Shocking News: Felicia Day & Phil DeFranco Among Winners At 2013 IAWTV Awards

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The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) Awards wrapped up last night after a cavalcade of digital video’s best and brightest showed up to accept their honors. After sifting through over 470 submitted web series, nominees were decided and eventually chosen in 33 different categories. Among last night’s winners were animated legends “Red vs. Blue,” [...]

Lamarr Wilson | YouTube Tech Reporter

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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 [...]

Finally A Reason To Pop The Molly You Got For Xmas: Skrillex Drops 3 Track EP Via YouTube

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I grew up in the punk and hardcore scene, which means I’ve heard a lot of bullshit in my life. We’re talking about the kind of noise people associate with ritual sacrifice and the Son of the Morning — that’s right: Beelzebub. While I consider myself an expert on ear bleed-inducing nonsense, nothing could have [...]

Hank Green Stops By To Talk About Raising $483k During Project For Awesome [INTERVIEW]

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The Internet trends of 2012, for the most part, were either magical combinations of animal and food (see putting slices of bread on cat’s heads) or the result of drunken frat house brainstorming (see planking, milking and Tebowing). Although most of 2012’s trends were a great distraction from the reality of our soul-crushing existences, their [...]

New Year’s Eve Live TV Disaster May Be 2013′s First Unintentionally Funny Viral Video

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Even though my New Year’s Eve was not as exciting as the stuff you see on television or those $100 cover charge parties on the Sunset Strip, I wouldn’t trade my New Year’s Eve for anything, especially since videos like this on YouTube are around. One Southern California’s TV station had a very, err, interesting [...]

YouTube To Debut Smartphone/TV Pairing At The Consumer Electronics Show

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Traditional, stand-alone remotes are making way for smartphone devices that can send videos from your phone to your TV. YouTube announced in its blog today that it will debut its own mobile/TV pairing at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Later this year, you can choose and send YouTube videos from your [...]

The Biggest Rap Battle To Hit Middle Earth: Gollum vs. Smeagol [VIDEO]

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What will it take for Smeagol to get his “precious” One Ring this time around? He has to do things differently, and by “differently,” I mean an intense rap battle with his alter ego Gollum. In the latest viral YouTube video from ExtremelyDecentFilms, Smeagol and Gollum agree to “two verses each, one winner decided by [...]

Walk Off the Earth’s Viral Cover of Taylor Swift’s ‘I Knew You Were Trouble’ Better Than Original [VIDEO]

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Canada’s most famous cover band, Walk off the Earth, have impressed millions with their low-budget YouTube videos covering hits like Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” and Adele’s “Someone Like You.” The video for “Somebody That I Used to Know” was a massive hit for them — the video has more than 143 million [...]

Brothers’ Filming of Their Parents’ Hysterical Emotional Reaction to ‘Les Miserables’ Goes Viral [VIDEO]

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Sometimes, parents do some crazy shit to their children. Take for instance Geoffrey Roth and his wife, who filmed their two sons last summer as they bawled their eyes out after watching “The Odd Life of Timothy Green.” While watching the Disney movie proved awful for the two kids, their parents got more than 3 [...]

Watch This: Dad’s Crazy Reaction After Receiving Surprise Puppy From Son [VIDEO]

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Next week, at the 2013 BCS Championship Game at Sun Life Stadium in Miami, Don Buckhannan will be shedding a tear or two as he roots for an Alabama victory. After all, his son gave him tickets to the game, videotaped his reaction, and it became a viral sensation on YouTube. If you like these [...]

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