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YouTube unveils biggest videos of 2011
YouTube has released its official list of the most watched videos of 2011. Mirroring the results of Google’s Zeitgeist -- which revealed the most searched terms of 2011 – the official video for Rebecca Black’s Friday heads up a top ten made up of music videos, adverts and, of course, cats.The world’s most popular sharing platform has some pretty impressive stats behind it. For instance, 48 hours of video were uploaded every minute in 2011 and YouTube received more ...Coca Cola’s winter wonderland happiness machine [Video]
Coca Cola loves Christmas and has specialised in creating ads that tug at one's heartstrings during the festive season. The soft drink giant has released another viral Christmas video as part of its happiness machine, this time in Argentina.The video, though mostly in Spanish, spreads a universal message of happiness and the magic of Christmas. It follows encounters at a Coca Cola machine on a street in Argentina, passersby who press a button on the machine are shown a ...Jimmy Kimmel’s Christmas prank [YouTube challenge]
Jimmy Kimmel has yet again managed to convince American parents to prank their kids, this time with bad Christmas presents.Just a few months ago he asked parents to hide their kids' Halloween candy and upload a video of their reaction to YouTube. This time parents were asked to allow their children to open one "bad" present two weeks before Christmas. The parents then had to, as before, upload a video of their children's reaction to YouTube with the title ...‘Christianist’ US Presidential candidate faces fire over viral YouTube ad
In just over a day of being online, an advertisement -- which has gone viral -- of Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry has led to him facing staunch and sustained criticism online.In the 30 second ad, airing in the key battleground state of Iowa, a smiling Perry, the current governor of Texas, proudly declares his faith and promises to end what he terms “Obama's war on religion”.I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a Christian, but you don't need to ...Gay teen tells tale of fear, bullying, suicide in viral video
A simple but heart-wrenching YouTube video, originally posted in August, of gay teen Jonah Mowry telling his story, has recently gone viral across the internet.
Set to the haunting Breathe Me by Australian pop-singer Sia, a then-13 year old Mowry -- silent throughout -- displays a series of flashcards in the 4min long video titled "What’s goin on..".Mowry tells of how since he started school, he has faced taunts, jibes, and homophobic slurs from bullying schoolmates."Gay. Fag. Dick. Douche. Homo. Asshole," ...Is Nando’s ‘Last Dictator Standing’ the new ‘Old Spice Guy’?
I've been watching the Nando’s Meal for 6 campaign with interest ever since it broke. The wickedly funny ad featuring Robert Mugabe and his happy memories of good times with fellow dictators (including PW Botha) is racking up the kind of international attention unheard of for South African ad campaigns. Already it appears to enjoy the kind of cult appeal typically associated with the Old Spice campaigns of this world.This is one of the best examples I've seen yet ...‘Modern love story’ Australian gay rights ad goes viral
Only a handful of nations have ratified the right of members of the LGBT community to marry. This means the fight for marriage equality is still one of the most important civil rights battles being fought across the world. That a video produced for the Australian marriage equality campaign went viral is proof of this.Australian activist group Get Up!, produced the video to be flighted on Australian television as part of its support for Australia's fights for marriage equality. The ...20 ads that went viral on YouTube
Social media has changed the nature of advertising. Companies target consumers through Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Going viral used to be an organic process, now it's part of a product's campaign goals from the start.Every now and then, though, an advert will completely surpass the expectations of the people behind it. The place where most of the videos are viewed, shared, commented on and viewed again is YouTube.With this in mind, Memebeurn decided to have a look at ...Jimmy Kimmel makes kids cry in viral Halloween YouTube challenge
US late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel, on Halloween, issued a bold challenge to parents in the US: "Tell your kids you ate all their candy and post the reactions on YouTube".Whilst he, and the parents who took him up on the challenge, certainly must have known the reaction would be strong, that it would prove to be so funny was probably unexpected.For the average American kid, Halloween is possibly the most important nights of the year.It’s not the chance ...YouTube buck video becomes overnight international viral sensation [updated]
A South African video of an antelope colliding with a surprised mountain biker has become a worldwide internet hit almost overnight, racking up just under 5,3-million views (by Wednesday morning) in just over a day.During a mountain bike race near Albert Falls in KwaZulu-Natal, a province in South Africa, cyclist Evan van der Spuy was dislodged from his bike by a flying Red Hartebeest that appeared to be trying to jump over him."Watch the buck!" screamed another mountain biker ...
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