind Us That YouTube Comedy Week Is Almost Here [VIDEO]
You know, I like an Arnold Schwarzenegger. As a young man I used to watch 1977’s “Pumping Iron” on pretty much an endless loop for reasons unknown. Should my parents have worried that I was watching muscle men in black and white for hours on end? Probably. Previously, you may have seen Schwarzenegger in classic [...]
Social Site Zeen Could Be The Next Best Way To Promote Your YouTube Videos
Almost one year ago, AVOS Systems — a company led by YouTube co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen — unveiled content curation site Zeen with little to no fanfare. With the exception of a few articles detailing the site’s mysterious origins, Zeen came into this world quietly and has stayed that way for a little [...]
HTC’s Facebook Phone Flops, AT&T to Pull the Plug?
Facebook’s entry into the mobile phone market with the HTC First has turned out to be a colossal flop. It’s such a failure that even after AT&T dropped the price by 99 percent to just 99 cents last week, it may still not have been enough to save the social media giant’s debut smartphone. Barely [...]
‘The Lizzie Bennet Diaries’ Sequel Series ‘Welcome To Sanditon’ Launches First Episode
Cry no more, “Lizzie Bennet” fans: your wait for more Jane Austen-inspired magic has come to an end! The first episode of “ Welcome To Sanditon,” the highly anticipated sequel to “The Lizzie Bennet Diaries,” launched today along with the announcement that the series will be partnering with Theatrics interactive entertainment company to provide more [...]
UK Viral Video Marketing Firm Unruly Acquires German Ad Platform Shareifyoulike
British viral video marketing firm Unruly has announced that they have acquired German viral video marketing firm Shareifyoulike, according to Reuters. Both companies are known for creating viral campaigns with brands and advertisers that encompass social media and online video. London-based Unruly has been working with brands to predict the social media impact of their [...]
The Fine Brothers Green-Light Season 2 Of ‘MyMusic’ YouTube Series, Late Summer Premiere Expected
Probably not a surprise to anyone given the show’s popularity, but the hit YouTube web sitcom “MyMusic” has been officially green-lit for a second season. Created by influential YouTube creators Benny and Rafi Fine, “MyMusic” was first launched as part of YouTube’s premium channel initiative and received over 26 million views in its first season. [...]
‘The Young Turks’ Host Cenk Uygur Doing A Reddit AMA Now!
So this is synergy, huh? While it’s not the chick with two vaginas (or her boyfriend, for that matter), Reddit still has a sweet AMA brewing with Cenk (pronounced “Jenk”) Uygur, host of “The Young Turks” YouTube news show. Cenk, who has informed Redditors that he will be answering submitted questions at 2:00 p.m. PST. [...]
‘Geography of Hate’ Heat Map Shows Where Most Racist and Homophobic Tweeters Are
Geography students at California’s Humboldt State University have created a heat map that pinpoints where the most “hateful” people on Twitter live. The students compiled more than 150,000 geotagged tweets from June 2012 to April of this year that contained one of many words that were deemed racist, homophobic or anti-disability. They read through every [...]
Tumblr ‘I Don’t Want Your F*cking App’ Puts Charlie Sheen’s Crazed Profanity Rants To Shame
Terence Eden, creator of the foul-mouthed blog “I Don’t Want Your Fucking App,” started the Tumblr because he had just about enough of — as he so eloquently puts it — the “fuckwittery” of websites pushing their apps on users before they even reach the website. For God’s sake, users just want to visit Dictionary.com [...]
