I was recently fortunate enough to attend two really cool Google events: Engage and YouTube All Stars. Getting the chance to interact with some of the intriguing innovations and latest news to do with Google is pretty cool. Getting the chance to do so with products developed solely to help any business out there succeed on and off-line is even cooler.Engage was divided into three segments -- Pitch Perfect, AdWords Bootcamp and Above & Beyond -- meaning that you could ...
YouTube has officially rolled out a new version of its new channel design called One Channel.The update, which is part of a bid to "help people “find the channels [they] love and subscribe, subscribe, subscribe”. had already been rolled out to a few select channels late last year.Now it's been applied to all the channels on the video network. According to YouTube:The main focus of this update is to make your new channel look great on browsers across ...
Okay, things are starting to get out of hand with Gangnam Style... it's everywhere! The insanely popular South Korean dance tune has quite literally enveloped the world. But let's face it, you haven't truly taken over unless there is a flipbook animation version of your work, right?Well it seems this guy, who only goes by the name, etoilec1 over at YouTube, completely agrees with you. He has created a rather detailed version of the music video flipbook animation style. ...
Currently climbing YouTube's popularity ladder, a video by SoulPancake about whipping the world into shape is on its way to becoming a viral sensation.The video is delivered in the form of a pep talk by a little boy in a football locker room and on a field as he poses questions and encourages people.According to the creators of the video, the world is in need of not just a kick ass pep talk delivered by a child, but ...
If you've ever typed the words "epic" and "drummer" into your YouTube search bar, chances are you've come across Cobus Potgieter. Now Potgieter, a viable claimant to the title of YouTube's most watched drummer with 129-million views, has formed a YouTube super group.Potgieter chose his fellow musicians -- BJ Bryant (guitar) Evan Collins (bass guitar), Bear Rose (guitar) and Justin Hicks (vocals) (all from the US) -- after receiving 450 auditions, solicited exclusively through YouTube.The band will begin recording its ...
If you've been wondering how much money is being made from all the hype around PSY's crazy music video and hit song, Google has given you a ball park figure: US$8-million. That's how much the Korean pop star's video has earned from the billion plus views it's gathered on YouTube.Google's chief business officer Nikesh Arora dropped the figure into the company's Q4 earnings conference call, saying YouTube's most-watched video of all time has been generating an impressive amount of revenue ...
Google, through YouTube, is in the final stages of investing in video site VEVO, reports AllThingsD. VEVO has been a YouTube content partner for a while now and hosts many celebrity channels on the video sharing platform.VEVO was founded in 2009 and is a joint venture music video website operated by Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media with EMI licensing its content to the group without taking an ownership stake.According to people familiar with the ...
Okay world prepare yourself: the apocalypse may still happen. Insanely popular Korean sensation 'Gangnam Style' is about to hit one billion views, which will make it the first video ever to reach such heights.Sitting currently at over 997-million views, Google is certain it may cross one billion by the days end. The video overtook long time most popular video, Justin Bieber's 'Baby', on Nov 24th 2012 leaving it in the dust. Not only is it the most popular YouTube ...
It's that time of the year again. Trees are covered in snow (real or fake depending on what hemisphere you're in), the malls are crowded and people are in a panic trying to decide on what last-minute gifts to give their loved ones and bosses.Yup, Christmas is a truly magical time of the year. But how do you decide who you should give your hard-earned money to? One way is to figure out which retailer or brand wants your cash ...
Popular video sharing site YouTube has released its top trending videos for the year and its no surprise that South Korean sensation PSY is at the top of the list. According to the site, when it looked back at the year that was, it found that Korean pop music crossed borders worldwide.This comes as part of YouTube's Rewind channel: an annual channel that looks back at the year on YouTube, similar to Google's Zeitgeist.According to an official blog post:This ...