How YouTube Creators Can Benefit From LinkedIn’s Endorsement Feature
LinkedIn rolled out its endorsements feature late last year which, in a nutshell, lets users “endorse” a co-worker or friend’s job skills. The feature hasn’t been publicized prominently by LinkedIn, which left many users confused as soon as they started receiving alerts that people had endorsed their skills. The endorsements feature is akin to tagging [...]
LAHWF Tests Strangers’ Patience With ‘Echoing People’ Prank [VIDEO]
YouTuber Andrew Hales, who works under the moniker Losing All Hope Was Freedom (LAHWF), is famous for pranking people in public places. He went with his crew to the streets of Salt Lake City to mimic helpful pedestrians and shoppers in his latest video, “Echoing People.” In the video, Hales and his crew act like [...]
Lamarr Wilson | YouTube Tech Reporter
It’s one thing to make technology sexy, but how can you make it funny? Lamarr Wilson does that, which makes him the “World’s Funniest Tech Reporter.” Having started out as an educator, and later owning his own consulting business that helped teachers integrate technology into classrooms, he has used humor to get his point across [...]
James Franco, Ashley Benson Mock Justin Bieber’s ‘Boyfriend’ in Deleted Video [VIDEO]
It kind of ruins my perception of celebrity when I see famous people do the same dumb shit I do when I’m sitting at home on a Friday night. You are high as shit and you earn millions of dollars per film, James Franco. There has got to be something more awesome to do with [...]
Cast Of YouTube ‘Jersey Shore’-Like Program ‘K-Town’ Shares Why Cable Couldn’t Handle Them [INTERVIEW]
The cast of YouTube reality show “K-Town” is crazy. For two seasons, they have taken hundreds upon hundreds of shoju shots, gotten into countless fist fights with one another and danced on every bar top in L.A. Straight up crazy. “K-Town” was originally started on the LOUD YouTube Network to capture the lives of eight [...]
Bragging Facebook Post Leads To Arrest For Drunken Teen Driver [VIDEO]
When will people learn that Facebook is not their diary?Sure, it is a handy tool that collects all your friends and your hopes and dreams and “Mafia War” invites, but the harsh reality is that like a Japanese fishing net, sometimes something unexpected gets swept up in there as well. Like a narc. Or in [...]
Help Improve YouTube: Google Begins Accepting Applications For User Feedback Study
It’s time to make your voices heard, YouTube creators. Google has started accepting applications for their user experience research. This means that if you’ve ever had a complaint about YouTube or any Google product (we know you have) this is your opportunity to deliver those grievances straight to Google’s doorstep. According to Google’s frequently asked [...]
Tweenchronic’s ‘Skip-rope’ Video Is Creepy Genius [VIDEO]
Patrice Wilson, the producer (and presumable beat-writer) behind the tween viral hit “Skip-rope” has been on my radar for a while now. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s on Chris Hansen’s radar too. I’m sure I’ve made jokes about it before, but here’s the thing — I don’t think I’m joking. Remember how Michael Jackson [...]
[UPDATED] YouTube Terminates Angry Video Game Nerd’s Account
[UPDATE 01/08/2013 2:57 p.m. PT] The Angry Video Game Nerd account has been reinstated on YouTube. It looks like it is game over on YouTube for Angry Video Game Nerd. The hugely popular video game reviewer got the boot from YouTube this week, with his landing page saying that his jamesnintendonerd account was “terminated due [...]
YouTube Rapper Freddy E. Commits Suicide After Sending Chilling Twitter Messages
Seattle-based rapper and YouTube personality Freddy E. Buhl (Freddy E.) passed away last week from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The family of Freddy E. issued a statement confirming the rapper’s death. The statement posted on Facebook read: “Today, our son, Frederick Eugene Buhl (@freddy_E), age 22 years old, took his own life with a rifle [...]
