Tag: YouTube
YouTube Hits: Here comes another web 2.0 bubble
Oh noes, not another video about web 2.0! I hear you, believe me, and that was my initial thought too. But upon hearing the catchy web 2.0-ified lyrics to We Didn’t Start The Fire by Billy Joel, you’re sold.
Watch his video, and watch…
Opinion: Creating our own content will never replace traditional media
Jonathan Weinberg writes…
2012, the year London is set to host the Olympics and also the year Nokia reckon a quarter of all entertainment will be created and consumed within peer communities. They think that in five years time, traditional media as we know it now, will begin to die out further with personally-created content becoming the must-read and must-watch for Internet users within their friend networks and social community sites.
But I just can’t see it. There’s no doubt it’s becoming more and more popular to make your own videos and post them on the web for all to see, but 99 per cent of it is absolute tosh – like the man who can juggle dogs while standing on his head drinking a glass of water and playing the harmonica! PS: Don’t try that at home, it doesn’t exist and we don’t condone cruelty to animals, I just use it as an illustration…
Police launching criminal YouTube?
Manchester police have come over all forward-thinking, launching a new crime submission page that accepts photos and even videos of crimes.
So if you’ve just sat by doing nothing, idly filming a gang of youths mugging a pensioner on your mobile, it’s possible to alleviate your guilt a little bit by sending the footage to the police…
The Simroid dental robot is the new star of YouTube
Every once in a while, something appears on the internet that's so sensational and bewildering everyone simply has to see it. Usually it's some sort of odd pornography – but not today. Today it is the Simroid. Even your dad…
Massive NES controller, demands loving hands of BFG, likes moonlit walks on beaches…
The Nintendo mods are flying thick and fast, with a huge NES controller containing the console inside accompanying the tempting Familator we saw earlier.
Take a look above for…
YouTube Hits: Electric guitar with built-in laptop
The headline says it all: someone's spliced a laptop with an electric guitar, although strangely NOT so they can play Football Manager while on-stage. Instead, it's to have all manner of cool visual effects while kerranging away on the strings.
YouTube Hits: Steampunk Star Trek
What if Star Trek had been made 100 years ago? That's the question answered in this YouTube video, to joyful effect. Movie studios, sign this up for a proper film, it's genius!
YouTube promises HD video streaming in next three months
Fed up with shoddy YouTube videos? Join the club. But according to co-founder Steve Chen, a dose of high-definition goodness is on the way. At least, that’s what he promised in his speech at the NewTeeVee conference in San Francisco yesterday.
Better touch up your make-up, Logitech now offers easy one-touch uploading to YouTube
At the end of last month, Logitech announced they’d partnered with Skype to bring high-quality video calls to the general unwashed public.
Adding to this partnership is Logitech’s recent friendship with YouTube, who has given the peripherals company an added boost by allowing them to tout a new ‘YouTube Video Toolbox’. Their QuickCam software, version 11.5, will now give users the choice to upload to the video-sharing site easily, with…
Sergey Brin proudly shows off new baby Android platform in YouTube video
The announcement concerning Google’s Android platform was made only eight days ago, but I’m sure most of you are already jonesing for a video tutorial on just what the heck it is. Thankfully the bouffant-haired…
