‘PrankvsPrank’ ‘Jurassic Park’-Inspired YouTube Video Pushes Over 17K Fans To Fandango For Some Dinosaur Magic
What did YOU do last weekend? If it wasn’t enjoy the screams of dinosaurs and the 3D effects of the recently re-released “Jurassic Park,” then your weekend sounds like a failure. And not only was Hollywood celebrating the re-release of this cinematic great but YouTube was getting in on the action as well. Last week, [...]
‘Reasons My Son Is Crying’ Tumblr Illustrates The Infinite Reasons Why Your Toddler Is Pissed Off
They don’t call it the terrible twos for nothing. From the point of view of a twentysomething writer who is trying to make ends meet right out of college, the life of a toddler seems pretty great. They get to take baths all the time instead of showers, someone is always cooking them food, and [...]
Tumblr Launches Major Update For Android Apps With Redesigned Interface
Tumblr launched a major update to its Android app Monday featuring a revamped interface and sharing features. The company made a short announcement in its blog about the upgrade: “We’ve completely redesigned the interface, added fancy post animations, made images pop, and a whole lot more.” The new Tumblr app features an updated front page [...]
Hipset Becomes Music-focused YouTube Network
Hipset, a San Francisco-based music startup and Y combinator alumni, is announcing today that it is going to become a YouTube network. This is a space that has been heating up recently, with FullScreen reportedly raising a $30 million round from the Chernin Group and Comcast and other players like Big Frame joining in on [...]
‘Dick Figures’ Creators Talk Kickstarter Success, Farts and THEIR NEW MOVIE [INTERVIEW]
Ed Skudder and Zack Keller are living the American Dream. They do what they love, make good money for it and get to share their art with the world. Thank God their art involves farts, animation and, did I mention, farts. Their hilarious (no, this is not hyperbole) short series, “Dick Figures” (now in its [...]
Gen C Watches YouTube All Day, Every Day on More Than One Screen [INFOGRAPHIC]
Gen C: a generation of narcissistic, entitled, developmentally arrested trophy kids and cloying hipster-derivatives with too much free time on their hands … but that time is spent on YouTube! And smartphones! And computer screens! On Facebook and Twitter! And Justin Bieber! But, Gen C is powerful because they know what they want and their [...]
YouTube Creator Playbooks Now Available For Specific Genres, i.e. Music, Sports, Education
So the YouTube Gods apparently are listening … unlike real God who doesn’t seem to care that I want a sweet new Huffy bike with shocks and maybe a mini flag. Just announced via the YouTube Creator blog, the company has put out a series of guides with tailored tips to your style of video. [...]
Sony Playstation 3 Promotes ‘MLB 13: The Show’ With Vine Baseball Cards [VIDEO]
Sony Playstation 3’s latest baseball game “MLB 13: The Show” has found a way to reinvent the baseball card. Imagine a baseball card not only featuring a photo of the player, but the player in action when he’s hitting a home run or pitching the perfect game. Thanks to Twitter’s new Vine app, six-second videos [...]
A YouTube Musician Or A Musician On YouTube? [GUEST POST]
Once a YouTuber, always a YouTuber. Although some stars, like the creators of Fred and Annoying Orange, have managed to break through into film and television, they’ll forever be remembered for their online antics first and foremost. It seems as though anyone who makes their living and gains their popularity off the site is destined [...]
‘Men and Kittens’ Tumblr Gives Women Everything They’ve Ever Wanted
Last winter I stumbled upon the Tumblr “Your LL Bean Boyfriend,” and after writing up a short piece, came to think, “This is the best Tumblr around. Nothing will ever be able to top this one!” Then a month later along came “Robert Pattinson Hates His Life” and of course this became the new best [...]
