YouTube

Move over Psy, Adele’s ‘Hello’ is fastest video to hit 1bn views mark

Since Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ became the first video to hit one billion YouTube views back in December 2012, a number of others have reached…

How businesses can effectively utilise YouTube

Many businesses have made YouTube a part of their overall marketing strategy and for a very obvious reason: with over a billion users, it…

Here are the 10 top trending YouTube videos of 2015

Ahead of the launch of its annual Rewind video, YouTube has announced its top trending videos for 2015. Based on views, shares, comments, likes…

YouTube stars pip traditional celebs, prove more influential even among adults

In a day and age in which pop culture is defined by shock, awe, and parsed statements that leave plenty to the imagination, what…

YouTube finally launches offline video feature in South Africa

The world’s largest online video platform boasts over a billion users watching hundreds of millions of hours everyday. Countries with limited data connectivity however…

Adele’s new single hits 1m plays…an hour

Adele’s latest single “Hello” is blowing up. But you probably knew that. It’s everywhere right now, but is showing especially big growth on YouTube….

YouTube launches YouTube Red, an ad free subscription video streaming service

This has been a long time coming. YouTube has unveiled its ad free subscription video streaming service, YouTube Red. The service offers YouTube users…

A stunning YouTube journey — Six videos to wow

YouTube has come to define the era of online video publishing. It has created innovative ways for individuals to tell their stories. Giving them…

‘Royal Wedding’ goes viral on YouTube

There’s no need to worry or rejoice, depending on your perspective on the Royal Wedding, the big day is still to come. But you…

Confusing, amusing and pointless — The YouTube 7

YouTube is fun. It is a place for the talent and the untalented. As the video sharing site says it seeks to “give everyone…

YouTube premieres First Orbit, the story of man’s first journey into space

To coincide with the 50th anniversary of man’s first journey into space, the film “First Orbit“, a feature length film event that weaves historic…

Nollywood comes to YouTube

In a major boost for the African film industry, YouTube has created a Nollywood-specific channel on YouTube. The channel boasts over 400 Nollywood movies…

10 YouTube best practice tips for business

Video provides a powerful tool for any business to promote its products and services. YouTube, however, is particularly useful for small businesses as it…

YouTube Symphony Orchestra debut to be live-streamed on 20 March

The 101 members of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 have arrived in Sydney this week for a gala performance Sunday, March 20, that will…

The devastation of Japan, as told on YouTube [Videos]

The 8.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Japan and the tsunami that followed sent shockwaves around the world. The news of the quake sent people…

Vicus: The story of a YouTube & social media quest

On Tuesday morning, Memeburn broke the news that we had tracked down the original YouTube viral video featuring Vicus. The events that took place…

The quest for ‘Vicus’: Finding a YouTube sensation

Recently a video of a young South African boy playing guitar and singing “These Arms” by All 4 One went viral on YouTube. Not…

Social networks all abuzz as Mubarak steps down

After eighteen days of protests and pleas on various social media platforms, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak finally resigned. People all around the world are…

Globally crowdsourced movie ‘Life in a day’ premieres on YouTube

YouTube’s ‘Life in a Day‘, the globally crowdsourced movie produced by Ridley Scott premieres at the Sundance Film Festival on 27 January. In keeping…

YouTube: 10 most popular geek videos of 2010

2010 has seen tech culture hit the mainstream in a big way, culminating in the announcement of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg as Time magazine’s Person…

The most-watched global YouTube clips of 2010

More than 13-million hours of video — approximately 1 500 years — were uploaded to YouTube in 2010 and more than 700-billion videos were…

SA musicians invited to audition for YouTube Symphony Orchestra

The “YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011” is looking for South African musicians to audition online for a collaborative orchestra where amateur musicians can share their…

How to hijack an iceberg

I love Cape Town’s mythical iceberg. And so it seems, do a lot of other people. After none of the “official, big-name” brands jumped…

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