VidCon2010, which begins today, is already shaping up to be the South by Southwest (SXSW) of online video. The event, organized by Nerdfighter Hank Green, has attracted hundreds to LA today and tomorrow to discuss online video and meet fellow online-video creators and webstars. Here’s my video of some morning activities, and I hope to…
Looking for best-practices and tips for buying online-video advertising? ScanScout’s Jason Krebs provides tips and tricks for verifying your online-video advertising spend in Daisy Whitney’s New Media Minute. He tells us how to buy by “cost per engagement” and to ensuring that we receive accurate reporting on our spend.
On July 24 individuals from across the globe will be videotaping moments from their day, and submitting for potential inclusion in a film produced by Ridley Scott (see his explanation video). “Life in a Day” may be the first crowd-sourced film, and will be directed by Kevin Macdonald (see the film’s YouTube channel, “LifeInADay” for…
Rumors on NY Times of an AppleTV overhaul that may make it more than a “hobby” (a term Steve Jobs used to describe the somewhat limited device). I, for one, already love the AppleTV so I’m bound to be excited about a new version. Heck I’d chose my AppleTV above my iPhone4G… which continues to…
I’m such a damned moron. I got swept away in the nauseating stench of iPhone hype and bought the damned thing. Mind you this happened a few years ago, but I returned it and dropped AT&T early enough to not pay the penalty (but only after making this parody). But now I’m this chick below…
by Kevin Nalty Small companies clone big companies all the time. And by clone I don’t just mean steal a basic idea. I mean clone almost literally – they just plain rip off every single feature and hope for the best. It certainly saves time on user testing. Big companies, particularly big tech companies, don’t…
Steve Jobs called it a “non-issue,” but MacWorld did some digging on the widely reported issue: if you hold an iPhone4G in the wrong place you may cover the antenna and have poor reception. We at WillVideoForFood also did some digging, and found a creative way to hold your iPhone to ensure clear reception. You’ll…
We can make Oscar stronger, faster… the world’s first bionic cat. No kidding- this amputee cat got bionic legs… see article. This photo’s going to give me nightmares.
Yeah Viacom lost that lawsuit against YouTube. Says da judge: Because Google complies with any request from copyright holders to remove infringing content from YouTube it cannot be held liable itself for those infringements. Only in specific instances of failing to remove copyright-infringing content would YouTube be unable to claim safe harbour; mere knowledge of…
You’ve no doubt seen this already, but I feel the need to harass BP this afternoon… if only to ensure that BestBuy and GeekSquad isn’t singled out. I give you the BP coffee spill parody, one of the most viral videos of the week. It’s by the funny folks from UCB comedy… that improv theater…